Mariella
Childminder in London: Islington
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Female Member since Jul 2014 Last Updated Aug 2025 Last Login 29 Aug 2025
My Summary
About Me
* Childminding Spaces Available! *
Are you looking for a loving, experienced, and Outstanding childminder for your little one?
* I have over 20 years of experience working with babies and young children
* Rated Outstanding by Ofsted CMA
* Fully First Aid trained DBS checked and insured.
Spaces have become available as some of my little ones are moving on to nursery – and they won’t stay open for long!
* If you’re interested or would like to come and meet me, feel free to get in touch. I’d love to welcome a new family into our happy, nurturing environment. *
* Islington/Hackney based
*Flexible start dates available.
Click the link at the bottom of the page for more information.
I am a 5 minute walk from Dalston station, a 15 minute walk from Canonbury station, a 10 minute walk from Southgate Road, and a 5 minute walk from Newington green. The closest train stations to me are Dalston junction, Haggerston, Essex Road, and Canonbury. Bus routes are a 5 minute walk to me.
I am a highly experienced childminder with a level 3 diploma in childcare and have 20+ years of experience working with babies and young children. I gained the majority of my experience in a private Nursery, where i worked there for 13 years, also working in a Montessori nursery and doing regular babysitting. I started off as a nursery assistant and worked my way towards a room leader of 30 children, gaining a level 3 diploma.
I am passionate in supporting guiding and flourishing young children's development. I focus on building reassurance and trust to ensure a smooth transition for your child, using the native English mother tongue, providing love and stability, with a calm positive approach, as I understand and sympathise with their needs, wants and interests.
I have studied and trained in all areas of childcare including nuerological brain development, different theorists, and the importance of the hierarchy of needs.
I am able to support parents with weaning, sleeping, routines, seperation anxiety, arrival of new siblings, potty training, building confidence resilience and self esteem, and challenging behaviours, to name a few.
My home is fully equipped with safe age appropriate resources to help your child learn effectively and positively through play. I have small wooden tables and chairs and furniture at the children's level. The resources are regularly swapped around to suit the children's needs and interests and coincide with their learning, the curriculum and the EYFS along with development matters. When the babies grow and develop with me, at the age of 1 years they are transitioned from a highchair to a low wooden chair at the table, learning to use cutlery and eat independently, serve themselves, and pour their own water preparing them for their near future at nursery. They are later encouraged supported and guided to put on their own coat and shoes where they would have previously had planned activities using fine motor skills to help undo velcro and zips for this.
The babies and children are regularly taken out on a daily basis to local parks, playgroups, outings, libraries and are involved in music sessions within the community to support their physical development, communication and language development and their personal social and emotional development.
I complete observations and termly reviews to track children's progress and development and share this with parents, i send regular daily updates throughout the day too.
I regularly meet with other childminders where we plan outdoor and indoor activities together.
I am able to follow the child's routine and follow parents requirements prefences and requests where necessary.
I offer settling in sessions that are spread out over a number of hours and days to support your child at no cost.
My setting is an inclusive setting where all children from different cultures nationalities and developmental stages are welcome.
I am open Monday- Friday from 830am - 6:00pm (can be flexible with times). I take 5 weeks holiday per year which are taken as unpaid.
I look forward to hearing from you soon to discuss further.
My Experience
I have 20+ years of experience working with babies, toddlers and pre-school children. I gained this experince mainly in nurseries and having my own children and through babysitting. I started off as a nursery assistant, then a nursery nurse, then progressed to a nursery room leader.
My Qualifications
Childrens and young peoples work force (diploma level 3 in childcare).
Paediatric first aid
DBS checked.
Food hygiene.
Child hood illnesses.
Child protection.
Safeguarding.
My Availability
Spaces available
| 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 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Evening | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 29/08/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £10.00 per hour
funded and non funded fees apply
My Local Schools
- I provide pick ups at The Children's House Upper School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School
My Documents
- UK Passport (added 24/07/2025)
- Childminding Agency Certificate (added 24/07/2025)
- DBS Check (added 24/08/2017)
- First Aid Certificate: First aid certificate (added 24/07/2025)
- Training Certificate: Prevent duty (added 24/08/2017)
- Training Certificate: Childhood illnesses (added 24/08/2017)
- Training Certificate: Food hygeine (added 24/08/2017)
- Exam Certificate: Certificate if unit credit awards (added 24/08/2017)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Parents say
The childminder is highly praised for providing exceptional care and fostering children's development. Parents appreciate the engaging activities, nutritious meals, and focus on safety. The childminder's warm personality, communication skills, and ability to create a nurturing environment are consistently highlighted. Overall, families express gratitude for the positive impact on their children's growth.
