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.
Mama Mia has been absolutely wonderful with my kids. She is incredibly kind, patient, and loving, and always makes them feel safe and happy. Her caring nature truly shows in everything she does, and I’m so grateful for the love and attention she gives to my children. I highly recommend her to any parent looking for someone trustworthy and genuinely caring. 💛
Sian was very friendly, good with communication and followed all instruction well.
She babysat my 3 boys (aged 1, 8 & 9) on two occasions and all kids warmed to her straight away and enjoyed their time. She got them all to bed at times requested.
Would deifntiely recommend and use again!
Stacey
I honestly can’t recommend Paint The Rainbow Childminding Services enough. The team are absolutely wonderful – so friendly, warm and genuinely caring. The environment they have created is perfect: welcoming, nurturing and clearly designed with the children’s happiness and wellbeing at the heart of everything they do.
The dinners are lovely – really well rounded, hearty and filling, and you can tell they’re proper home-cooked meals that leave the children content and well fed at the end of the day.
Both of my children are very happy there, which says everything. They are children who are very aware of their feelings and surroundings, so seeing how comfortable, settled and content they are is real proof of the safe, supportive and positive atmosphere at Paint The Rainbow. Knowing my children are happy and cared for so well gives me complete peace of mind, and I’m so grateful to have found such a wonderful place for them.
It is approaching 3 years since we found Ann, and want to share how amazing she is as our babysitter.
Ann is both reliable and flexible, which is an absolute lifesaver for us. We have a system going where we book in our weekend nights in advance, and she’s always so lovely about it—makes planning actually possible!
We’re so grateful we found her. Any family would be lucky to have Ann!
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for Shiree Wheeler childcare.
I cannot recommend Shiree highly enough! As a parent, finding the right place for my child was crucial, and this childcare establishment exceeded all my expectations.
The facility is clean, warm and welcoming. The daily trips allow my child to explore and engage with nature.
Shiree’s experiences speaks for its self & I feel confident knowing that my child is exceeding in their development due to their extra care & attention whilst carrying out focus activities.
Highly recommended
We found ourselves needing a local night nanny/maternity nurse at the very last minute, and the experience exceeded every expectation. From the first point of contact, the response was fast, professional, and incredibly reassuring during a stressful time. Taian is exceptionally hard working —calm, knowledgeable, and wonderfully nurturing. She handled overnight care seamlessly, supported feeding routines, and offered helpful guidance that boosted our confidence as new parents. Knowing our baby was in such capable hands allowed us to truly rest. We are beyond grateful for the flexibility, expertise, and compassion shown, especially on such short notice. I would highly recommend this service to any family, particularly those needing urgent or last-minute support. We will be taking Taian on as a maternity nurse on a long-term basis.
We were truly very happy with Violeta and feel lucky to have had her support. She is kind, patient, and very trustworthy, and she always adapted wonderfully to our family’s needs. Our little Lukas was always happy and excited to go to her, which gave us great peace of mind. Violeta supported him in a calm and encouraging way, and she was also very flexible and understanding of our long working hours. Lukas especially loved the small trips they took together to museums and parks, which made his time with her both fun and enriching. We always felt that he was safe, well cared for, and genuinely happy. We would highly recommend Violeta to any family, especially those with little ones.
We found ourselves needing a night nanny/maternity nurse at the very last minute, and the experience exceeded every expectation. From the first point of contact, the response was fast, professional, and incredibly reassuring during a stressful time. Taian is exceptionally hard working - calm, knowledgeable, and wonderfully nurturing. She handled overnight care seamlessly, supported feeding routines, and offered helpful guidance that boosted our confidence as new parents. Knowing our baby was in such capable hands allowed us to truly rest. We are beyond grateful for the flexibility, expertise, and compassion shown, especially on such short notice. I would highly recommend this service to any family, particularly those needing urgent or last-minute support. Will be taking her on, on a longer term basis. Very happy with the service.
Our little girl started with Bonnie when she was 2.5 years old and now she is almost 4. Before going to Bonnie she had a childminder for a short amount of time and then went to 2 nurseries which closed for different reasons. Out of all of the childcare that our daughter has had she is the happiest that she’s ever been with Bonnie. It is a joy to see. Bonnie creates a warm, welcoming and caring environment. Our daughter can be herself and has thrived under Bonnie’s supervision. We love how Bonnie takes the children out to classes to mix with other children and learn as they play. It’s amazing hearing about some of the things that they get up to in classes such as mini explorers and forest school. Bonnie suggested and help the transition of our daughter attending pre-school part time when she turned 3. This is giving her experience and is helping getting her ready for school. We really appreciated Bonnie’s guidance here. She also gives great advice if we are struggling with anything at home eg bedtimes etc. We appreciate all that Bonnie does for our daughter and are so happy that we found her!
