Ali's Reviews

Could not have a better choice!

We are parents of a baby that stays with Ali 40 hours a week for the last 14 months. When our baby started, she was 1 year old and from the day one she has never cried when we leave her with Ali. This means a lot for us! Our baby learns a lot of different and interesting things with Ali, learns to play and communicate with other toddlers and with older kids as well. Basically Ali's home is like a big family. Kids on different ages, rules, kindness and happiness. The place is very clean, full of toys and Ali provides many activities in order to improve to "sharing play" and to gain some learning milestones.

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by Hamlet about Ali on 12/07/2023

Response by Ali on 13/07/2023:

Thank you ❤️

Excellent service

The best childminder in Bicester!! You can’t find anyone better than Ali. Very professional and very friendly.. I would highly recommend Ali to anyone.

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by Mani about Ali on 12/07/2023

Response by Ali on 13/07/2023:

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Lovely and caring childminder

Ali looks after my soon since he was 18 months, as first time parents we felt very important Ali support in every stage of this very incredibly journey. My son is now 3 years old and looking forward to go to nursery school she is now helping him to get ready for nursery school. We couldn’t ask for anything else 🥰 Her place is very clean and child friendly 🥰

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by Carina about Ali on 12/07/2023

Response by Ali on 12/07/2023:

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Outstanding child minder

My boys have been going to ali's for 6 years now
My boy's started at the age of 4 and it was the best move I made , ali was very welcoming and understanding, ali made sure the boys had a settling in session and made them feel very welcome into her home.
My boys love going to ali's they have met some lovely friends.
At ali's they do different activities every day and there are lots of different toys games and outdoor activities to do.
My boys have learnt so much at ali,s on how to be polite and responsible and respect each other.
Ali goes above and beyond to help me and my boys in many different ways.
I also work with children and would highly recommend ali to anybody that asks me for childcare advice.

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by Teresa about Ali on 12/07/2023

Response by Ali on 12/07/2023:

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Mixed experience

My son is 3 years old and we asked Ali to help for 6 weeks as we did not have childcare for the Summer holidays. Ali’s setting is lovely and very clean, there are lots of toys to play with.
Sadly my son’s experience was not a positive one. In less than 12hrs looking after him, here are the things that Ali complained about:

That he was upset when we left him for the first time with her.
That he was chewing too loud.
That he was not using her preferred sentence to ask for things, i.e “Can I have (this toy, an extra biscuit, water) please?”.
That he was too agitated when playing.
That she did not have time to deal with his emotions because there were other children around and it was not fair to them.
That he was scared of the other children.
That he was scared to play with the other children at the park.
That he was scared to use her washroom (which he had never seen the inside of, and that she did not take the time to show him). That our son wasn't fully potty trained was not very much welcomed well.
That he was too noisy (yet he was also quiet and scared).

He was refused to an extra biscuit (his biscuits) when he asked for one, on the bases that he had already finished his lunch (and I assume not asking the right way).
Finally I was sent a video of him sobbing, with a simple statement that he would not stop crying. I haven't seen him in that state with us, family, friends, or the childminder who looked after him for the past 2 1/2 years. I do believe this is normal for a toddler to be unfamiliar in an unfamiliar place, even though I appreciate it's not easy to look after a child who's unhappy.
We went to pick him up only to be told "he is doing my head in". Great.

Again, the setting is great and there probably would be positives to write would we have had a better experience, especially considering Ali's excellent OFSTED recommendations.
We did not find the warmth, joy and care we were looking for (I didn't see another child smile anytime I was there mind you that should have been a clue) and felt we were bothering her more than anything. Business seems to be business indeed.

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by Jeremie about Ali on 12/07/2023

Response by Ali on 12/07/2023:

As a professional I am not going to dignify this malicious and untrue review by refuting every inaccuracy.
But just to say that I am a highly qualified, 4 times Ofsted outstanding child minder with over 20 years experience and have nurtured and cared for countless dozens of wonderful children throughout my career and have received fabulous reviews from extremely satisfied parents.

Great childminder

We have been with Ali for about 6 weeks having previously been in a nursery. Ali is very accommodating with our requests and is helping my daughter learn her essential skills for when she starts reception in a few years time.

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by Jennifer about Ali on 10/10/2022

5 stars

The contents of this review are no longer available as the reviewer's account has been deleted.

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by Parent about Ali on 29/03/2011