Charmain
Private Tutor in Harrow (also available for babysitting)
Usually responds within 1 hour
Female Member since Sep 2015 Last Updated Jan 2026 Last Login 07 Jan 2026
My Summary
Charmaine
About Me
Updated January 2026
I have been working with children on this site for 10 years 2024, to which childcare have recognised and have rewarded me a 10 year certificate for my service, to which l am chuffed about.
l am a happy go lucky mature confident lady with a passion working with children in a nursery setting for 24 years as a Nursery Manager in large meduim and smalls settings, with children from birth to when children leave to attend school.
As a Nursery Manager l was very hands on, where l worked with children and the staff team on a daily basis supporting children with additional needs, such as autism, non verbal, speech and language.
My Experience
Having worked within a Nursery enviroment has enabled me to have great skills to move on in my career.
I currently work in a school enviroment with nursery, reception, year 1, 2, & 3 working with children with additional needs where l work with them on a 1 to 1 basis and in small groups, depending on their needs.
Furthermore l teach and lead the phonics and reading sessions for nursery reception and year 1.
My Qualifications
Ba Hons in Early Years Level 6
Level 4, 5, towards degree
Btec Nursery Nursing Level 3
Management Cerficate
Behaviour Management
First Aid July 2023
Safeguarding Children
Updated online Dbs Oct 2024
Special Educational Needs Level 1 to 6
Plus ongoing courses throughout the year.
My Availability
I am available for tutoring. babysitting mothers help. etc.
At present I have some availability for some Saturday and Sundays. Feel free to message me. I usually respond to you ASAP.
Passionate patient confident mature lady who loves to see the children thrive whilst working with them.
I am available evenings, nights, sleep ins, & emergencies. this can be a mothers help, such as helping with bottle feeding, bathing,
Materniy support is offered for new mothers.
POTTY TRAINING your child l have excellent experience.
In addition experience with twins teaching them to play together, this l do by role modelling play.
As children learn through play in great ways.
Then evenings/ weekends for tutoring children that may need help with fine motor skills, homework e.g, spelling writing reading, maths, & phonics, blending.
I have experience with special needs, autistic/ nonverbal children, home schooling & behaviour.
The first session when we meet is a consultation, where l come to you in your home and assess your child for 45 minutes to which l may bring some resources.
This is your opportunty to discuss any concerns/ support your child may need. You can show me any documents the school has. eg Educational plan.
Once this is done and your happy with me then we can start arranging the sessions.
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My Fees
- Babysitting from £17.00 per hour
- Tutoring from £36.00 per hour
Tutoring starts from;
£45.00 for 1 hr consultation fee. This is when we meet for the 1st time to discuss your childs needs. l may bring some resources with me.
Tutoring £36.00 per hour for 1 child.
Babysitting £17.00 per hour for 1 child
School Run £14.00 per hour for 1 child
Child asleep £13.00 per hr. This is just for sleepovers.
I have excellent references/feedback from parents of children I taught throughout their time with me, as l try my upmost to ensure l liaise and maintain a positive relationship with my parents during their time with me, although l do understand in life we cant always please everyone and l have learnt to accept that.
You can read some of the reviews on this website.
Thank you for reading my profile, and I look forward to working with you and your family.
My Documents
- UK Driving Licence [DELETED] (added 12/05/2023)
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4.2 out of 5
Parents say
The tutor receives mostly positive reviews, with many praising their effectiveness in improving children's academic skills, particularly in reading and maths. Parents appreciate the tutor's dedication, patience, and ability to work with diverse learning needs. However, a few negative reviews mention concerns about reliability and communication. Overall, the tutor is generally well-regarded for their teaching abilities.
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Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Charmain. 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.
Charmaine has helped to get our 3 year old ready for reception in September. Our little one can now write her name, write numbers, count and read. She has done a wonderful job and we are very pleased. Would highly recommend Charmaine as a tutor!
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Dee
on 29/06/2025
Response by
Charmain
on 29/06/2025:
Thank you for the review. I will continue in September to make your daughter excel further in her education.
l love tutoring her miss chatabox she is when working with her and she is so happy.
thank you Dee.
Charmaine has been working with all three of my children since January, two of whom are high-functioning autistic and have faced challenges with their schoolwork. The progress they have made under her guidance has been remarkable. Thanks to Charmaine’s dedication, patience, and tailored approach, they have significantly caught up with their peers. Her support has made a meaningful difference in their academic journey, and I highly recommend her as a personal tutor.
Thank you Charmaine 😊
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Yiota
on 14/06/2025
Response by
Charmain
on 14/06/2025:
Thank you for the review Yiota.
It has been a pleasure to work with all 3 children and will continue to do so.
I can see a difference in their school work and how well they have excelled.
They have all worked hard even knowing the challenges they face on a day to day basis.
Thank you.🙂
Our Daughter was off school for several weeks due to having an operation. We contacted Charmain to see if she could help our Daughter keep up with her phonics, maths, reading amongst other subjects during the daytime.
Charmain was happy to help & our Daughter and her get along very well.
2 sessions a week were really helpful for our Daughter. Charmain was flexible too, which was really important for us as we have alot of commitments between us.
If a session needed to be moved from Charmains side, she would give as much notice as possible.
