Our son, was nine months old when I returned to work and were so thrilled and delighted when Tracey became our childminder. George’s early years’ development as well as his welfare, is of such importance that as working parents, we relied heavily on the communication and trust we had with Tracey.

We felt extremely at ease in leaving George in the care of Tracey. Her home is always welcoming and George clearly felt very content in her company and with the other children.

As parents, we were able to approach Tracey with any concerns we may have had regarding George’s early years development and she offered invaluable advice and reassurance with his learning and welcomed any input we had or processes we carried out at home which helped George’s transition from home life to childcare.

Tracey had been invaluable in assisting with our son’s development including encouragement with talking, feeding, caring and social skills. This is a true demonstration of how extremely qualified Tracey is in her role as childminder and we could not think of a better person to care in our absence.

Over the last two years George has been attending a wonderful primary school and Tracey’s care of George since starting school, along with support from us, has enabled us to ensure George had stability in his transition from full time care and learning in a home setting with Tracey to learning in a classroom and a school life setting. George is collected at the end of the school day by Tracey and spends the afternoon in her care for the remaining few hours. We have also been able to maintain an excellent line of communication between the school, Tracey and us as parents, and any non-urgent issues can be passed to Tracey to be communicated to us. This support from Tracey is invaluable and would not be possible otherwise.

During George’s time with Tracey afterschool and before he is collected in the evening, he will have had his tea, and is excited to come home and discuss his school day, perform homework or unwind without any added stress or over excitement. This again is testament the relaxed, calm and caring environment he experiences in Tracey’s care. I know that the easy transition George has experienced in moving to ‘big school’ has been made so much easier due to the support, learning and development he received whilst in Tracey’s care. Tracey has also helped to ensure that George can continue his afternoon at home seamlessly without it seeming like an overly long day.

We have the utmost confidence and trust in Tracey, and would not hesitate in recommending her to other parents. She is an asset to any family and we feel extremely privileged that she is essentially part of our family in her role to care for our son for over five years.

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