Latest Reviews
Here are some of the latest reviews that we have received from parents who have used childcare providers and tutors listed on Childcare.co.uk.
Rating Distribution
4.88 from 63,280 reviews
I could not recommend this setting enough! From the moment we went to look around and met Iza we knew our son will love this place, and he did!
It is a small intimate setting at her home and that’s exactly what we wanted. We can truly see that she cares for each and everyone, she’s good at updating about what your child was doing though out the day, often with pictures. It is clear to us that she deeply cares about our son and I know he is always safe and happy there.
She make a huge effort to celebrate different occasions, making sure our son plays with different toys, textures and arts. The child proof garden it’s a lovely addition to this house.
Could not recommend Iza enough. She’s a real blessing for our family!!
Izabella has been looking after my son for around 5 months now. He completely loves he's time with her. me and my partner can also see the love she has for him.
She is always professional, and the set up she has in her house is brilliant for the children. We also love how izabella had my son doing different arts and crafts every week, the valentines and Easter cards she sent home with him where super cute and a lovely touch.
I would highly recommend Izabella, she does a great job!!
My son gets excited every time he heads to Serina's home. He absolutely loves playing with all the trains in the playroom and has a blast with the fun outdoor activities in her garden. It's clear that Serina is great with kids—my son is learning so much from her, including a few words in Mandarin!
The meals at Serina's are fantastic; she not only makes homemade food but also offers healthy snacks throughout the day. My son also enjoys playing with Serina's children, who are so well-behaved and welcoming.
Serina has a special talent for connecting with young kids, and you can tell she genuinely enjoys being around them. We completely trust her and would highly recommend her services!
Janice
We’ve been with Amanda over 4 years now, she’s looked after my 1st born, from when he was around 2, right up untill school years and my youngest from around 8 months, he’s coming on for 3. Both my boys adore Amanda and so do we. She is wonderful with them. She’s very warm and kind, very hard working and tends to all the children’s needs
Angela is amazing and we use her for all our sitting needs for our little one. She's quick to respond and is very flexible in time. (once got stuck in traffic and we were an hour late.) Shes very accommodating to our needs and wants and she's amazing with our daughter who loves when she comes. Shes also great with pets too. Our dog approves!
Savannah
Samira has been looking after our two boys, currently aged 4 and 2.5 since just after our little one was born, and she has been a complete godsend to our family. If I had to describe Samira in five words, I would say caring, patient, trustworthy, reliable and capable.
The best thing about Samira is that she treats my children as if they were her own - approaching them with so much care and love. After the birth of my second, I was really struggling with a super active toddler (18months) and a newborn baby. We had a nanny previous to Samira but it didn’t work out, she just didn’t fit in with our family. Samira joined us when our littlest was 3 months and our eldest was 21 months. She came into our lives and made everything so much better, a real life Mary Poppins. She is kind, loving and gentle, and has taught not only our two boys so many things, including how to keep calm and be gentle with one another, but also taught me so much about how to approach my children in difficult situations. I don’t think I would have gotten through the terrible twos without her! She is patient and always is able to explain right and wrong to our children in a gentle way. She has always been very honest and forthcoming in every way.
She is extremely proactive, and thinks of fun activities for the children to do, going out of her way to arrange to take them to soft play and to classes. She also takes care of the things that I’m more reluctant to do with them myself, everything from play dough (my worst nightmare) to cutting their nails! She also thinks up healthy recipes for our children who are vegan.
Other than Mary Poppins, I can also compare her to Marie Kondo - because she keeps our kids clothes in immaculate condition, beautifully folded and organised. In addition to this, every time I would come home from the office after her looking after the kids the house would be nice and tidy (dishwasher stacked etc). In the 2.5 years since she has been with us, she has been so reliable, barely ever been sick, and sometimes when we had emergency situations (or planned ourselves badly) come at short notice
Hiring a nanny is one of the most important decisions in your life - because whoever comes in becomes part of the family and you need to be able to trust that person. Samira is incredibly trustworthy, and has slotted right into our family and household like a hand in a glove - she understands how to read family situations well, and she knows when to step back and give us time as a family and when to take the lead, which I’ve always really appreciated. When we’ve had family or friends around she knows just what to do, being unobtrusive but always really helpful at the same time. As Samira was jointly looking after my kids with me at times but sole charge other times this was a really important skill to me.
She also drives which is a huge positive and I always feel safe with my kids being in her car.
When my husband suggested that we move out of london, my first comment to him was “but we’ll never find another Samira!”. She has formed such a deep and close bond with my two children and I can’t thank her enough for everything that she’s done for our family in the past 2.5 years. It’s not just my kids who love her, we all love her - from myself and my partner, to my mother (who is extremely hard to please!) and even my mother in law. I would 100% recommend Samira as a nanny - it will be the best decision you ever make for your family. We are going to miss her dearly when we move!
Nikkita
I found Nahaid on a fantastic recommendation from another mother whose 2 kids have been looked after by Nahaid for years. Nahaid is a fantastic childminder - she has cared for my 1 year old regularly on a weekly basis, as well as my almost 4 year old when required. She is like a second parent and completely reliable and trustworthy.
She is extremely organised and has a great routine with the kids, always having a fun morning activity to do. Nahaid ensures they eat well and gives great attention to each child. She is flexible and works really well with parents to support us as much as possible. She goes above and beyond to help busy parents and is great with kids and very loving. You can trust Nahaid 100%. I am so lucky and grateful to have found her. Completely recommend
Rosie was great with our little boy, who is almost 2 years old. She arrived promptly and was happy to stay on a longer in the evening. I was a little anxious with it being our first time leaving him with a babysitter, but Rosie was fantastic and stayed in regular contact throughout the evening, which put my mind at ease. Rosie was also happy to put him to bed which really helped and meant we could leave on time. Our little boy was absolutely fine with being left, which was a concern of mine, but he was happy to be sat playing with Rosie and barely noticed us leaving. I would highly recommend her.