I see there are bad reviews for Charmain, but honestly we think she is great and she has really helped our Daughter.
There is learning time and then at the end of each session she has time to chat with our Daughter.
There needs to be structure to each session, which some people aren't happy about but for us this works great.
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Siobhan
on 03/04/2025
Response by
Charmain
on 03/04/2025:
Evening Siobhan.
Thank you for the lovely review.
I enjoy tutoring your daughter who is a lovely girl. She was shy for the first lesson then after that she soon built up her confidence with me straight away.
Thank you.😃
I can see why she has negative reviews. She messaged me many times and wouldn't leave me alone so i was honest enough to say i was put off my some of her reviews and she wrote me a very rude long rant saying it was my loss, she just took on new clients! I had a lucky escape as i don't need it. She has shown her true colours! Avoid
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Zee
on 26/03/2025
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Charmain
on 26/03/2025:
Hello Zaa.
Thank you for your review.
I must now defend myself.
I am an educated mature lady and don't think l was rude. l am confident what l do and was trying to tell you l have many childcare qualifications.
With regards to my reviews I have had 14 good reviews and your talking negative about 1 or 2 of them.
With regards of you saying l am rude l was just explaining to you about how happy my clients are with me. Which l don't find this being rude in the least.
I hope you find someone your happy with.
Have a nice day.
Amazing beyond words. Really helped my little one, from not knowing phonics to now blending within 8 weeks where the school said he would not pick up they were proved wrong . Thank you so much.
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Tamera
on 26/12/2024
Response by
Charmain
on 26/12/2024:
Thank you Tamera for the review.
I enjoy tutoring your son he is a blessing to work with.
Charmaine taught my 4yrs old daughter for 1 year and she did amazing job with phonics and her reading. My daughter is able to read level 5 books. I highly recommend Charmaine for tutoring. She really works hard with kids and push them to their maximum potential.
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Pooja
on 17/07/2024
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Charmain
on 17/07/2024:
Thank you for the lovely message. I enjoy tutoring your daughter and can see how well she has excelled with me. I hope to come back to you in September 2024.
Charmain has been tutoring my son for over a year now. She loves tutoring and her energy always rubs off on my son. My son is doing well in Maths and reading and she has significantly contributed to this brilliance
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Ryan
on 30/06/2024
Response by
Charmain
on 30/06/2024:
Thank you for feedback on Ryan .
I love tutoring him and l can see he has excelled in the subjects l teach.
Ryan is a lovely boy willing and loves to learn with me.
I know his report will be excellent this year 2024 as he has put so much effort into his work with me.
Thank you parents.
I have four children ,two girls two boys. aged 14,11,10,8. My children are on the spectrum, adhd,autism. I have never left none my children with anyone before. I find it hard to trust people an very protective. I needed a break a night off after all the years an no me time .. I was looking for some one with experience with children ,understanding and some one I could feel comfortable leaving my children with. May 2022 I came across charmain. she came met the children and it went very well. charmain was well mannered and polite bubbly and professional. she very confident an knows what she doing .I booked in and we started. every other Saturday overnight. my children we're very happy ,once I came home on the Sundays I was very impressed all four of yhe childrens home works had been done an the children enjoyed baking cakes.[ charmain makes a yummy cake ]. My home was just how I left it ,always clean on my return charmain made sure the children kept there bedrooms tidy an had there baths. charmain followed any rules I set out with no problems. i enjoy my nights off without worrying about the children as i know there safe with charmain. the comuincation is great if i message asking anything i always get a reply. charmain has become a big part of our family house hold. I would recommend charmain definitely.
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Jenny
on 14/01/2023
Response by
Charmain
on 15/01/2023:
Thank you for the positive review.
I look forward to my weekend to babysit them. They are all lovely children and I enjoy spending time with them. especially when I am making yummy cakes.
Charmaine is very opportunistic. She constantly looks for higher pay, which I can understand but at least do it with a bit of responsibility and honesty. Instead, she would invent bizarre excuses for not turning up at last minute. You will be fine if you pay her top rate but for how long? The moment she finds someone else paying better rate, she just couldn't care less about your child. Quite a despicable woman really! The thing is you can't really tell at first. She was really bubbly and chatty at trial lesson.
Raymond
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RaymondL
on 14/01/2023
Response by
Charmain
on 14/01/2023:
Hello Raymond
With regards to your review, I think you need to choose your words wisely
I can confirm that I kept your wife informed every step of the way.
Furthermore, with
regards to pay money etc where did you get this information from.
Lastly, I am a mature, caring person, so please
do not tarnish my name
on here.
I love tutoring nannying babysitting, etc, and most parents are very
happy with me and my
service as there
children have got good
results on me tutoring their child.
Please note that
I have been in the
business for many
years.
Thank You
My boy is autistic. In the beginning he was not settled with her. Later she make good relationship with my boy . My boy was very happy with her when she came she try with different resources to make him learn . He learnt how to write number , phonics sound , his name . Now more concentrate and listing. My boy improved a lot .
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Seb
on 11/06/2022
Response by
Charmain
on 11/06/2022:
Hi mum.
Thank you for the review. I enjoy coming to tutor your son and I can see an improvement in him.
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