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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Iveta used to be our childminder for Edvard, who is now 14 years old. He still remembers the amazing playtime he had there. As a mother, I trust Iveta 100%. She has a professional approach combined with warmth and a welcoming atmosphere. We were lucky to get a place for our second child. Looking forward to it! 😊
Eleonora
Tiffany is our one and only babysitter since October 2025. I was very nervous about leaving my first born on occasion with someone else, but without family, I needed support. I was looking for someone that could look after my kids for the long term that we could build a relationship with rather than a new babysitter constantly and Tiffany has been wonderful from the start.
Before we started working with each other Tiffany came to us to get to know our son on the playground and they connected so well from the get go. She has since babysat for us during evenings as well as weekend day times. Each time she came with a bag/box of new entertaining activities that my son loved and she always does something special if she knows mother's/father's/valentines day or a birthday is coming up. We have now a little baby and I would trust Tiffany to look after both of them in a safe and nurturing way.
I have recommended her to many friends and school mums as I think she is fantastic and everyone needs a Tiffany like her in their life.
Lisa
We’ve known Kate for over six years now, as she also looked after our first child, and we honestly couldn’t recommend her more.
She has done such an amazing job with my daughter. She’s always so well looked after, happy, and completely settled in Kate’s care. You can really see how much love and effort Kate puts into what she does. There’s always a great variety of activities — creative play, learning activities, crafts, outdoor fun — and the children are constantly engaged and developing. They’re never bored or just stuck indoors like you often hear about in other settings.
One thing we really love is how often Kate takes the children out on trips. They regularly visit playgrounds, farms, garden centres, pumpkin patches, allotments and more. It gives them such lovely real-world experiences and keeps things exciting and varied. It makes such a difference knowing they’re out exploring and having fun.
Kate’s flexibility is another huge positive. She’s incredibly understanding and accommodating, which makes life so much easier when juggling busy schedules.
We also think it’s lovely that Kate organises little gatherings for parents, like Christmas celebrations and other events. It really shows how confident she is in her setting and how comfortable and happy the children are there. It creates such a warm, welcoming community feel.
We feel very lucky to have found Kate. She genuinely cares about the children and it shows every single day. My daughter absolutely loves being there, and that means everything to us.
Our second daughter has the best time with Estelle, following in her sisters’ footsteps!
We adore Estelle - she provides such lovely, warm, nurturing care and the perfect balance of activities at home and fun trips out exploring, tailored so perfectly to the little ones she has that day. Our 2 year old daughter’s language was very strong for her age and Estelle has supported and grown this in both English and French and it continues to surprise us; she has supported her interests and proactively helped her development in so many areas - creativity, fine motor skills, gross motor, and through Estelle she has discovered a love for numbers, again in both English and French!
We really appreciate Estelle’s commitment to diversity and inclusion too and making sure this is reflected in the books the children read, the celebrations explored (including Diwali, Chinese New Year and a mosque visit!)
She has also helped them build such lovely friendships.
Would 100% recommend her to anyone. As my husband has said before, childcare this good is absolute gold dust.
My little one came to Pippa 2.5 years ago now and has thrived in her care. I knew instantly as I went into her lovely setting that this was a place where he would be happy and I would be equally as happy and confident leaving him there. The experiences and opportunities that Pippa has given him have been amazing, he is always out and about and comes home telling us all about their adventures. He has made a lovely group of friends there that he looks forward to seeing every week. Now that he has turned 3 he now also attends a pre school setting but his days with Pippa are definitely his favourite! Being a primary teacher, Pippa has a vast range of knowledge and understanding of how young children learn best in the early years and utilises this in the best ways. The children use outdoor learning to support development but also inspire curiosity and interest in the world around them. Communication is fantastic, photographs and updates throughout the day to put your mind at ease but also give you an insight into the fun that they have had. My little one loves looking through the photos when he comes home and telling us all about his day with Pippa and his friends. I will genuinely miss Pippa and her lovely family when my little one starts school as they have been such an important part of my little one’s journey. Can’t recommend Pippa highly enough!
