Sarah
Childminder in London (also available for babysitting)
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Female Member since Aug 2016 Last Updated Apr 2025 Last Login 21 May 2025
My Summary
Ofsted Registered Childminder And Forest School Teacher
About Me
Hi my name is Sarah, I am an ofsted registered childminder and level 3 qualified forest school teacher.
I Live in N5 close to Arsenal Highbury, Drayton Park and Finsbury Park stations . I’m a mum of 3 children. Tyler 21 Louis 20 and Maicey 16 who are at university and college We are a fun loving family.
My Experience
I have been childminding for over 13 years However I have 25 years experience in child care including newborn. Previously I worked at a special needs nursery in Haringey. I Provide a homely lovely space for the children to learn and play, I facilitate nature based learning experiences for children rooted in curiosity, play, and exploration. My role is to nurture the whole child through meaningful interactions with the natural world. The Forest School approach supports child-led discovery and builds confidence, resilience, and independence from the earliest years. Nature inspires awe, wonder, and a deep sense of belonging.
I’m lucky to have a garden to extend their play with planting mud kitchen water sand and paint .
I'm fun loving & energetic, I love to go on adventures and explore with the children with lots of outings to all the local parks and woods and we have so many local to us .
It’s great learning through fun & play.
I also visit local children centres which offer various different activities, we go to local stay & plays, visit the local pensioners residential home, farms woods Fruit picking museums discovery centre London Zoo Kew Gardens science museum history museum transport museum and many more also an annual trip to the theatre which the children love, I work within the EYFS tracking the children's mile stones and early years development progress , I make the children feel loved & safe with a good routine.
I also provide evening babysitter & over night care,
If you would like more details please contact me for a chat or meeting
My Qualifications
child care learning development
Childminding from home
Paediatric and forest school First aid
Safe guarding
Health and safety
Food hygiene
Makaton baby sign
Enabling environments
Schemes
Level 3 forest school leader
Islington Early years register of good practise
My Availability
Weekdays Monday-Thursday
8:30am -5:30pm
Evening babysitting
Weekend babysitting
Overnight stay
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Evening | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Overnight | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Last Updated: 26/04/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £15.00 per hour
- Babysitting from £18.00 per hour
Child care vouchers accepted
9 months, 2,3 & 4 year old funding
My Local Schools
This childminder has not yet informed us whether or not they provide any drop off or pick up services at local schools.
My Ofsted Inspections
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My Documents
- Ofsted Certificate (added 06/10/2016)
- DBS Check (added 06/10/2016)
- Other (added 08/05/2025)
- Training Certificate: forest school leader (added 08/05/2025)
- First Aid Certificate: forest school first aid (added 08/05/2025)
- First Aid Certificate (added 08/05/2025)
- Training Certificate: level 3 forest school leader (added 07/10/2024)
- Training Certificate: ICO registration certificate (added 20/09/2018)
- Inspection Report (added 06/10/2016)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Parents say
The childminder is highly praised for her exceptional care and talent with young children. Parents appreciate her energy, expertise, and passion for outdoor activities and learning through play. Children form strong bonds with her, enjoying adventures to museums, gardens, and forest school. The childminder's kindness, flexibility, and ability to make children feel loved are consistently highlighted.
Summary generated by AI from the text of recent member reviews
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Sarah. 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.
Sarah has cared for our twins for 2 days a week since they were 1 (they are now 3.5 years). She has an extraordinary talent with young children and we feel so lucky to have her in our family’s life. The twins love her, we’ve never had any trouble dropping them off, they will run through her door and give her a big hug. They have a lot of fun such as weekly forest school or days out to the zoo, museums and galleries - I don’t know where Sarah gets all her energy from! Each day we receive amazing photos from her to see what they’ve been doing. Sarah also has such expertise - we’ve picked up great parenting tips and tricks from her and she often shares news of local early years events or knowledge resources with us. She is very passionate and talented at what she does and most importantly very kind and loving. Thank you Sarah!
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Arabella
on 23/04/2025
Sarah is a wonderful childminder, she looked after my son from age 2 until he went to school. We still go visit after school sometimes so he can tell her everything he has been up to! Sarah took the most amazing care of him, made him feel so loved and taught him so much. They would regularly go on big outings to museums, Kew gardens, he was always off on adventures and out and about around London or out to lunch at different restaurants and cafes which he loved. Sarah works with another local childminder so there is a big group of children that play together every day but they also go back to hers for quiet time which I think is the perfect mix. Her love of life, being outdoors and learning through play is reflected in her passion for forest school and nature and really comes across. She is enthusiastic and light hearted, understanding and flexible when needed. A truly special soul and a gem of a childminder. I wholeheartedly recommend. Thank you for everything Sarah!
