Isabella
Childminder in London: Ealing
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Female Member since Jan 2013 Last Updated May 2025 Last Login 08 May 2025
My Summary
Childminder W5
About Me
Ofsted registered since 2013 “Good” graded, I am located two minutes away from Ealing Broadway Station.
As a mother of 2 grown up children and a childminder for over 11 years, I have extensive experience with all age groups and have minded for over 100 children during this time. The youngest children I have minded for were 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 14 weeks old. The most common age starting to join my setting is 6-12 months old. I personally believe that the sooner the easier is for the child to settle. I understand how difficult it is for parents and to help I am keen on sending lots of pictures during the settling period.
I describe my strengths as fostering independence, kindness, and promoting healthy eating habits. I strongly believe that a child’s environment and well-being between the ages of 0 to 3 years are crucial for their future development, and I take pride in playing a significant role during this formative stage.
I am 55 years old and very active spending time at the gym early in the morning and attending lots of social events, opera/music shows, concerts, dancing, studying in the evenings as well as travelling/coast walking/family gatherings during weekends.
Along with my experience and studies, I have created my own style to approach minding babies and toddlers with its challenges. I only use a simple combination of independence & freedom, safety, enjoyment and learning with very few rules.
As strongly passionate about children’s progress, I tend to carry on studying which helps improving my strategies every day. As a nonjudgmental professional, I am always keen on sharing my knowledge and experience with others.
I am honest, energetic, fully responsible and totally dedicated to what I am doing, providing a professional service with peace of mind complying with Early Years and Ofsted regulations.
I work with three kind and professional assistants, usually one at the time when needed. They are all registered with Ofsted as my assistants living and working in the premises. I also have two assistants who are not living in the premises to help when needed as a plan B, registered with Ofsted and working in the premises. We mind for 4-8 children at a time, usually age 0 to 3-4 years old.
Occasionally, we might have extra children over this age during half terms or holidays to help parents cope with work. These children are always the ones who used to be in my care when they were little and they only attend for one day or two as a backup plan. Unfortunately, we don’t have resources to entertain them enough at over 4 years old age but they get best possible care, food and attention. For me it’s a great way to keep in touch and an opportunity to see them again.
My setting is a safe home from home where little ones are nurtured, cared for and become part of the family making sure children are always happy in a friendly atmosphere as well as learning something new every day. I provide plenty of toys and activities to promote development and independence on your own child's interests.
Everything is written in paper in my setting for privacy and safety reasons, therefore no e-documents are available at all within my small business.
What is included:
- photo updates on private groups with each family
- bright living room totally dedicated to play & learn
- private garden with outdoor toys
- clean, tidy and safe environment
- toys, games, books and plenty of activity resources
- 65” tv for watching children’s programs for 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes after dinner
- special needs friendly
- equal opportunities
- outdoors activities
- home made freshly cooked food every day based on meat/fish and steamed vegetables as well as carbs such as bulgur, pasta, couscous, rice, beans, noodles, oats, polenta
- healthy snacks (eg. breadsticks, rice crackers, bananas, oat cakes, apples)
- pets friendly
- birthday/ leaving/ Christmas parties
- food included : snack (@10:30 am), lunch (12 - 1 pm), snack (@3 pm), dinner (5 pm)
- own car
Sadly our lovely dog passed away in July 2021 and we are not sure if we will get an other dog so soon.
My Experience
I love working with children and I am always happy to give them my full attention. I know how important my role is for their entire life as children will develop 80% of their brain, personality and independence by the age of 2-3 years old.
I am confident that children who spend 2-3 years in my program will gain valuable skills that will greatly benefit their future lives.
My Qualifications
As an experienced Ofsted registered childminder, I as well as my assistants, hold all relevant qualifications, insurance, certificates and even more training than what is required as being passionate about what I do. I update my training regularly making sure I am up to date on knowledge and Ofsted requirements.
- Childminder & Childcare Ofsted registration since 2013 for 0-18 years old
- Early Years training ( eg. the characteristics of effective learming, playing and exploring, active learning, creating and thinking critically)
- Understanding 2 y.o. development
- Understanding and managing behaviour
- Safeguarding
- First Aid
- Food Hygiene
- The prevent duty
- Managing behaviour
- Communication, speech and language
- EHAB
- Quiet, shy, anxious
- Physical activity
- CRB check
- How to provide the founded hours and how to charge for extras
- UK Full Driving Licence (over 25 years driving experience)
- Academic knowledge about promoting wellbeing, health promotion and intervention, nutrition, psychology, managing stress
- Currently studying hypnotherapy as a hobby
My assistants are my family members, all registered with Ofsted and they all hold BDS, first aid and safeguarding certificates up to date.
My Availability
Childminding Monday to Friday from 8 am until 6:30 pm, including half terms/ school holidays with four weeks off over the whole year & off bank holidays.
As we, childminders, take a very limited number of children, availability is quite rare. Please feel free to arrange a visit in advance for the waiting list. The visit usually takes 30 - 45 minutes while I will give you lots of information about myself & my family, my setting and my knowledge & experience.
Prior to the visit please have a conversation with me by pressing the Call On WhatsAp button to find out if my offer matches your needs.
Currently I mind for up to six children at a time, usually four full time plus some part time arrangements due to my other commitments and hobbies which requires my time in the evenings and weekends.
Ad-hoc baby sitting and school runs are not available at all within the setting.
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| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 07/05/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £12.00 per hour
We work on short/ long term contracts, subject to agreement and the fees are different for full time (40 h or more/week), part time (less than 40 h/week), occasionally or for siblings.