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Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for mariella. 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.
Mariella is an absolutely wonderful person and childminder, we honestly couldn’t have wished for a better experience, this was our first time, and after visiting many others in the area, it was instantly clear she was by far the best, we just knew she was perfect for our son.
From day one, Mariella and our little boy got on like a house on fire, she’s played such a huge role in his development and growth, and we couldn’t be more grateful.
She is endlessly active with the children in her care, planning thoughtful daily activities in the local area that keep them engaged, happy, and learning, our son has built such a special bond with her, and it’s clear how much he loves his time with her, which means the world to us as parents.
Mariella has a real gift for understanding what children need at this early stage, and she provides it with warmth, energy, and care, she’s a fantastic communicator, always accommodating, and she has made our very first childcare experience truly special.
We feel so lucky to have found her, and we can’t recommend her highly enough.
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Jack
on 11/08/2025
Mariella has been an excellent and loving childminder for our son from age 8 months to 22 months. His development with her has been fantastic to see and we are often hearing him say, show or do things that he has learned with Mariella. We were particularly worried about safety when he started (sleeping, choking when weaning etc) and we felt totally reassured that Mariella was aware of all the guidelines and requirements that would keep our child safe. Mariella supported his weaning journey perfectly with lots of nutritious and home cooked food and snacks and was especially helpful in catering to his dietary requirements. Mariella has taken him on some wonderful outings to support his learning , including playgroup sessions, stories at the library, singing, and the postal museum, as well as local parks and walks. They have engaged in activities that have transferred back to her home, such as collecting woodland artefacts for a craft activity. Recently she has been working with our son on his language development with lots of targeted activities and learning, which has been improving hugely, and his social and emotional development as he has been going through some big changes (new sibling). As an LGBT family, we have been very impressed with her awareness of how to treat us and support our child - far better than many other childcare settings we viewed before finding her - she immediately knew to ask us what he calls us and already had lots of books on diverse families, which we know he has enjoyed reading with her. We have a very open and communicative relationship with Mariella and she is very responsive on WhatsApp, which is hugely appreciated.
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Annie
on 22/07/2025
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mariella
on 22/07/2025:
Thank you kindly for your lovely review. It was a pleasure to work with you all. I wish you all well.
Mariella has been absolutely amazing with my little girl. I visited lots of childminders and nurseries and Mariella stood out immediately. I had to go back to work when my daughter was 9 months old and I was so worried about leaving her. I felt comfortable leaving her with Mariella straight away. She has years of childcare experience and is warm and kind and obviously genuinely loves children. She has ofsted outstanding which is hard to find in the area. Mariella’s home is beautiful and spacious with a lovely garden. She takes the children on so many outings and to lots of local activities and provides nutritious home cooked meals. Mariella doesn’t do school pick ups and drops offs, which was a massive plus for me and means she’s totally focussed on the little ones. Her setting is calm and not overwhelming and overstimulating as nurseries can be. The most important thing is that my daughter also loves Mariella, she’s excited when we approach her house!
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Melissa
on 30/06/2025
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mariella
on 22/07/2025:
Thank you kindly for your lovely review. I wish you both well in your near future ahead.
Our daughter has been with Mariella since she was 6 months old. Even though Mariella had recently opened her nursery at the time and no OFSTED report was available we decided to trust her because she had 18 years' experience working in nurseries and she had amazing references from parents. We could not have make a better choice. A few months later, Mariella's first Quality Assurance Report came out and, without surprise, she received the "outstanding" score.
Our daughter is so happy with Mariella, she always organises great activities for the kids (day trip to the museum, the parcs, playgroups, water parc, playing in her garden...). She is very involved in the kids' development and also helps with routine adjustment when needed. Mariella's house is my daughter's second home and it's great to see her so happy when she joins every morning. I highly recommend Mariella if you are looking for a childminder in the borough of Islington / Hackney.
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Erika
on 15/07/2022
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mariella
on 17/07/2022:
Thank you so much for such lovely feedback, as always, my absolute pleasure
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