Latest Reviews
Here are some of the latest reviews that we have received from parents who have used childcare providers and tutors listed on Childcare.co.uk.
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4.9 from 74,989 reviews
We can’t rate Wendy highly enough, she has been helping our son for a number of months in readiness for school. He has made such incredible progress and Wendy has helped him to build his self confidence which has made the transition to school so much easier. Lessons are always carefully planned, engaging and fun. My daughter also asked for lessons after she saw what a great time her brother was having learning with Wendy over the summer holidays. Wendy is such a kind and warm person, both of our children made an instant connection with her which is so important and what has helped them to learn so effectively with her.
Natalie
Katie has looked after our son for the past two years, and we couldn’t be more grateful for the incredible care she has given him.
She provides a safe, nurturing, home‑from‑home environment where children feel comfortable, supported, and genuinely loved. Our son loved his time with her — he was always happy going in and came home with a smile every day.
Katie offers an amazing variety of activities that keep the children engaged including reading, playdough, colouring, building blocks, puzzles, role play… the list truly is endless. She also makes sure they spend plenty of time outdoors, exploring local parks, visiting the library, and attending playgroups.
You can genuinely tell how much she cares about the children in her setting. Our son flourished in her care, growing in confidence and independence, and we’ve seen such positive changes in him over the two years he spent with her.
As first‑time parents, the regular updates Katie provided were invaluable. Knowing what he was doing and how he was feeling gave us so much reassurance.
Although our son has now moved on to nursery, he still talks about Katie — which says everything about the impact she’s had on him and the hard work, love, and dedication she puts into her role.
We couldn’t recommend her more highly.
We honestly couldn’t recommend Emma and Jo enough! ❤️
Since being with them, we have seen such a lovely change in our little girl. She has learnt so much, grown in confidence and developed new skills every day. She has made some lovely new friends and has had so many exciting adventures and experiences.
What we love most is how happy she is. She comes home full of stories about her day, and it’s clear how much she enjoys her time with Emma and Jo. They create such a warm, fun and nurturing environment where the children can learn, explore, play and simply enjoy being little.
As parents, knowing she is happy, cared for and having the best time while we’re at work means absolutely everything to us.
Thank you, Emma and Jo, for all the love, care, adventures and memories you give her. We’re so grateful to have found you! ❤️
Caroline has been a nanny to our son with complex medical and special needs for the last 2.8 years, he is now 4 and she started with us when he was 18 months. He spent the first 12 months of his life in hospital and we found it hard to believe we could find someone we could trust to look after him, given his tough start to life and additional needs. We fell in love with Caroline upon our first meeting with her and are truly devastated to lose her as our nanny as she has become family. She is so warm, caring and positive and creates the most wonderful fun and nurturing atmosphere and our son has thrived and developed so much under her care. She is extremely hard working, trustworthy and reliable, with a wealth of skills and experience. She is always thinking of fun, creative and engaging activities for our son to do. From organising trips out to a local toddler group, the playground, daily walks and lots of fun in the garden, our son was kept stimulated and active at all times. In between all of that, Caroline is amazing at keeping on top of all of the daily admin and childcare related chores, I don’t know how she fits it all in, she truly is the hardest working person we know. At the end of the day, everything is tidied away and ready for the next day. She is always one step ahead, so organised and preempts what’s needed, we never had to ask her to do anything, she just does it!
Unfortunately the demands of our role have changed a lot, it is extremely physically demanding (carrying around a 17kg boy who has delayed gross motor skills) and this is challenging given Caroline’s recent Parkinson’s diagnoses. However, we cannot recommend Caroline highly enough, her next family are going to be so incredible lucky to have her.
Hannah
Pauline looked after my little girl for one and a half years and she was absolutely brilliant. Her playroom is beautifully set up for little ones and she is always thoughtful about changing things depending on the time of year/special occasions etc. She also has a great garden with plenty for little ones to play with.
Pauline did so much with the children including learning activities, arts and craft, singing and more. She also took them out to lots of lovely places such as play parks, the beach and soft play.
My daughter had a great time with Pauline and I would really recommend her to others!
I want to share the most wonderful experience I could have ever asked for my little one is 3 years old and has been with Mahsa part time since she was 9 months old. I never imagined my little girl could be so happy. She has developed beautifully and this is largely down to Mahsa. We are forever thankful.
sophiej
Damla looked after my 20-month-old son for around four weeks and we had a really positive experience with her. She was warm, friendly and very engaging, always playing with him, talking to him and keeping him entertained. He has struggled to warm up to nannies in the past, but he quickly became very comfortable with Damla and really loved spending time with her. I would happily recommend her to other families.
Sapphire has been our nanny for the past 5 years. She started with us as a maternity nurse and then became our nanny for our little girl. She stayed with us for 5 years until our daughter started school. I cannot recommend Sapphire more. She is extremely reliable, she is exceptionally good with children and is both loving but firm. Our daughter both adores and respects her. She treads the line perfectly between being a kind and fun nanny whilst still ensuring manners and discipline. She was easy to have in the home and made all our daughters meals to have both fresh and frozen (homemade and delicious). She never turned up late, she would always bend over backwards to help us wherever she could and she is an excellent communicator. She helped with cooking , laundry, tidying children's areas and planned fun activity planned weeks. She always planned activities which were relevant to our child and beneficial for her. She also always consulted us to ensure we were happy with whatever she had planned. ( She also has a safe good size car and takes safety in all aspects of her care seriously which was very reassuring) Sapphire is an exceptional nanny- you will not find better.
