Charlie's Reviews
Childminder
5 out of 5
Parents say
Parents consistently praise this childminder for providing warm, nurturing and home-from-home care. Children thrive through engaging, developmentally-focused activities, nutritious meals and regular updates. Families highlight her reliability, approachability and genuine affection for the children, resulting in confident, happy youngsters and complete peace of mind for parents.
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Parent reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Charlie. 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.
Charlie and Emily have been hugely supportive to our family and we could not be happier with the care that they give our children.
Our 20 month old has been with Charlie and Emily for 8 months and is thriving. We drop her off in the morning knowing that she is receiving the best possible care. She suffered with separation anxiety when I returned to work and would get upset when she was left with anyone other than us. Charlie and Emily soon won her over and really put my mind at ease which hugely assisted with my return to work.
Charlie also assisted with wrap around care for our eldest and she thoroughly enjoyed her time with them and would happily regale us with stories of her time there.
Charlie really does offer a platinum service providing children with a nurturing, caring and fun environment enabling them to thrive. The children are constantly creating artwork, engaging in outdoor, creative and messy play, attending playgroups and learning new skills. She is extremely accommodating, experienced, warm and reliable and keeps us regularly informed of their adventures and provides helpful developmental updates.
We don’t have family in the local area but our girls see Charlie and Emily as an extension of their family.
We feel extremely fortunate to have found Charlie. It really is a home from home setting.
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Laura
on 03/11/2026
We’ve had the absolute pleasure of having Charlie care for our two daughters, and we couldn’t recommend her highly enough.
We were new to the area when we were fortunate enough to be recommended Charlie. From the very beginning, she made us feel so welcome as parents, and it was clear how much she genuinely cared about our children.
Our youngest has been with Charlie since we moved to the area, with Charlie also providing wraparound care for our eldest, who started at Grand Avenue. Having previously used a private nursery for our eldest in the Earlsfield area, we have really noticed the difference that having someone who cares just as much about your children as you do can make to their happiness, confidence and development.
We regularly receive updates on all the wonderful activities they get up to, and rarely a day goes by without them being out adventuring, exploring and discovering something new. Charlie creates such a fun, nurturing and stimulating environment, and it’s lovely to see how much the girls enjoy their time with her.
Most importantly, we have complete peace of mind knowing our girls are so well cared for, happy and having the best time. Charlie is a truly special childminder, and we feel incredibly lucky to have found her. We would wholeheartedly recommend her to any family looking for someone who will love and care for their children as if they were her own.
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David
on 03/11/2026
Our three-year-old has been in Charlie’s care since September, and we honestly couldn’t be happier with the experience. She has settled in so beautifully and is always so happy and excited to go in each day.
Charlie, alongside her assistant Emily, are incredibly friendly, welcoming and approachable. They go above and beyond to listen to both the children and their parents, taking the time to understand and accommodate each child’s individual interests, likes and dislikes.
Our daughter regularly comes home excitedly telling us all about the wonderful things she has been doing throughout the day, which is so lovely to hear. We also really appreciate how convenient and thoughtful Charlie makes her childminding service. She ensures our daughter has nutritious meals and everything she needs to feel happy, comfortable and well looked after throughout the day.
We genuinely couldn’t recommend Charlie and Emily highly enough. Their care, kindness and dedication really shine through, and most importantly, our daughter absolutely loves being there. We couldn’t ask for more!
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Claire
on 03/11/2026
Our now 3.5 year old has been with Charlie from 10 months. We looked at both nurseries and childminders in our search for childcare but immediately upon meeting Charlie knew she was the right choice for our family.
Charlie is warm, enthusiastic and has such a natural way with children….our daughter warmed to her immediately and continues to love everyday she spends at Charlie’s house.
Spending time with other childminders and their children, our daughter is extremely social and confident whilst also benefitting from the home-from-home comfortable familiarity that only a childminder can offer.
As well as daily updates provided by Charlie, we learn all about the developmentally-focussed and different fun activities she does daily when she gets home…and what home-cooked meal was on offer!!
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Aamle
on 16/04/2025
It is with a very heavy heart that we are moving on from Charlie due to moving house. I simply can’t recommend Charlie enough, she is amazing. She has looked after both my children for 16 months and they have grown to adore her and her children.
Charlie always has a fantastic week planned with the children including arts and crafts, outings, physical and social activities. She would take my youngest (who is 2 and doesn’t go to nursery school yet) to lots of play groups and children events each week so he can get to experience play with other children. Here she makes sure he can develop his relationship and communication skills. Charlie does wonderful craft and cooking activities with all the children and my daughter would come home with some beautiful elaborate works of art. Charlie makes a huge effort to plan gift making or card making for birthdays and other public celebrations which is fun for the children and means a lot for the parents to receive them. Charlie taught my daughter to write her name and continual assists in her learning and development.
We can rely on Charlie to give the children fun packed, safe and interesting days. The children are surrounded by love and happy times with all the correct boundaries. We are so incredibly sad to be leaving her and her children.
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on 18/05/2017