Our daughter, aged 15 months is our second child, and having gone through the ups and downs of childcare with our son aged 4, we had a good idea of what we wanted. Both my partner and I are Primary School teachers with many years of experience and our priorities for childcare were for our children to develop a love for play and to have experiences beyond the home environment. We also wanted consistency and a home from home environment and with our previous experiences with regular staff changes, we knew that Gilly’s was right for not just our 1 year old, but her older brother too!

I’ve named the review faultless as the experience that we have had for the last four months has been fantastic. Gilly and her assistant are kind, patient and extremely caring. They provide incredible experiences both in their home and regularly out too. My children have experienced things for the first time at Gilly’s, such as visiting libraries, travelling on public transport, visiting the florist and so much more.

Our son has always struggled with attachment, but he runs into Gilly’s excitedly and even feels disappointed when I collect him to go home. Our daughter has been attending since she was ten months old and she waves and babbles with a smile on her face when we pull up. She’s so settled there!

Gilly and her assistant go above and beyond and the communication between there and home is absolutely amazing. We have a clear idea of what they do each day with lots of photographs to look at and their routines are met well.

I am currently commuting to work, with Gilly’s near to work. When asked regularly, ‘Would you look to move closer to home?’, my answer is ‘My children are so settled at Gilly’s… I would never move them now!’

I couldn’t be happier with our decision and I honestly feel like my children’s lives and being shaped not just by us as parents but by Gilly too!

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