Rosie E
We have been so happy with our childminder Danielle and the care she has provided for our son Dominic. She has been looking after him since he was just 9 months old, and for the past year and a half she has been absolutely wonderful.
She is caring, patient and genuinely loves what she does. Our son has always been happy and comfortable in her care, and it has been such a relief knowing he is in a safe, loving and nurturing environment. She has supported his development and helped him grow in confidence, while always keeping us updated and involved.
We are so grateful for everything she has done for him over the past year and a half. We would highly recommend her to any parent looking for someone caring, trustworthy and dedicated to looking after their child.
Marisa looked after both of my feral boys from 2022 until summer 2026 (my eldest from 1 year and my youngest from when he was 10 months). They loved their time with Marisa so much and I felt so comfortable leaving them there every day. The boys loved all of the animals and the amazing garden and most especially loved Marisa's family who are just as welcoming as Marisa. Thank you for having them for their most important years xxx
PDando
Mary is truly special. She has played an integral part in nurturing and supporting our two children, and we feel so lucky to have found her.
From the very beginning, we always felt that our children were genuinely cared for, understood and loved. Mary has created such a warm, happy and welcoming environment, and we’ve always had complete trust in her care. She puts so much thought into planning new, engaging and exciting activities for the children, while also making sure there are familiar favourites that they know and love. The time, effort and care she puts into creating experiences that are both fun and meaningful for the children is amazing.
She has played such an important role in helping our children develop their social skills and learn important values such as kindness, sharing, patience and consideration for others. These things have always been taught naturally through their everyday experiences with her, and she has had such a positive influence on their development. Our children have developed wonderful relationships with Mary, and they were always so happy and comfortable in her care.
Mary has a wealth of knowledge and experience, but is always keen to continue learning and keeping up to date with new developments in childcare. Her commitment to continually learning and improving reflects how much she cares about providing the very best care and support for the children. She is also extremely reliable and communicative.
It’s been incredibly hard to say goodbye after so many years. Mary has become part of our family, and we will always be hugely grateful for everything she has done for us.
We would recommend Mary without hesitation to any family looking for someone who will care for their children as if they were her own. She really is one in a million.
My son loved going to Demmykitties! The setting was great fun, with many different activities like playdough, colouring with paint, water play etc. They also went to museums and playgrounds so there were new things everyday. Tayo also helped us a lot with potty training and gave us updates about his going to the potty and all the activities they did on a daily basis. Highly recommended!
We had a wonderful experience with Amarrah for a family wedding. She was friendly, professional, reliable, and fantastic with the my 2 year old. She immediately put everyone at ease and was attentive, caring, and engaging throughout the event. It was such a relief knowing that my child was in such capable hands, and it allowed us to relax and enjoy the occasion. We would happily use her again and highly recommend her!
We feel incredibly lucky that our daughter spent such an important part of her early years with Frances and her wonderful team.
She was with Frances from the age of 1 to 3, and throughout those two years she was always so happy, loved and well cared for. The team are truly amazing warm, kind and they form such lovely bonds with the children.
We especially loved how much the children get to experience, with regular trips and activities outside the setting, giving them so many opportunities to explore, learn and have fun.
Watching her grow into the happy, confident little girl she is today has been so special, and we are incredibly grateful to Frances and the whole team for being such an important part of her early years.
We couldn't recommend them highly enough. ❤️
My daughter has been going to bushra for a good while now and is always happy to go in. She has even cried when leaving she’s having that much fun! Bushra has great communication and is easy to speak too and i trust her with my daughter. My daughter has lots of fun playing with different educational or sensory toys and doing activities. The meals are halal, fresh and nutritious and I feel at ease sending her in for childcare and can work with no worries.
Marilu has been amazing at looking after my 1 year old over the summer before she started nursery. I knew from the first time I met her that she would be a great match for our family. She has years of experience, is incredibly friendly and bubbly, and is also very creative and engaging with children. My daughter loved her from day one and I always felt completely comfortable leaving her in Marilu’s care.
Our son was with Gisele at the Tick Tock Childminders for 2 1/2 years, and we were extremely happy with our experience - and most importantly, so was our son. Gisele's house is a home away from home and we love that his interests are nurtured by Gisele and the team. But equally important to us as parents is knowing that each day he is introduced to a wide breadth of games, creative tasks, and learning activities that broaden his horizons; we always look forward to picking him up and being shown an exciting new creative project that he's made and learning what he has been up to during the day.
Communication with Gisele and the team is always easy and clear, and any questions we may have are always answered on the day. It's been a real joy watching our son become an increasingly independent little person. As well as the strong bonds that he has with Gisele and the team, he has forged a great many friendships with the other children who attend Tick Tock Childminders, which is a testament to the caring environment where importance is placed on helping the children build positive relationships with one another.
CAMILLA
We had a really lovely experience with Claudia. She was professional, punctual and reliable, and made us feel comfortable and reassured from the very beginning. She was kind and caring with our daughter, who absolutely loved spending time with her. We felt very comfortable knowing our daughter was in such good hands. Claudia was a pleasure to have, and we would happily recommend her to any family looking for a trustworthy babysitter.
Martina is an amazing nanny. She is incredibly creative, full of interesting ideas and schemes that kept my little boys completely entranced when they were small and then as they grew she adapted to their changing interests and ideas. They still love her and stay connected even though they are 17 and 19 - from a nanny she became a very good friend to them. Martina looked after my sons before they started school, my youngest from 4 months old and then would pick them both up from school, chatting to them, playing and making them their dinner. We all love her. She is intelligent, curious, thoughtful and fun. We can't recommend her highly enough.