GraceLand
Childminder in Manchester
My Summary
About Me
Welcome to ‘Graceland’ Childminding Services
Hello, and thank you for taking the time to learn more about my childminding service.
As a dedicated mother of five children, my greatest experience comes from raising and nurturing my own family. Through this wonderful journey, I have gained invaluable knowledge, patience, understanding, and practical childcare skills that I now bring into my childminding setting every day.
I provide a warm, friendly, and homely environment where children feel safe, loved, and valued. My aim is to create a caring atmosphere that helps children settle quickly, build confidence, and enjoy their time away from home. Every child is treated with kindness, respect, and individual attention to support their emotional well-being and development.
My setting offers a wide variety of educational toys, creative resources, and engaging activities designed to support children's learning through play. Activities are tailored to children's interests and developmental stages, encouraging curiosity, imagination, communication, and independence.
I look forward to welcoming your child into a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment where they can learn, grow, and thrive.
My Experience
With my experience as a childminder I believe that children learn best through real-life experiences and exploration. For this reason, we regularly enjoy outings to local libraries, playgroups, parks, and playgrounds, giving children opportunities to socialise, learn new skills, and enjoy the world around them.
Healthy eating is important in my setting. Children are provided with a selection of cooked and non-cooked meals and snacks throughout the day. Packed lunches from home are also very welcome, allowing parents to choose what works best for their child.
I understand that family life can be busy and unpredictable, which is why I aim to offer flexibility wherever possible to support the needs of parents and carers. Building strong partnerships with families is important to me, and I strive to work closely with parents to ensure every child receives the best possible care.
My Qualifications
I have childcare qualification
Paediatric First Aid
Disease control level2
Computing in IT Support degree
Wellcomm certificate and more training done under childcare.
My Availability
Please contact me for my availability. I have before and after school places, pick ups & drop off and school holidays arround Moston, Blackley area as I drive. Summer holidays club available
My working hours are 7.00am to 6pm Monday to Friday, however these hours are flexible. I can offer for unsolicited hours if needed. Any enquiries please contact me.
My Fees
- Childminding from £8.50 per hour
Can call me for more info
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at St John Bosco RC Primary School
- I provide drop offs at St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School Manchester
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Charlestown Community Primary School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at North Ridge High School
My Ofsted Inspections
The inspection grades below have been obtained from the Ofsted website based upon the registration number the childminder has provided to us. You should verify this information yourself prior to using the childminder.
My Documents
- Ofsted Certificate (added 05/02/2025)
- DBS Check (added 22/05/2022)
- Inspection Report (added 19/03/2024)
Reviews
4.92 out of 5
Parents say
This childminder receives consistently excellent reviews from parents who praise her caring, professional and nurturing approach. Children are reported to be very happy in her care, with many not wanting to leave. Parents particularly value her strong communication skills and supportive nature.
Summary generated by AI from the text of recent member reviews
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for GraceLand. 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.
Olivia has been a God send to me and my family. My children love her and that makes me feel at ease. She is kind, caring and nurturing. Her communication is spot on. Overall I highly recommend for any parent looking for childcare because she is very good at what she does and the fact that my children adore her makes the decision of working with her a very easy one. Keep up the good work
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Michelle
on 06/06/2026
Madam Olivia has been my daughter's child minder for a year now, what a wonderful woman she is. My daughter doesn't want to come home when ever I go to pick her up because she always feels so comfortable and happy there. I am always relaxed when ever am at work because she takes very good care of my daughter and makes her feel at home. Thank you very much ma for ths good work you are doing.
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Adegoke
on 15/08/2025
Oliva has been a good supportive for me, she has been minding my son for a while and she really taking good care of my kid. She is very proffessional and a loving lady . Highly recommended for anyone looking for a good child minder.
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Adetoun
on 15/08/2025
Olivia has been a good support for me during my studies when i was struggling with my kids. She is a lovely person and my kids love her as a grandma because of her kindness and understanding. They are enjoyed spend a time on her place and always happy because of lot of toys and play that they can have in her place. Thank you again Olivia for your support
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Reine29
on 26/04/2025
Olivia has been minding my kids for years now and she’s very understanding and professional at all times and really understands the needs of my children. I couldn’t be more happier.
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Tracy
on 14/02/2024
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GraceLand
on 14/02/2024:
Thanks a lot Tracey
Olivia is caring and supportive, very understanding. The kids love going to her, engages and provides extra support for struggling parents like me. Would strongly recommend her.
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Norxy
on 13/02/2024
Olivia has been a great help to me at this point of my studies. She has been minding my kids over a year now. She has shown a great level of professionalism while discharging her duties. She is specially patient with my son and great with the girls. She is warm and very approachable. The kids enjoy going to her. She keeps them engaged with activities. She has a comfortable and clean home. High recommended for anyone looking for a good minder.
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Norxy
on 27/09/2022
Olivia has been looking after my son for almost a year, she is very professional, kind and loving, I am very grateful to her; I will put my son in her care again without hesitation.
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Liz Yuli
on 15/08/2022
Olivia runs a fantastic child care service ,she is very warm and understands the needs of a child..Whilst away she keeps the children occupied with fun and learning activities,My little one loves been with her. And she gives feedbacks at the close of the day.Well organised.
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bibi
on 09/08/2019
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GraceLand
on 09/08/2019:
Thanks lv
Olivia has been minding my 2 children for over a year and has proven herself to be very professional and competent.
The children took to her so quickly and she and her family are like family now.
I have known Olivia even before her childminding as a woman of her word and a lover of people socially.
I am very impressed with her services and wont think of taking the kids elsewhere.
She loves and cares for her children like her own having brought up 6 kids of her own.
As a special educational needs teacher myself I am impressed that she also minds children with needs.
For the future I hope she will consider expanding to a nursery to help more families in the area as nursery services in the Charlestown area are limited for working families.
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