We already have our second born lined up to go with Bonnie when she’s almost 1. This takes away the worry as we know that she is in safe hands.
Jaye is a wonderful person, understanding the children’s needs, whilst she didn’t need to care for my 16 year old she engaged so well with him. He’s usually a bedroom hermit but whilst she was sitting for us he spent time with her and shared his interests which is a big thing for him. Would recommend Jaye to any one.
Family of 3 children ages 8,10 and 16 all with neurodivergence 10/10 for Jaye
Michael
Monique has been a childminder and babysitter for our two children, aged 6 and 21 months, for over a year. Monique's childcare setting is a safe and stimulating environment with outdoor and indoor play and many creative activities. For babysitting, Monique is always punctual and gets stuck in straight away, helping with dinner, bath and bedtime. She handles tricky situations, such as anxiety separation, with calm, patience and expertise, and very quickly picks up our children's interests and plays to these.
We can't recommend her highly enough.
Olivia
We couldn’t have asked for a better childminder for our daughter . They were incredibly kind, caring, and attentive, and always made us feel confident that our daughter was in safe hands. Our daughter was always happy when we dropped her off and picked her up, which meant so much to us. She learned so many new things during her time there and clearly enjoyed every day. We are truly grateful for the love and support they gave our child and would highly recommend them to any parent.
Anais’s mum.
Hello all,
We had the worst possible experience with this person and would not recommend her
1. No references: When asked for references [name + number], Monica claimed that she changed phones and lost all family / work contacts from practically the last 10 years she has been doing this. She wouldn't name the nursery school she worked in, claimed that she was working for a 'Paola' [no surname] and changed at the last minute the mobile number of the contact she had eventually provided due to laptop issues.
2. After we agreed to work with her [stupidly before asking for references] she mentioned extra costs like a £100 standard fee when travelling, and full compensation for the day if we failed to notify her a week in advance
3. She offered to do a trial week and then bailed on us for the first three days to spend more time with her family from Spain. She blamed us for miscommunication.
I would not trust her to do this job, and I wish her best of luck
Myrto
Our daughter has been with Kirsty since she was 15 months old. Within a day, she was settled and after two days she was visibly excited to go. Now she is now 21 months and shouts Kirsty (and the other kids) names in the mornings as this is the best part of her day. As parents this gives us all the comfort and confirmation we need that our daughter is in the best place. We get daily updates from Kirsty through the app and see pictures of the activities our daughter engages in. Since attending Little Diamonds we have seen improvement in our daughter’s language, counting and social skills. She even started potty training at 20 months because she saw the older kids doing it and wanted to join in. Kirsty has been great in facilitating this also. I would highly recommend
Kate was our Nanny for one day a week for almost two years & since then has become a friend & still comes back to help us. When she joined us, she quickly became indispensable and our two boys absolutely adore her. Just looking at Kate’s CV and other references, you can see that she is the Mary Poppins of the Nanny world and she truly is, we feel so incredibly lucky to have found her and to still be in touch. Kate was never once late and has always been so flexible, helping out with additional babysitting or ad hoc extra days & weekends too. We’ve turned to her for all sorts of parenting advice, guidance & tips and all credit should go to her for potty training our 2.5 year old within a day and then giving us the confidence to keep going & reassuring us that he was ready. Kate is brilliant with children too, striking the perfect balance between play, affection and boundaries when needed. Kate is also an incredible photographer, always capturing the most beautiful pictures of our boys as well as being a creative genius, we often find lots of lovely arts and crafts on the days she has spent with us or delicious baked treats too as well as making dinners/lunches that our boys actually eat! If Kate agrees to work for you, then you are a truly lucky family. She is everything and more that you could ever want from a Nanny. Above all else, Kate cares passionately about what she does and the children she looks after, this is shown by all that she did for us every week without fail.
I contacted sally on childcare.co.uk to be a hotel babysitter for my son for my wedding so that he could go to bed after a long day and the grandparents didn’t need to go with him.
She contacted me really quickly and we met up at her lovely home she told me about her previous experience in childcare and asked about everything my son might need. I felt really comfortable leaving my son with her for the evening.
She arrived on time and was a great babysitter for my son. We had a great night and she allowed me to feel really laidback and relaxed.
Imogen
