Marisa
Childminder in SANDHURST
Female Member since Dec 2016 Last Updated Apr 2025 Last Login 10 May 2025
My Summary
Childminder
About Me
I am 42 years old. My last OFSTED inspection grading GOOD was in July 2019. I have 24 years experience in childcare. I have cared for babies and children from birth to 17 years of age. I am a fully qualified child minder. I am married with 3 beautiful children. I live in College Town, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst, Berkshire GU47 0QF.
I offer a safe and secure home from home environment.
The children enjoy doing lots of arts and craft activities, play-doh etc, I also do cooking and baking with the children,the children also enjoy storytimes, singing, puzzles, and books and may more resources. I am lucky to have a large garden with lots of play equipment to suit all ages. We like to walk around the woods and go too parks and feed the ducks.
I also attend toddler groups, childminding groups, soft play areas, farms and the library.
I follow the EYFS on baby's days, which is a secure site to follow your child’s development and updates all information, it also offers live updates on your child's daily routine.
I plan the children activities around the child interests and cover different celebrations throughout the year.
I currently have part-time spaces available, dependant on hours and days with immediate starts, so if you would like to call or message me please feel free to contact me.
My Experience
24 years childcare experience, in all different childcare settings. Experience Managing a Pre school and looking after children aged between 3 months and 17 years old.
NNEB qualification completed in 2000
Child Minder qualification completed in sept 2016.
DBS checked,
Paediatric First Aid Certificate
Safeguarding certificate
Nursery Nursing qualification
FGM and Prevent Duty SEND training
New EYFS training
I attend regular training courses on childcare.co.uk
My Qualifications
NNEB Qualified
CHILD MINDER qualification
Paediatric First Aid
Safeguarding
Food Hygiene
A wide variety of childcare related training completed.
My Availability
Spaces Available
Term term only
9 month old funding 15 hours free
2 year funding 15 hours free
3/4 year funding 30 hours free
Tax Free childcare
30 hour Funding offered
Childcare Vouchers excepted
Available Monday-Thursday 9am-16pm
ALL DAY or PART TIME SPACES
Owlsmoor Primary School
Owlsmoor Nursery
Little Owls Pre School
Drop off, Mid day pick ups and Collection from all local NURSERIES AND PRE SCHOOLS.
Cherry Town nursery.
College Town Montessori
Greengables Nursery
Sandhurst Nursery School and many more.
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| Before School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 18/04/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £6.50 per hour
Immediate spaces available
Monday-Thursday between 9- 4pm
I accept the following funding in my setting:
30 HOURS GOVERNMENT
FUNDING
15 HOURS 9 months to 2 year olds GOVERNMENT FUNDING OFFERED,
CHILDCARE VOUCHERS,
TAX FREE CHILDCARE EXCEPTED.
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Owlsmoor Primary School
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 04/11/2019)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for MARISA. 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 used Marisa for our 1st child and then 3 years later for our 2nd. Marisa has supported our family now for over 5 years and we could not recommend her enough. Home from Home feel, lots of playgroups and our children love her and her family. She has pets which is great, so much outdoor play and is more than flexible. We are sad to leave as its time to move up to pre school now but she will always be our go to should we get stuck. Thank you again as always!
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KirstyS
on 28/07/2024
Marisa I honestly could not thank you enough for looking after our beautiful girl.
I'm so glad we found u and anyone that send their kids to you, they have made the right choice.
Marisa has looked after our daughter from 9 months till 2 years and 4 months old. Drop off and pick ups were easy our daughter always came out smiling and talking about her children.
She was always well looked after and nothing was too much for Marisa.
If we have another baby. Your our NUMBER 1 :) thanks again.
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Sherene
on 30/08/2023
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MARISA
on 26/01/2024:
Thank you so much.
I can't rate Marissa highly enough and the development our beautiful daughter has made speaks volumes. She has been extremely helpful when we have been in difficult situations, always going above and beyond what is required.
I understand what it's like to try and chose the right childminder and there are always worries associated, understandably.
I can see that someone has left Marissa a terrible review that has clearly been fabricated to fit their agenda, without realising the damage it can cause to Marissas livelihood. I couldn't disagree with the accusations any more if I tried. She has always been caring and attentive whenever I have turned up early and walked through to the back garden, which I often do.
Our daughter gets excited to go to Marissas and spend time with her daughters and the other children. She loves it there and feels safe, as do I sending her.
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Aaron
on 09/06/2021
Marisa has cared for my 2.5 year old since she was 10 months old and we have seen her develop and grow continously. Both myself and my husband work full time with unexpected time away and she always remains flexible and supportive. My daughter has had several occasions when she has been unwell and Marisa has always taken extra care with her. She has worked safely throughout the pandemic and continued to provide up to date information and advice. My girl adores her children and will be sad to move onto Preschool next year.
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KirstyS
on 08/06/2021
Ben, my 1 year old enjoyed having Marisa as his childminder and will miss her. She took care of my son in a very caring and professional manner.
Great enviroment for children to play in. Definitly recommend Marisa.
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Lena
on 24/06/2020
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MARISA
on 03/11/2020:
Thank you so much for your review it was a pleasure to look after your son. He will be truly missed.
We had Marisa looking after our 2 boys for over a year and sadly due to relocation we have to let go of her. My boys absolutely adore her, she's been fantastic in her role, made them happy, created lots of various activities, always out and about. Lots of arts and crafts, fun play, homely & safe environment. Outdoor garden has everything a child could wish for (even own bouncy castle). She's been so caring & accommodating. We highly recommend her to anyone.
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Justyna
on 11/09/2019
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MARISA
on 03/11/2020:
Thank you for your review. It was a pleasure looking after the boys and they will be truly missed.
I was sorry to leave Marisa last year but only left because of relocating our home. We enjoyed having Marisa as our childminder and will miss her terribly. She is very accommodating and took care of my children in a very caring and professional manner. She arranged plenty of activities and days out for the children with they alway enjoyed.
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on 23/01/2019
Response by
MARISA
on 03/11/2020:
Thank you for your review. It was a pleasure looking after your children. They will be truly missed.
I highly recommend Marisa as she has looking after my daughter for the past year and I can not express how brilliant she was with her. My daughter was happy to go to Marisa everyday and enjoyed all the actives.
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on 01/08/2018
Response by
MARISA
on 03/11/2020:
Thank you for your review. It was a pleasure looking after your daughter, she will be truly missed.
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