The fee must be paid monthly with one month in advance.
A deposit has to be paid when the contract is signed to secure the place and it is refundable in the last invoice.
Childcare vouchers, tax free childcare , 9 m.o., 2 y. o. and 3-4 y. o. founding are accepted.
Affordable babysitting services are available (subject to availability and arrangements) only for the families who have/had a child with me on a long term agreement. I aim to help parents to have evenings out, weekends away or work trips if I am available due to my deep understanding of the struggles of being a parent without help.
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
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My Documents
- UK Driving Licence (added 14/03/2024)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 03/11/2023)
- DBS Check (added 13/07/2023)
- Training Certificate (added 28/12/2023)
- Reference (added 13/11/2023)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Parents say
This childminder receives glowing reviews from parents for providing exceptional care. She creates a warm, nurturing environment where children thrive and develop new skills. Parents praise her flexibility, professionalism, healthy home-cooked meals, and regular photo updates. Many describe her as loving and patient, saying their children are excited to attend and sometimes reluctant to leave. Overall, she is highly recommended as a trustworthy, caring childcare provider.
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Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Isabella. 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.
So glad I found Isabella! She was wonderful with my autistic son.
She was loving and very professional.
She cooks very healthy meals and send photos throughout the day.
My son was very happy to go there.
I would highly recommend her as a childminder. She is amazing and with lots of experience!
Thank you Isabella 💕💕
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Sofia
on 18/09/2024
Isabella has been my daughter’s childminder for the past two years, and I am incredibly satisfied with her care. From the beginning, Isabella has shown remarkable kindness and flexibility, always accommodating my needs and schedule. Her warmth and genuine affection for my daughter create a nurturing and welcoming environment where she has truly thrived.
Isabella goes above and beyond to ensure that my daughter feels valued and loved. Her attention to detail and personal touch make a significant difference in the quality of care she provides. I have seen my daughter grow and flourish under Isabella’s attentive watch, which gives me immense peace of mind.
I wholeheartedly recommend Isabella to any parent seeking a reliable, caring, and flexible childminder. Her dedication and the warm, supportive environment she offers have been a wonderful experience for me and my daughter 🧡💛
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Eva
on 04/07/2024
I love Isabella’s approach and how she treats children, in my opinion, like they’re part of her family. My son always hugs and kisses her and she does the same.
She’s also incredibly accommodating and you can talk to her about everything. There are rules, of course, but Isabella explains them all very clearly from the very first conversation, there aren’t any grey areas.
Back to children, she cooks homemade meals and makes of lunch and dinner a shared event for all the little ones. They celebrate birthdays, they play and have fun together.
To me, having family far from us, she’s definitely family here and I couldn’t recommend her enough.
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Sol
on 26/06/2024
Super nice childminder. Really close to ealing broadway station. My kids love her :)
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Chrispol
on 27/03/2024
I had my son with Isabella for three years and she surprised me every day with the level of confidence and kindness she runs the setting. The entire family is as friendly and supportive in every aspect as you raise your needs, they are always there for you. They know respect and privacy along with being knowledgeable and professional. I’m so glad to be one of the lucky people using their services! There could be millions of amazing things to say, I’m just keeping it simple in one word: FANTASTIC!
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Mar
on 16/11/2023
It cannot be explained enough how happy we are leaving our children with Isabella. She runs an unique setting where children are totally safe and entertained. They are coming home with new knowledge and life skills. Our little toddler developed his speech so much since going to Isabella. She is very kind and professional in the same time and knows well how to make parents relax when separated from their children. Isabella is an Angel to our family and truly don't know how we could cope with two little children and full time jobs without her. Thank you Isabella for everything you have done for us!
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Gerty
on 16/11/2023
I had my son with Isabella for over two years and she took all the stress away from the first day!
My child was always well looked after and he was coming home with something new every day. We were part of the family all this time and my son was thrilled going to Isabella every morning and sometimes crying for going home.
We are really missing Isabella's healthy organic cooking. We are not getting from school anything near that. I strongly believe Isabella had a significant impact on what my child is now and I can't thank enough for that.
The way she manages the setting is unique and I think is above Montessori standards.
Absolutely a gorgeous human being!
I cannot recommend enough!
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Gertrude
on 03/11/2023
Isabella is one of the kindest, caring and patient people I have met. Our two year old son is currently with Isabella and has been with her since late 2020. He absolutely adores her. As we get to her house he jumps with excitement and starts asking to see her. Her nursery set up feels like it’s one big happy family. That was so important to us when we were looking at nurserys. Conor is so well looked after and has grown from strength to strength while being looked after Isabella. I could honestly talk all day, but I will say myself and my husband could not recommend her highly enough. And I’m sure Conor would too.
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Jdca
on 04/03/2022
Isabella is the best childminder I could have dreamt of for my daughter. It took only 1 week for Clara to settle. Now she happily goes to Isabella's every morning and waves goodbye to me.
Isabella and her assistant are genuinely interested in the well being of my child. They provide a safe and fun environment for the children to play and cook delicious healthy food. Above all, they are wonderful person, very human and understanding.
You should definitely visit her place. It has a huge garden for the kids to play!
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Cecilia
on 24/06/2021
We were thrilled that Isabella was able to look after our 13 month old son. Isabella and her team were so kind and patient with him (and me!), and sent me lots of pictures so I could see him settling after being left. We were really pleased to have found Isabella and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her services.
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SheltieW
on 12/02/2021
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