Thespia
Childminder in London
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Female Member since Sep 2012 Last Updated Oct 2025 Last Login 12 Oct 2025
My Summary
About Me
Dear Families,
We are delighted to welcome you to our Montessori home-based daycare in East Finchley.
Our team is made up of professional Montessori teachers, a qualified nurse, and experienced early years educators, with over 20years of expertise in teaching and early childhood development. We have created a warm, colourful, and inspiring environment where every child is nurtured to grow with confidence.
At our setting, we design personalised developmental programmes for each child. We truly cherish the uniqueness of every child, allowing them to develop at their own pace—without pressure, frustration, or tears. Our goal is to create a joyful and meaningful learning experience every day.
We support children’s development across all seven areas of learning, from birth onwards, using a combination of the Montessori and Waldorf Steiner approaches. The first three years are a crucial time for sensory development, so we provide carefully balanced stimulation to support children’s natural growth.
Our environment encourages sensory, motor, cognitive, personal, social, and language development. It is fully child-proof and thoughtfully equipped with high-quality resources to meet each child’s needs, helping them feel secure and happy from day one.
Outdoors, we offer a beautiful garden with vegetable and flower beds, along with a bouncy castle, climbing frame, slide, see-saw, and more—creating plenty of opportunities for active play and exploration.
We look forward to welcoming your little one into our Montessori family, where learning happens with joy, respect, and love
My Experience
I am Hungarian and have been working in education for over 20years. Over the past 15years, I have focused on the early years sector, bringing together my knowledge, training, and hands-on experience to create nurturing and meaningful learning environments for young children.
Alongside my early years studies, I have also studied psychology and therapy, which gives me a deeper understanding of child development. This background allows me to support the emotional, social, and cognitive needs of each child in a balanced and thoughtful way.
I am truly passionate about early childhood development and approach it from a holistic perspective. My teaching blends the Montessori and Waldorf Steiner methods with the EYFS framework, offering each child a gentle and well-rounded approach to their learning journey. My aim is to help children build strong foundations, develop independence, and grow with confidence and joy.
Throughout my career, I have worked and practiced in both private and maintained schools, gaining valuable experience in a variety of educational settings. I later opened my home-based Montessori setting to build deeper, more meaningful connections with children and their families. Working with small groups allows me to offer more individual attention and truly tailor learning to each child’s unique needs and pace of development.
I recognise the crucial importance of the early years, especially for children under five. In a small, home-to-home environment, I can focus closely on each child, creating a safe and calm space where their development is fully supported and their individuality respected.
Children in my care learn in a warm, respectful, and stimulating environment, where their natural curiosity is encouraged and their development is carefully scaffolded to prepare them for school and lifelong learning.
I have extensive experience with:
• Newborns, twins, and children with SEN
• Early child development from birth
• Toddlers and young children
• Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
• Montessori education (0–7 years)
• Sleep coaching
• Mainstream education in the UK and abroad
My mission is to **nurture the whole child—body, mind, and spirit—**by providing a safe, inspiring space where they can grow at their own pace, feeling valued, supported, and loved.
My Qualifications
Diploma:
BA Hon. Early child development and education
BA Hon. Special Educational Needs
Ma Psychology
Level 5 Management and Leadership in EY sector
Level 4 Montessori (teacher)
Level 4 Early years educator
Senco
Makaton and PECS trained
Speech therapy
Sleep coach
Certificates:
Food Hygiene
pediatric first aid
Safe Guarding Children
Behavior management
Speech, language development
ICO registered
EYFS
Emotional well being
Nutritionist
My Availability
half day 8 am - 12;30 pm
full day 8 am - 6 pm
Also offer tailored hours , get in touch
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My Fees
- Childminding from £8.00 per hour
Free Childcare
School pick up from Brookland primary
My Local Schools
This childminder has not yet informed us whether or not they provide any drop off or pick up services at local schools.
My Ofsted Inspections
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My Documents
- DBS Check (added 02/06/2016)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 01/06/2016)
- Other (added 10/10/2025)
- Training Certificate: Food safety (added 03/06/2022)
- Training Certificate: Play (added 07/01/2021)
- Training Certificate: Behavior (added 07/01/2021)
- Training Certificate: Safe guarding (added 07/01/2021)
- Training Certificate: Food Hygiene (added 07/01/2021)
- Training Certificate: equality (added 07/01/2021)
- Training Certificate: First Aid (added 23/09/2020)
- Exam Certificate: Montessori Educator (added 18/04/2017)
- Training Certificate: Childrens emotional well being (added 02/06/2016)
- Training Certificate: Speech, Language, communication needs (added 02/06/2016)
- Training Certificate: EYFS (added 02/06/2016)
- Exam Certificate: Bachelors (added 01/06/2016)
Reviews
4.76 out of 5
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Thespia. 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.
We have been with Thespia for nearly five years, and it has been an exceptional experience for our two children, proving to be the perfect choice for us.
The Montessori setup is beautiful, providing a fun and educational environment every day.
The children engage in activities beyond those of a standard nursery, including crafts tailored to their interests and regular cooking sessions. Suzy and her team also brainstorm with us during tricky phases with our kids.
The small group size and high caregiver-to-child ratio allow for personalized attention to our children's emotional, sleep, and nutritional needs.
Suzy prepares delicious home-cooked meals, greatly expanding our children's palates—they even request chicken paprikash at home!
Suzy's generosity and kindness have made her feel like family to us.
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Roza
on 04/04/2025
We have had a wonderful experience. The staff is caring, attentive, and highly engaged with the children, ensuring a safe and fun environment.
Best aspect they got mature experinced staff with their hearts in the work, all experienced professionals and parents understanding deeply children and parents need.
All the activties are well planed my children thrive and are excited on daily bases with their achievements. The food is outstanding freshly prepared and cooked , my super fussy eater now craves and loves all cooked food, veg, meat etc.
I am beyond grateful for all the effort and love this place gave to us!
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kemN2
on 09/11/2024
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Thespia
on 05/12/2024:
Thank you. Appreciate it.
Suzy was recommended by a friend, and I am so lucky that I met her.
After having a difficult birth with twins it was very hard and almost impossible to coop with everything. Suzy bounced into our lives and turned everything around in a matter of hours, her energy and confidence and her skills are just amazing. It was a joy to watch her feed and soothe my babies, in no time they were settled and sleeping For 6 weeks we had no rest at all and the babies were very exhausted as well after Suzy did her magic we all could go to sleep, I could not believe it.
Every few hours I have ger expressed milk and she just carried on all night and my babies were happy and resting. After a few weeks, she managed to put the twins into a routine so they were sleeping for hours. I heard about dream feeding but never seen it done and after Suzy showed to me, wow, it really works and made our lives so easy and peaceful.
I learn so much from her in such a short period, honestly, if anyone is in need of help after giving birth, do ask Suzy she will be able to guide you through it and to enjoy this period without stress and exhaustion!
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Linda
on 24/02/2020
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Thespia
on 05/12/2024:
Xoxo happy to help
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