My two year old daughter came to Pippa not long after coming out of hospital with many illnesses affecting her and she was welcomed with the warmest smile and comfort. Pippa had adapted herself to learn how to feed through a feeding tube which she was more than happy to do.
She settled in so easily with the most lovely set of children and Pippa made that possible! My little girl dances out of happiness whenever she gets out the car to go to the house in the morning, where she can’t wait to go for a hug! We love Pippa and her family so much
Both of our children have attended Pippa's play days from just 8months old, they are now 4 and 2. The amount of time and effort that Pippa puts into providing a fun, educational and safe space for the children is outstanding.
Both children have come on in leaps and bounds since being with pippa in all areas including physical skills, social skills and educational skills. Pippa takes time to prepare the children for starting reception and has an unbelievable knowledge of the EYFS framework and ensures all of the activities are age appropriate and engaging. They go on lots of fun trips out and always come home happy and smiling with lots of stories to tell.
We would highly recommend Pippa and cant thank her enough for being such a big part of the children's early development we feel that the time they have spent with her will stand them in excellent stead going forward to school and we hope to be able to continue using Pippa’s play days for years to come.
Beyond being reliable and proactive, Ellie has a very warm and natural way with children. She built a strong bond with our son and created a nurturing, engaging environment in which he felt happy and secure.
We would not hesitate to recommend Ellie to any family looking for a caring, capable, and trustworthy nanny.
Cecily
We honestly can’t recommend Pippa highly enough. Our little girl started with her at just 6 months old, and is now almost 3. The progress she has made since then has been incredible. Pippa has played such a big part in her development socially, emotionally and in her confidence, and we genuinely can’t explain how grateful we are for the care and support she provides.
Every day is an adventure. Pippa takes the children out somewhere exciting, giving them new experiences and opportunities to learn about the world around them. From local activities to even managing trips to the zoo with four children (which is braver than we’d be!), she goes above and beyond to make each day fun, stimulating and memorable.
We also really value the regular photo updates and detailed feedback about what they’ve been up to. It’s lovely to see snapshots of their day and to receive updates on progress towards each term’s goals. It’s clear that there is real thought and structure behind the learning, not just childcare.
Communication is excellent. If there are ever any little bumps or accidents, we are informed immediately, which gives us complete peace of mind. We always know our daughter is in a safe, caring and nurturing environment.
Pippa is warm, professional, organised and genuinely passionate about what she does. We feel very lucky to have found her and couldn’t ask for better care for our daughter.
Abbie
Tracy has worked with our family for the past five months. Her duties included school pick-ups, preparing meals, supporting homework, and managing the bath and bedtime routine. She is energetic, hardworking, and highly professional, as well as very reliable, positive and easy to communicate with.
She bonded extremely well with our daughter and will be greatly missed. We would highly recommend her.
Kagendo
Lovely setting, Emss provides great care to my child in her beautiful home. My daughter is always happy to go which puts me at ease. I am kept upto date with her day to day activities. Emss is very professional and has a caring nature which is shown to myself and my child.
I highly recommend Little Lanterns Bilingual Montessori Childcare. My daughter is so happy there and has learned so many new skills. The environment is clean and spacious with plenty of toys, and the food is excellent, she eats so well every day.
Shiyin is incredibly kind, attentive, and dedicated. We’ve tried other settings before, but this is the only one my daughter truly loves and looks forward to. It gives us such peace of mind to see her becoming more independent and confident in such capable hands. Highly recommended.
I am so happy I can leave my child with a reliable, friendly and caring childminder like Sharon.
My baby has been attending for a while now and I have nothing but high praises for the way Sharon looks after her.
She communicates frequently and sends updates when it comes to my baby including pictures which I appreciate and is always ready to answer any questions.
She always gives thorough updates about my baby at every pick up including her milestones which is reassuring.