EllieF
Nikki is an absolutely amazing childminder!
From our first visit to Nikki with Henry we knew we wanted Henry to attend her setting!
Henry started with Nikki just after he turned one and Nikki was great at helping him to settle in. She communicated and reassured us throughout the day that Henry was absolutely fine and these regular updates really helped to ease me into leaving Henry to go back to work!
Henry is absolutely thriving in Nikki’s care and he runs in straight in so happily and waves goodbye to me! He gets so excited on the drive to Nikki’s to see all of his friends and of course Nikki! The relationship he has built with the other children is so lovely and so heartwarming to see, especially when Nikki sends us pictures of their day, it’s so lovely to see what they’ve been up to and where they’ve been.
Nikki’s communication is amazing, she always keeps me updated and answers any questions I have. She has such a kind and caring nature and you can see how much she loves the children and the children love her!
Her home is warm and friendly and there are so many toys for the children. She also has a big garden with so many toys! Plus they go out so regularly to parks, music groups and to meet other childminders and their children which is great to extend the children’s socialisation with others!
I would 100% recommend Nikki as a childminder to others, it’s the best decision we made sending Henry to her!
This lady was awful towards my 3 children she would shout at them, she would sware at them, she cut my 4 year old daughters hair without my consent my daughter never had her hair cut as it was such beautiful hair I was distraught as was my daughter. Shazna looked after my children while I went away to an event and my children was booked into before school club and after school from 7:30am and home at 6pm Shazna expected to be paid all day every day and expected to still be paid the same while my children slept from 7:30-8pm till 6:30am where everyone else would only charge £50 during sleep hours and charged me £10 for one of my children waking up to use the toilet. I would have there meals planned out for them so she only needed to heat up and all the food was still in the fridge when I came back and instead of my children running up to me excited to see me the first thing was mummy we are hungry. My house was a disaster when I arrived home, I have a ring doorbell and it notified me of someone at my door I looked and it was Shazna and my children leaving my 4 and 6 year old said I’m hungry please can we have some food her response was “ I DONT CARE GET IN THE CAR” my daughter responded but you haven’t fed us in such a sad tone! My eldest son said to me mum please don’t let her look after us again she is horrible and shouts and doesn’t feed us please mum anyone but her . Shazna new my children were grieving the loss of their dad … Shazna also collected my children late from after school club which resulted in charges. My children hadn’t had any washes while I was gone she looked after my children a few time's most was just for a few hours and the first time I left for a few she had a reason for everything and as I was grieving myself I just accepted her reasons but the second time I went away to an event I knew there was something wrong … my daughter had a terrible rash where she would go to the toilet and she would struggle to clean herself I told this to Shazna and she said no worries I’ll help her and didn’t help her … I would strongly advise that you don’t use this lady … I have since found a lovely babysitter who my children love….. I have always taught my children to speak up from being very little no matter what always speak up no matter what someone says to them and they do just that I’m great believer in teaching my children from birth and my children tell me everything and are always honest as this has also been drummed into them no child should be scared of a childminder nor should they be spoken to like they was by anyone, they should feel safe and cared for… nothing is worth children feeling this way. Unfortunately these reviews have to give s star to move on but there should be a negative star rating as it would be minus 5 and because her home wasn’t satisfactory they was always at our home …. This profile shouldn’t be allowed on here
caroline
Highly recommend Grace for babysitting services! She was super efficient reliable friendly & professional. I left my 9 year old with Grace for the first time since he’s had long Covid & me/cfs he felt really comfortable with her & said she was lovely! Everything was straight forward & we were super happy Thankyou Grace!
We are very pleased to have Saj as our babysitter. She is very disciplined, reliable and trustworthy. Also like the fact she is comfortable working around any tasks you assign her with the same level of enthusiasm. She has been fantastic helping my wife around with cleaning and housework whilst giving her best to keep our little one entertained. Good work Saj and we are very impressed with you. I would definitely recommend Saj to prospective parents.
This childminder is wonderful! It was exactly what I needed for my little ones. The setting is homely and Samantha and her team are super knowledgeable on things to do with learning boundaries and playtime. Honestly, the best decision I've made concerning my children. They've learnt alot in a short space of time and there and comes back home with some awesome paintings!!
Our daughter started with Nicole in January 2024 when she was 7 months old and she LOVES Nicole and her time there. Her adaptation went smoothly and it feels wonderful to see Sophie so joyful and happy when we drop her off each morning.
We originally though we’d leave Sophie at a childminder until 1 year old and then put her in nursery but seeing how she is evolving, learning and thriving with Nicole we want to continue.
Nicole has an MA in education and follows the ofsted nursery curriculum with more tailored activities and Montessori style wood toys and games.
She is open 8am -6pm and including delicious and healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The biggest advantage is the one-to-one care and tailored curriculum and the fact that Sophie has not been ill since started with Nicole apart from a small cold which I gave her from work not the other way around. Nicole also meets up with other childminders from time to time so Sophie socialises plenty.
I recommend Nicole wholeheartedly! She is so attentive and communicative. I feel safe and confident leaving my daughter in her amazing care.
If you want the best for your child,
look no further than Nicole.
Chantal
