Nina is a local legend in East Oxford and her childminding highly sought after. She has looked after our daughter from around 7 months to almost 4 years, and is now looking after our 9 month old son. It has been a joy watching our daughter grow into a little lady at Nina's, and there's no doubt a lot of her confidence and ability to play well (both by herself and with others) has come from her experience there. We can't wait to see the same happen with our son.

Nina and her team are excellent and very experienced. The location is easy to get to by bike or car or walking, and situated next to a park, several local playgrounds and playgroups. The venue itself is a large and done up home plus garden area, which seems to constantly get updated and tweaked. The latest inclusion is a large outdoor climbing frame/tower with slides and swings attached. They do a variety of activities, which we get videos/pictures of. Besides visiting local parks/playgrounds, they occasionally take the kids further afield to forests or larger fields and playgrounds. Nina is always doing her best to accommodate our requests, even when they come very last minute (whoops). In 3 years, I think there was only a single day which was cancelled due to illness on her part, which seems remarkable to me. Most importantly: both our kids have really enjoyed themselves there and made good friends.

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Nina for any child from 6 months to 4 years old. As she approached 4, our daughter started needing a larger environment with more kids than a childminder can accommodate. However, plenty of kids evidently are happy there all until reception.

Finally, on behalf of me and my wife I want to express my thanks to Nina and her team for her care so far, and look forward to carrying on with our son.