Helen
Childminder in Burnhope
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Female Member since Jun 2018 Last Updated Mar 2025 Last Login 07 May 2025
My Summary
About Me
I am a hands on committed, professional childminder with a wealth of experience. I have been working with children for over 20 years in various settings. I have been a childminder now for 10 years. .
My Experience
Ofsted graded 'Outstanding' April 2024
Ofsted graded 'Outstanding' April 2019
I offer ‘15 hours and 30 hours’ childcare for working parents’ and '15 hours Play and Learn sessions.
I am a highly qualified and skilled Childminder located in Burnhope, County Durham. I live with my husband and three children.
I have a BA Hons degree in Supporting Children in Education, and Early Years Professional Status.
I skillfully support children’s learning, provide stimulating activities and present children with high levels of challenge that helps each child make some superb rates of progress.
I provide care for breakfast and after school club, daycare and holiday club (bank holidays and weekends and later times are available by prior arrangement), in a safe, secure educational home environment.
This home environment will help your child develop before taking the bigger steps to school. Due to the smaller ratios I work to, means your child will receive more of a one to one care. This will make them exceptionally well prepared with the skills and knowledge they require for when they start school/nursery.
Meals, snacks, local toddler groups, local soft play, and trips out to farms the seaside etc are all provided at no extra cost.
I have a purpose built area at the rear of my house for the children to play in. Children have access to the whole ground floor of my home. In the surrounding areas there are two parks and lovely walks, including adventures in the woods.
For more information please contact by telephone or email.
My Qualifications
BA Hons Supporting Learning in Education.
Early Years Practitioners Status
NNEB L3 Childcare
Pediatric First Aid Trained
Health and Safety.
I keep my training record up to date with training courses throughout the year
My Availability
I currently have spaces available from January 2025. Please give me a message for availability and I will do my best for you.
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My Fees
- Childminding from £4.20 per hour
£4.20 per hour
This includes all meals, snacks and small trips out.
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Burnhope 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 08/07/2020)
- Inspection Report (added 08/07/2020)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Helen. 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.
I was anxious after putting my son into a school nursery with a bad overall experience, but with Helen my anxieties have melted away. My sons becoming more confident, happy and he’s enjoying his time with Helen. Thank you so much.
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Faye
on 31/01/2024
Helen has been looking after our baby girl since very young age. She is amazing with her and we also love flexibility she can provide regarding hours. As a first time mum it's not always easy to leave your child and go to work full time but having someone like Helen it gives you peace of mind. She provides photos to keep us parents up to date of what children are doing and they do so many different activities throughout the day and our daughter never gets bored. She loves going there every day and seeing other children 😍. Thank you very much Helen. Xx
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Darina
on 23/04/2022
Helen has been fantastic with both me and my little girl, she is very flexible which was my main concern when I started using the service. Due to such a variety of shifts we have no set routine and Helen has been fantastic with this and I really couldn't thank her enough. My girl loves going to see Helen, taking part in activities set and playing in her garden!
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Shannon
on 22/04/2022
Absolutely fantastic service. A warm and welcoming setting. Flexible with hours and nothing is ever a problem. My son started before he was 2 and the difference in him was amazing within weeks his speech and social skills were fantastic. Helen has worked really hard to engage with my son and he absolutely loves going. Receiving pictures throughout the day of what he’s up to is great and gives me peace of mind.
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AmyD
on 21/04/2022
Helen has been great helping my son settle in, and to enjoy being around the other children. He was nervous at first and she helped to put us both at ease.
Helen is always so helpful and will be as accommodating as she can. It’s a great environment for children to learn and grow.
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SamFloyd
on 21/04/2022
My 2 toddlers love going to Helen's setting. She is such a warm, caring person and the kids get to do lots of fun activities such as arts and crafts and trips to toddler groups. Communication is great and parents are kept up to date with pictures each day. Highly recommended.
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hmarie
on 07/04/2022
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