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Miranda
on 26/10/2024
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Sarah
on 26/10/2024:
Thank you Miranda it was a pleasure caring for your son and having you all in my life he is amazing and wish him all the best on his new journey xx
Last year 2021 we first started with my daughter and it was so wonderful, my daughter she love's her and she was so happy to meet Sarah .
We (me and my partner) saw that everything was so beautiful, and in 2022 we took our son and she was so good with my son. He was so nervous at first, but in no time he get more comfortable and he loves her .
my kids are so happy, we are happy and the kids always look forward to seeing her.
My kids love her and always look forward to their next visit with Sarah. I cannot honestly say, there is no day that that passes by without having one my kids asking when they will next see her. Everyday is as adventure for her little explorers, lots of outdoor activities as well as leaning throughout each day.
I remember the first time I met her. she was so kind, helpful and friendly .
Thank you Sarah .
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Ileana
on 20/07/2022
We honestly couldn't have hoped for a better childminder for our one-year-old daughter. Ffion started with Sarah when she was 9 months old after a month's settling in period (which I would recommend if you can manage it - more for parents' sake than babies!), and from day 1 she's absolutely loved her time with Sarah and has come home very happy and tired out - what more could you ask for?
Having not had any experience with childminders before, we weren't sure what to expect, but we certainly didn't think Ffion would have so many fantastic experiences every week - Sarah and the other childminders in her network take the kids out every day, rain or shine, to stay-and-plays, farms, parks, libraries, etc. Ffion has come on leaps and bounds in the last few months, and we know that's in no small part thanks to Sarah.
Ffion's always been a very tricky eater, and Sarah's really helped us to overcome this and not get too stressed about it.
Even though we've only known Sarah for a few months she really does feel like part of the family and we feel very lucky to have found her! Thank you :)
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Lowri
on 11/07/2019
Sarah was extremely professional and allowed time prior to us leaving to ensure Gion was comfortable. Gion is on the Autism spectrum and nonverbal, but Sarah and Gion instantly connected and she was great working with him. Sarah kept us up to date / sharing photos, etc which helped put any nerves to rest. Sarah is extremely reliable and I would highly recommend Sarah!
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Jared
on 25/09/2018
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Sarah
on 28/09/2018:
Thank Jared you you are a wonderful family with a great son
Sarah is a lovely, caring person. She looked after our little boy from just after turning one until two-and-a-half years old. Three days a week for some of the time, and sometimes four days.
We wanted a comfortable and homely place for our son and found it at Sarah’s. She takes the children out and about each day, either to local parks and groups, or on trips further afield, such as to museums and the theatre. She keeps us up to date with what they are doing.
Sarah is part of an informal group of childminders in Highbury who get together regularly. Because our son has got to know them all well, this meant someone he knows was available to help if for the odd occasional reason Sarah wasn’t. Everything has turned out to be reliable and flexible.
We have been absolutely delighted with it and if we have more kids they will be straight onto Sarah’s list.
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on 19/09/2018
Our son started with Sarah over a year ago and she has always been absolutely amazing. She has so much energy and does so many fun and varied activities with the children every day. She has a very warm and personal approach and really helped us to support our son with the arrival of his baby sister, moving house and most recently, preparing him to start nursery. She’s always been fantastic about listening to our concerns and provides great advice. We have always felt so safe and reassured leaving our son with her and he has really benefited from such a homely setting. We couldn’t have asked for a better childminder and can’t recommend her highly enough.
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on 18/09/2018
Sarah babysat for us at short notice which was fantastic, she was friendly and professional, and thoughtfully sent us a message whilst we were out letting us know that all was well.
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on 16/03/2017
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Sarah
on 17/03/2017:
Thank you for leaving a lovely review
Happy to say that having Sarah as my first babysitter ever was a pleasure. Great with my kids and they took to her very well. Very friendly and warm, liked her from the moment she walked through the door and I felt at ease leaving them in good hands. Thank you Sarah.
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on 19/12/2016
We have had Sarah babysit our 6 month old in the evening while we were away at an event. The event ran over our expected time, and Sarah was very understanding and flexible and was willing to stay an extra hour, which was amazing. She also sent an update on the baby's situation which I really appreciated. Very responsive to messages and totally reliable. I highly recommend!
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ClaraC
on 20/10/2016
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