Alison
Childminder in London
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Female Member since Dec 2016 Last Updated Aug 2019 Last Login 30 Nov 2025
About Me
I am a registered childminder. I am 45 years old and a mum of 4 grown up children. I have been married for 26 years and I live in a town house with my husband, eldest son and youngest daughter.
I am able to provide parking outside my house at an extra cost. I live in close proximity to mile end station, Mile end lesuire centre and Victoria park.
I do take the children on local trips to the library, museums and soft play.
The children have access to a playroom that leads into my kitchen/diner, they also have the living room and back garden.
I have a good sized garden layed with artificial grass, 2 swing and slide sets 1 for toddlers (under 2's) and other is for 3yrs-12yrs. There's a playhouse and the children have access to a planting area where they can grow their own plants and flowers. There are also bikes, prams, water, sand and in the summer they have access to a bouncy castle.
My Experience
I have 25 years experience looking after children. I have only recently been OFSTEAD registered since September 2016 but I have brought up 4 children of my own. I was also given legal guardianship over my neice and nephew and they were in my full care for 11 years. Throughout my adult life I have looked after the children of my friends and family including school pick ups and holidays.
My Qualifications
Ofstead Registered
Tower Hamlets CACHE Childminding Certificate
Full Paediatric First Aid Certificate
Food Safety and hygeine Certificate
Channel General Awareness Certificate
My Availability
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My Fees
- Childminding from £5.50 per hour
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 Documents
- UK Driving Licence [DELETED] (added 05/12/2023)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Parents say
This childminder is highly praised for providing excellent care in a welcoming, family-like environment. Parents appreciate the flexible, reliable service and the engaging activities offered. The outdoor play area is a highlight, and children are consistently happy and well-cared for. The childminder's kindness and dedication have made her an integral part of many families' support systems.
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Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Alison. 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.
Alison’s setting is fantastic and our son has really thrived during his time there, he has been doing different fun and creative activities each week, he is excited at drop off and has always enjoyed himself at pick up. Both of us are working parents and Alison is reliable, flexible and pragmatic, she made life easy for us. 100% recommend!
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Steven
on 24/02/2025
Alison took great care of our baby girl! We were so lucky to have her minding our child. She is really kind and gentle, you can clearly see she loves children, and children love her! Our baby girl was always smiling with her!
Alison has a very nice outdoor space where children can play, it is a real add on!
All in all a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ childminder !
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EVA
on 12/08/2023
Our daughter started to go to Alison right after the first lockdown in June 2020, when she was about 1.5 years old. We had a terrible experience with a nursery before the lockdowns. As two working parents, we would get calls from the nursery saying that she had 37.7 C temperature and if it was to hit 38C we needed to go and pick her up. We would be like "well, call me if it hits 38C, why you are calling us now?!".
Alison has always made health and safety of the kids a priority and our daughter did not catch illnesses as much as other kids of friends who were going to crowded nurseries or childminders. But she also remained reasonable and would never stress us out like the nursery did.
We are a couple who moved to the UK about 7 years ago with no family or their childcare support in here. Both of our parents are living in another country. Alison has not just been our childminder, she has been our support system. Given a reasonable notice, she would try to accomodate any ad hoc late pick ups. We have even asked her to look after our daughter for a few hours over a weekend so that we could have a date lunch on our wedding anniversary and she said "no problem at all". She is also as flexible and understanding as possible when it comes to start/end times.
Even my daughter thinks that Alison is her grandmother and I think this tells enough about how caring she is.
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Nilufer
on 29/01/2023
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