Cathy has been caring for our son for two years, since he was 16 months old. We have been very thankful to have had the care and support that Cathy has offered to our son and her flexibility in dealing with issues that he has had over the years, e.g. food intolerances.

Our son has loved going to Cathy’s house, which in itself is set up brilliantly for babies right up to school age, a proper learning and play environment for children to explore. Cathy ensures that her environment reflects the areas for early years learning and she provides regular feedback on how the children are developing according to their developmental milestones. As well as this, the children are offered many different experiences that I do not believe would be possible in a pre-school/nursery setting. The children have regularly visited forest school, the airport, the dentist and these are to name just a few. She ensures that they celebrate national events and even organised a jubilee party with upwards of 40 children, along with their child minders recently!

Cathy has high expectations for the children in her care. Good manners, kindness, self-care and trying their best are all things that we have seen with our son. Above all else, Cathy loves the children and has an excellent relationship with them; providing a warm and safe environment where we have watched our son grow. She is communicative and ensures that we have had regular dialogue to discuss our son, on a very personalised level.

We are very sad that our circumstances have dictated moving on to different child care and I only hope I can write a similar review in the future for someone else.

Thank you for everything Cathy!

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