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Miles Of

Childminder in London

5 stars

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Female Member since Mar 2012 Last Updated Aug 2024 Last Login 15 Oct 2025

My Summary

Ofsted Registered
Special Needs Experience
First Aid Training
DBS Check
Newborn Experience
School Pickups
Childcare Qualifications
2 Year old Funded Childcare
3 and 4 Year old Funded Childcare
Tax-Free Childcare
Flexible Hours
9 months old Funded Childcare

About Me

Hello we are miles of smiles childcare

Hello, my name is Jodie and I co work with my mum Janet Speirs
we are Ofsted registered childminders in the Islington N1 area just off Essex road with close links to Highbury & Islington and the city.

we have a lovely playroom with a range of fun, educational, interactive toys and activities so children can explore more.
We have a large garden filled with sand, water, soft play, trampoline and many more for the children to learn and have fun with, we pride ourselves in creating activities and experiences for children in a comfortable and happy environment providing lots stimulating activities, trips outdoors, following the EYFS.
We encourage children to be themselves and support there development individually and as a group through play.
At Miles of smiles we love getting creative with lots of messy and sensory play.
We here at Miles of Smiles provide healthy daily fresh homecooked meals with snacks throughout the day.
We attend regular stay and play during the week and often go off and explore such as feeding the ducks, going to the zoo, museums, walks down the canal and the local library.
We provide parents with daily diaries filled with a breakdown of children's days and learning journey books, filled with photos and tracking showing the children’s journeys and fun in our setting.

We have loved watching our children grow in our setting enabling them to feel confident to move on and explore the big wide world
we are still in contact with children that have moved on as at Miles of Smiles we all become a extended family unit.

I myself have worked with children for around 12 years in various roles such as nursery nurse, nanny, babysitting and childminding, am also a proud mummy to my daughter aged 11 and my son aged 5.
I am a fully qualified level 4 in childcare and management practitioner, Janet has been a childminder for 15 years and has also worked in a nursery setting, including being room leader in Montessori nursery as well as being proud mummy and nanny.

We both also have First aid, Child protection, Food hygiene, To be Two, Life at Two, Schemas , health and safety , food hygiene and various other training and qualifications. we have been rated a good from Ofsted in 2021 and are always updating our knowledge with new courses.

We hope to welcome you into our setting!

My Experience

Nursery Nurse in 4 different nursery's -
Hungerford nursery
Rosemary works
New river green
Highbury community nursery
Nanny to 3 month - 5 years
babysitting
Childminder assistant
Childminder
I Can provide references on request

My Qualifications

level 3 diploma in childcare and education
8 GCSEs
Level 2 communication key skills
CACHE home based child care
Enhanced DBS
Food hygiene
Food allergy
Level 2 safeguarding /child protection
Paediatric first aid
Fire safety
Understanding child development with children with SEND
Early years 'to be two'
Life at two
Understanding schemas-exploring patterns of behaviour
Health and safety in a workplace
Level 4 in childcare

My Availability

Monday - Friday

8 am -6pm Flexible hours

Part time/ full time

Holiday care

I can also provide government funded 15 hours and 30 hours a week free and tax free childcare.
I am available for pick ups from Rotherfield Primary School

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Last Updated: 16/08/2024

My Fees

  • Childminding from £10.00 per hour

Please feel free to call, email or text for more details

Thank you
Jodie

My Local Schools

My Ofsted Inspections

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Good
27 September 2022
A warm and engaging childcare environment fosters positive learning experiences. The curriculum, based on children's interests, promotes engagement and independence while prioritizing language development. Children demonstrate positive behavior and respectful interactions. Areas for improvement include providing more challenging activities for older children and exploring the local environment to enhance understanding of the world. Overall, the inspection found a nurturing setting with opportunities for growth. Word count: 56 words
Summary generated by AI from the text of the inspection report.
20 October 2016 - Good
8 March 2016 - Requires Improvement
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My Documents

  • DBS Check (added 01/07/2020)
  • Training Certificate: first aid (added 01/07/2020)
  • Training Certificate: quality assured childminder (added 01/07/2020)
  • Training Certificate: level 3 in childcare (added 01/07/2020)
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Reviews

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8 ratings

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Janet and Jodie are warm, loving, and communicative caregivers. They looked after our 2-year-old son while we were on an extended stay in London, and our son nearly jumped out of bed each morning, looking forward to spending the day with Janet and Jodie. They are gentle and sweet and were always communicative with us - sharing pictures and providing advice, which made us feel like our son was in great hands. They make lovely home-cooked meals for the kids each day, and our son loved their food :) We highly recommend them!

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by Avatar for Julie Julie on 10/09/2025

Looked after three year old while nursery was closed - they were fantastic! Really lovely setting with tonnes of toys and games - he didn’t want to come home on the first visit!

Activity packed days meant he was happy and tired at the end of the day with lots to tell me about where they had been and the little adventures he had found. He loved the pet turtles and has added to his Christmas list.

Jodie and Janet are lovely and it’s a really welcoming family setting that was safe and secure. He ate the home cooked meals (to the shock of his mum!) and had a brilliant time. Was so good to be able to feel secure that he was well cared for while we had to work. Regular updates and messages were well received and could see how happy he was.

Highly recommend and will be using again - and letting all the other parents know.

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by Avatar for Jeff Jeff on 05/09/2024

Caring family environment

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by Avatar for Maria Maria on 18/08/2022

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