Sarahdud
Childminder in Strood
Usually responds within 3 days
Female Member since Jan 2014 Last Updated Apr 2025 Last Login 05 May 2025
My Summary
About Me
I am a fun loving enthuastic childcare professional who has 20 years experience and a degree in Early Years. I love working with children and it fills we with joy when I have supported them in their learning journey through life.
I currently am a childminder offering childcare from
Monday - Friday 730am-6pm
Healthy meals
Playgroups and activities
Preparation for primary school
Please contact me if your requirements are different from above and we can discuss your childcare needs
I currently don't offer school drop off/pick ups
My Experience
20 years experience in childcare working up to Deputy manager level in a day nursery.
Also taught Childcare to level 2 and level 3 students
Most importantly, I am a parent so understand childcare issues from personal experience
My Qualifications
Degree in early years
Early years professional status
My Availability
available from September 2025
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| Last Updated: 17/04/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £5.70 per hour
Please contact with requirements
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 14/02/2022)
Reviews
4.67 out of 5
Latest reviews
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Sarah offers a home from home environment. Sarah has spacious playroom that offers the children the opportunity to interact and develop all skills. We like the routine of the different classes Sarah attends each week. Sarah has helped with early learning skills and treats our daughter as if she is one of her own. She has played a big role in shaping her values and skill set.
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JennieS
on 26/08/2019
Sarah has been our childminder since April, for our 1yo Teddy and 3yo Florence. We struggled to find childcare locally that felt right for our children, and after several false starts found Sarah, who felt right from day one.
Her settling-in process was thorough, offering enough time for our children to feel secure in her care, and for us as parents to know we could go to work and not worry about our children.
Teddy attends 2 full-day sessions, and Sarah provides care post-preschool for Florence on these days, even collecting her from school. In school holidays Sarah has been flexible in allowing Florence to spend full-days with her.
Both children have formed a close bond with Sarah, and the “family” they spend their days with. We’re particularly impressed with Sarah’s structured approach to learning through play, and her attention to detail when it comes to progress reports and daily diary entries. It’s clear that a great deal of effort goes into planning care and sessions for all those Sarah looks after, and this shows in our children’s continued development in their time with her. Additionally she has been happy to continue our baby-led approach to Teddy when it comes to naps, food and play routines.
We feel incredibly fortunate to have found Sarah when we did, and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to anyone!
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WGorm
on 19/08/2019
Absolutely lovely and caring! My daughter loves her and always enjoying her time there! Every day they do new things and going new different places. Can not say enough thank you for all help and how clever my little girl became!Very recommend to everyone who wants they kids to be safe and have fun!
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Aya
on 12/08/2019
Sarah looked after my 4 year old little girl for almost 3 years and she was absolutely amazing! She is full of enthusiasm for the children and has the perfect balance of authority and teaching with a generous and fun loving nature. My daughter adored her and her development went through the roof under Sarah’s guidance and loving support. She is able to be attentive to each individual child and their needs as well as encourage group play and a really good environment for all of the children to feel safe, happy and make friends. She is also very communicative with parents, something that’s quite rare and is really important so you can relax knowing your little one is in good hands. I could not recommend Sarah highly enough!
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Gem
on 17/05/2019
Sarah cared for our daughter in her early years of Primary school, both in the morning and after school. She was always happy to be there and always looked forward to being dropped off for breakfast before school. The welcome on her doorstep is always warm and cheery, whatever the weather! Sarah cares for a range of ages, but we always felt that our daughters needs were catered for and it is great for her to mix with children from different age groups. Her assistance with homework is a real bonus and shows that she is able to divide her time fairly between the children in her care. We also used Sarah for care during school holidays and her team always have fun activities lined up for her to enjoy. We’d highly recommend Sarah!
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GCowley
on 14/05/2019
We were so happy to find Sarah, she looked after our son James from ten-months-old, he had a fantastic couple of years in her care. She and James got on brilliantly, we'll all miss her now that he's going to nursery.
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Matilda
on 05/10/2015
Response by
sarahdud
on 17/10/2015:
Thank you so much Matilda. We will always love James the cat xxx
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