Nicola J
Childminder in Brentwood (also available for babysitting)
5.0
My Summary
About Me
Offering Emergency/Short term childcare options
Hello my name is Nicola I am a fully registered outstanding Ofsted Childminder. I live in Brentwood with my husband Gordon, our 21 year old daughter is currently at university.
Having run a very successful childminding business for 13 years I am now available to support parents with their ad-hoc emergency childcare needs and also temporary contracted childcare needs.
I believe in keeping the children active, enjoying the outdoors with trips to the local play park, exploring the woods, visiting the library & attending local play groups for socialisation.
My Experience
I worked in the city and locally for over twenty years as an Administrator. Once my daughter was born I returned to work and employed a childminder to care for her. The childcare service that we received was excellent, my daughter became very fond of the childminder and still has a special bond with her. When I was made redundant, I decided to change career and become a childminder, best decision ever! I have been Childminding now for over 13 years. I love spending time with children of all ages whether its getting messy (art & craft/cooking) going out for the day exploring or relaxing reading stories.
I thoroughly enjoyed raising my daughter and celebrating each milestone and achievement. I am very family orientated so love spending time with family and friends.
My Qualifications
I am a fully registered Ofsted Childminder, last inspection on 08/05/2024 i was awarded the grade Outstanding. I hold a Local Authority approved Paediatric First Aid Certificate which I refresh every 3 years. I am registered with Pacey – Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years. I have completed the CYPOP5 (Understand how to set up a home-based childcare service) and ESCB recognised Safeguarding Children training. I have an Enhanced CRB check completed by Ofsted and I hold a full clean driving licence. I have also been awarded a Food Hygiene Rating 5*
My Availability
Immediate availability for Monday - Friday
My Fees
- Babysitting from £25.00 per hour
- Childminding from £20.00 per hour
Please call to discuss.
Healthy snacks and breakfast provided.
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
The inspection grades below have been obtained from the Ofsted website based upon the registration number the childminder has provided to us. You should verify this information yourself prior to using the childminder.
My Documents
- Ofsted Certificate (added 03/03/2023)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Latest reviews
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Nicola looked after my daughter from 9 months old to almost 3 years old. Being a single parent I was petrified of leaving my daughter to go back to work but Nicola made the transition so easy for the two of us and really set my mind at rest. She sent me regular updates of her progress from activities they were doing down to how she was getting on with eating. My daughter had a dairy allergy which she eventually grew out of but Nicola was so good and careful with preparing her food.
Nicola would do something different with her children everyday with trips to the park, barleylands, gruffalo trails, thames chase, rhyme time at the library etc. Nicola's homesetting is just lovely also with a wonderful range of toys and activities to do in the house and lovely garden. My daughter had such fun with her and the other children and I know she was always completely safe. I have a polite, confident, sociable, outgoing little girl now thanks to Nicola who we ended up seeing as a second mum to my daughter. We have moved quite a way away from Brentwood now and miss her so much!
Cannot recommend Nicola enough!
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Kerry
on 20/08/2020
Nicola started looking after my son when he was 6 months old and I had to return to work. I was keen to find a home from home environment for him which was a bit more personal and one to one than a nursery, especially as he was so young. Nicola was excellent at providing this, she kept up the routine we had going at home, was fantastic at helping us continue with the baby-led weaning we had just started, always sending pictures of his progress and giving us a full report of how he had got on with his food that day.
Nicola also ensured that our son was out of the house as much as possible taking him to interesting places to see and do things. If the weather was good, they were out and our son thoroughly enjoyed this. As he got older Nicola changed the types of activities they would do, always matching days out to his ability which thoroughly helped his development. Days out would include trips to the park, local farm, playgroups to spend time with other children, library, beach etc.
Our son is now nearly 2 and he is a very happy, outgoing and confident little boy. I give Nicola a large part of the credit for this as he was so well looked after by her. Returning to work was difficult but it was made much easier knowing I didn't have to worry about if he was being looked after properly.
Due to us expecting our second child, I am now back at home and no longer require childcare but we will be keeping in touch with Nicola as she has become an important part of our son's life, he is extremely fond of her and she will always be our first port of call should we need childcare again.
I cannot recommend Nicola highly enough. She was a godsend for us and I am very happy we found her and chose her to care for our child.
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on 11/03/2016
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