Tory
Childminder in Orpington
Female Member since Jan 2012 Last Updated Mar 2024 Last Login 28 Mar 2024
My Summary
About Me
I have a spacious childcare setting in Locksbottom, Orpington close to Darrick Wood schools with a purpose built playroom, home cooked organic food, and excellent references.
We spend lots of time outside as we are located close to our local park, and love spending time in our local woods. We have a vegetable garden and greenhouse which all the children enjoy being involved in.
My Experience
Experience of children of all ages including twins and children with additional needs.
2009 Ofsted Outstanding
2011 Ofsted Outstanding
2014 Ofsted Outstanding
2019 Overall effectiveness of education: Good.
Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding.
Personal development: Good.
Leadership and management. Good.
Overall effectiveness at previous inspection. Outstanding .
My Qualifications
NVQ level 3 in Children’s care, learning and development. Paediatric first aid.
My Availability
Before and after school care for Darrick Wood infant and Junior schools.
***1 under 5 space available Thursday and a Friday***
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Last Updated: 22/03/2024 |
My Fees
- Childminding from £8.00 per hour
Fees are dependant on total hours required, contact me for a visit/quote.
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Darrick Wood School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Darrick Wood Infant School
My Ofsted Inspections
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My Documents
- Ofsted Certificate (added 14/07/2023)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Tory. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk users 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.
Our little girl has been with Tory since she was 7 months old. A year has passed so quickly.
Thanks to Tory, Katie and John our daughter has developed so quickly.
It’s really helped her to become a social confident baby / toddler.
She’s learning so quickly. Her speech, understanding, social skills, independence and mobility.
We get daily photos or videos of her taking part in so many different activities.
They take her to playgroup twice a week exposing her to even more people and children.
There’s no way we could keep our little gem (Minx) so busy and so engaged for so long.
You can see that she’s just so happy.
Tory is full of advice and tips if there’s a problem.
The food is all homemade and our daughter loves it.
There’s a daily diary completed without fail.
We would highly recommend Tory, and have done to a couple of friends and colleagues.
Our two children have been going to Tory for nearly 18 months and I honestly can’t recommend her enough.
The setting is ideal for playing, learning and really is a home from a home. My toddler daughter goes there 3 days a week and her development has been incredible in all areas. She absolutely loves it and is always talking about her little friends and Tory, Katie (Tory’s assistant) and Tory’s family. She especially loves playing with Tory’s teenage daughter and sometimes doesn’t want to come home with me if she’s there after school!
Tory takes the kids to playgroups, the beach, local parks for picnics, sports days etc. and sends lovely photos throughout the day. She keeps an early years book for each of the kids and updates it every night with key achievements.
Tory’s husband does all the cooking and both my kids love the food.
I couldn’t recommend Tory enough.
We started sending our little boy to Tory when he was only 8 month old. Very quickly all my concerns and anxiety went away as I can tell my son has been taken very good care of and he is happy everyday. My son suffered from eczema quite seriously, Tory stood in our shoes, tried all means to help us control the situation and provided us with a lot of suggestions. The setting of the place is also very good, instead of staying indoor all the time, lots of activities have been arranged. All the kids will go out to get fresh air and attending play groups on a weekly basis. The activities allows my son to have social exposures but at the mean time, well protected from illness. The atmosphere is very good as well, make you feel like a big family! Tory is definitely one of the bests and I recommended her to my friends as well.
Our darling son has been with Victoria since he was a year old and we couldn't be happier with her whole approach. To us, her setting offers the right balance of bespoke care and opportunities to socialise with other children of similar as well as different ages. The play environment is wonderful, the outings are fun and varied, and our DS enjoys all the meals he gets. DS and we as first time parents have learnt so much with histories help (getting him to self settle for naps, to use the potty). We think ourselves so lucky to have found her!
Tory has been an absolute life saver, she looked after my son Chester for just a few months whilst I found someone more local to me in Tonbridge. I am absolutely gutted to be moving my son but the travel has got too much.
Chester settled in so well and Tory treated him like he was one of her own. It is so comforting knowing he was in a safe, fun, friendly, lovely environment.
She is great for sending pictures during the day of all the activities he has been up to, amazing cook he was eating his vegetables with her which he would never do at home!
I would highly recommend Tory to anyone. 5***** from us!
Thank you so much.
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