Overall I am very happy with Sharon and the service she provides and wouls highly recommend! ☺️
Our toddler spent 2 days a week at Jackie's. We'll miss her! She truly cares for a child's well being and has been very supportive and understanding with our family's situation and our child's needs. Her setting is lovely and homely and our son loved it. She does lots of diverse activities including group play, and we cherish the arts and crafts she does with the kids and has given to us home. We have fond memories of the time spent at Jackie's and appreciate all that she's done for us when we needed it most. Cannot praise her enough, she's a wonderful childminder and person!
Gully looked after my two sons, one from the age of around 18 months the other from around 3 months. She was absolutely brilliant with them and they loved going to hers and interacting with her and the other children she even helped with potty training the older one. Always available when we needed her and very reasonable prices. Very communicative and provides food everyday for the older one.
AmyMac97
I moved from Birmingham and Mariama on this website. I’ve used her services for both my children from age 1 up too 3.
She provides a high quality, save environment for my kids.
Very caring and the kids settled in so well.
Lots of activities and they made lots of happy memories there
My son Tarian attended Kerry’s Childcare full-time from age 10 months (May 2021) up until he started school (September 2024). He still attends regularly during the school holidays. Tarian was diagnosed as deaf at birth (mild loss but wears aids full-time), has had some challenges with his speech, and we are currently awaiting confirmation of an autism diagnosis.
As a single parent it is so crucial to have a trusted childminder – a place in which you can leave your child that is safe, stimulating and like a second home. This is what we have with Kerry Paul who has always treated my child as her own. I feel incredibly lucky that Tarian has been cared for by Kerry and could never have asked for better care for him in any respect, or better communication between childminder and parent. Tarian likes to follow his own lead and Kerry is brilliant in enabling space for the children to help shape (or co-make) decisions around play, food and other aspects. The effort put into educational activities and trips was outstanding and Tarian would always come home with so many stories and experiences to tell us about. He especially adores outdoor time and enjoyed so many regular trips to rivers, woods and other local attractions. He also benefitted from participating in community activities – not only library challenges and playgroups but also a regular care home scheme in which he interacted with the residents on a weekly basis. As a lockdown baby, Tarian was often fearful of strangers when he started at Kerry’s, including visits to the care home. But he made extraordinary progress and quickly developed some special relationships with residents which have lasted years.
Daily communication (Tapestry) was always detailed and exceptional (friends with children in other settings have often been amazed at how much detail I was given on a daily and weekly basis!). Both in educational and social terms, Kerry always made me aware of his next steps (PLOD) and I could see his progress. We would also always work together in discussing any developmental or behavioural concerns, and I have always valued her expertise. This often went above and beyond what might be expected of a childminder. In a very welcome and supportive manner, this felt like having another parent in Tarian’s life – someone who knew him as well as I did and wanted the best for him in all respects.
In terms of Tarian’s additional needs, Kerry’s care and inclusion has always been exceptional. Due to his autism, Tarian’s behaviour can be unpredictable and challenging, but Kerry has always managed to both accommodate and deal with this in positive and effective ways. This has included his issues around food, and what he was willing to eat at Kerry’s often astonished me. In addition, not only did she purchase specific toys and resources which have helped Tarian to develop a positive deaf identity (e.g a doll with hearing aids that was played with by all the children), but she also acquired books about being deaf at school and dealing with difference. Tarian had speech therapy from age 3 and Kerry has been involved in supporting him with speech, whilst also hosting appointments with the speech therapist (as he engaged better with the sessions there). She was also fully involved in working on his speech in terms of the strategies we were given.
Tarian continues to love going to Kerry’s childcare and connecting with the children he has made lovely friendships with. I only wish he could have stayed there longer (he is young in the school year) to benefit further from the remarkable care and support we have been lucky to have access to.
Professor Su Holmes, February 2026.
We have known Shona for a bout a year now, she had done some babysitting to my oldest when she was 3 months old and now she is helping a lot with my two under two daughters. She is very patient, brillant, has always loads of fun activities to do with them. I always left the house with the certainty that my babies were safe with her, which is really all that matters! Definitely recommend her
