Alex
Childminder in Dacorum (also available for babysitting)
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Female Member since Jun 2014 Last Updated Aug 2025 Last Login 25 Aug 2025
My Summary
About Me
My name is Alexandra, married with two grown up children. I have been working as an Ofsted registered childminder in Berkhamsted for 10 years.
I offer childcare to children (ages 2.5 years -5 years) at my own home between 7.30 am and 2.30 pm. I have signed up for tax free childcare and 15/30 hours free childcare per week.
My last Ofsted inspection was in May 2023. You can read the full report online on the government website.
I have completed childcare training, both in The Netherlands and in the UK, and I am a member of PACEY (Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years).
In the past I worked as a teacher in Amsterdam. My job was teaching Dutch as a second language to adults.
Our house is situated close to Swing Gate Lane in Berkhamsted.
The children have access to a fully enclosed large rear garden, equipped with a wide selection of outdoor toys.
We also have a dedicated playroom with a wide range of toys, books, audio equipment and a separate corner in the living room for craft, drawing, writing and IT-activities.
Note: we have three (friendly) cats.
My aim: the children in my care feel happy, safe and listened to. They are learning lots of new skills as they play and explore indoors and outdoors.
I have (personal) experience with gluten, nut and dairy free diets and I have completed a certified nutrition course which gives me the tools to prepare healthy snacks and meals.
If you would like to receive more information or if you would like to meet me and read some references, please feel free to send me a message. I look forward to hearing from you.
My Experience
As a mother of two I have of course lots of experience with children. Apart from being a mum to my son and daughter, I have always helped out in their schools when they were little.
When I was at university I used to work for a 'student babysitting service' in Amsterdam: a job I really enjoyed.
My Qualifications
Legal and professional requirements and services:
- Contracts and policies
- Childcare vouchers and tax free childcare
- Liability insurance
- Ofsted registered
- Relevant childcare qualifications
- DBS checked
- Paediatric first aid certificate
- Basic food hygiene certificate
- Safeguarding Children certificate
- Full clean UK driving license
- Member of PACEY
- Non-smoker
- Inspected premises (suitable for ages 3 and over)
- Safe equipment (e.g. certified car seats)
- Languages: Dutch, English, French
- Working in partnership with parents
My Availability
AVAILABILITY from September:
- Before school childcare from 7.30 am.
Drop off at Swing Gate School.
- Childcare between 7.30 am and 2.30 pm.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| After School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 12/08/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £7.00 per hour
- Babysitting from £12.50 per hour
- Childminding: £7 per hour (incl. drinks, snacks, breakfast, craft materials, paperwork).
- One to one childminding: £10 per hour.
- Nannying (from 3 pm) : £15 per hour.
- Evening babysitting: £12.50 per hour.
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at The Thomas Coram Church of England School
My Ofsted Inspections
The inspection grades below have been obtained from the Ofsted website based upon the registration number the childminder has provided to us. You should verify this information yourself prior to using the childminder.
My Documents
- Ofsted Certificate (added 02/02/2019)
- DBS Check (added 02/02/2019)
- Training Certificate: Safeguarding certificate (added 07/05/2025)
- First Aid Certificate: Paediatric First Aid Course (added 18/12/2022)
- Training Certificate: Food Allergy and Intolerance Training (added 07/09/2021)
- Training Certificate: Introduction to child protection and safeguarding children (added 07/09/2021)
- Training Certificate (added 07/09/2021)
- Training Certificate: Level 2, Food Safety and Hygiene for Early Years settings (added 07/09/2021)
- First Aid Certificate (added 04/03/2020)
- Training Certificate: Safeguarding Children (added 08/09/2019)
- Training Certificate: Food hygiene, Level 2 (added 02/02/2019)
- Training Certificate: Understand how to set up a home based childcare service (added 02/02/2019)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Alex. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk members and not of Childcare.co.uk. Parents must carry out their own checks and references on childcare providers to ensure that they are completely happy before enaging in the use of their services.
Alexandra has looked after our 3 children for a number of years. She is a very attentive and takes excellent care of our children. She takes an interest in the children as individuals and makes sure she has activities planned that she knows they will enjoy including plenty of time outdoors, games, craft, singing and music. She also cooks healthy and varied meals each day. We are very pleased with the care Alexandra has provided and our children very enjoyed their time with her.
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Alexandra has been amazing. Our daughter started with her after a bad experience with another childminder and so we were quite worried. We needn't have been - Alexandra is thoughtful, caring and treats each child as an individual. Her set up is great - she has many toys and games and carefully plans activities with a fun educational thread. She's also great with parents! I can't recommend her highly enough - we are so pleased we found her.
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on 19/12/2018
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