If you are lucky enough to secure a spot with Stephen, you will have struck gold. I genuinely think Stephen (with wife Jean and a few assistants) are probably the best childminders in the country and we are only leaving them because we are emigrating! But we are incredibly sad to be leaving them. Stephen embraces a respectful childminding approach, which we love. He’s fabulous with our twin daughters (currently aged 2.5 yrs). He encourages and supports their different talents, challenges them, encourages play and is phenomenally generous with the amount of arts and crafts that they do. He also goes above and beyond to be flexible if I need to change days, which is something that most other childminders and nurseries do not do!

I trusted him with the two most important things in the world to me, and this has paid back dividends. I cannot recommend Stephen (and Jean) enough! You will be very lucky if your child goes here. I hope we can stay in touch with them for many more years to come, even from Singapore!

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