Abi
Registered Childminder Job In Stroud
Female Member since Nov 2023 Last Updated Mar 2025 Last Login Apr 2025
About Me
My partner and I will be relocating from London to Stroud in Summer 2025 with our toddler Ira, who will turn 2 in August. He has been going to a childminder for two days a week since he was 12 months and is really thriving in a home-based environment. We love the variety, flexibility, mixed age groups and personal care he has received in this context and we’re now looking for a similar environment once we move. We really cherish having a good relationship with our childminders currently and are seeking someone else with whom we really feel we’re in a team with looking after Ira. He’s a sweet, curious and enthusiastic child who is social and (we think!) easy to have around.
My Requirements
We'll be living in Stroud and we’re looking for a childminder somewhere in town, or en route/ in east Gloucester or Churchdown where my partner will be working. We'll need support from 8 or 8:30am until 5pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from September 2025. We would prefer a term-time only arrangement, but that’s not a deal breaker for the right person.
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| Before School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Morning | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | no |
| After School | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 20/03/2025 | |||||||
Reviews I've Written
Reviews written by Abi. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk members and not of Childcare.co.uk.
We feel so lucky to have found Tashande and Sachia. They have exceeded all our hopes when it comes to childcare for our son. He was just over a year when he started and they helped us navigate the settling in period so brilliantly - kind and extremely gentle with him, and so communicative and understanding with us too as nervous first-time parents. I trust them completely and feel like we’re a real team. It’s the closest to a home away from home environment we think we could have found.
As time has gone on and our son has settled and made friends, we’ve really seen him grow in confidence. He talks about Tashande and Sachia and the other children at home, and seems happy to get there in the mornings. He certainly eats a much wider variety of food when he’s with them than he does at home too!
He has the opportunity to play outside every day (so long as it’s not pouring) and get involved with so many more activities than I am able to offer at home: crafts, singing, messy play and he’s given the opportunity and choose to try all sorts of different games and skills.
I feel so confident that our son is well cared for and seen for the little individual that he is and they fully embrace his toddler quirks now.
As we move out of London in the summer and will be seeking new childcare, I feel so sad for both us and our toddler to leave T&S. They have set the bar extremely high for what we’ll be looking for next.
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Abi
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Gentle Hands
(Childminder) on 22/04/2025
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