Samantha's Reviews
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5 out of 5
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Below are the latest reviews for Samantha. 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.
Thank you so much for babysitting my 3 boys. They all seem to of had a great evening and really enjoyed you being here playing with them
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Rebecca
on 04/01/2025
Sam has been my childminder over the past few years when I went back into education. There has been times where I have needed last minute childcare due to changes in shift times and she has always been so accommodating and reliable. She has a lot of patience with the children and offers a home from home environment. Highly recommend x
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Jaz03
on 10/12/2024
Sam provided both back up childcare and babysitting for my 2 year old and babysitting for my three girls (2, 6 and 15). She was so warm and thoughtful and took time with them to chat and do lovely things they enjoyed - some very impressive art work too! My 2 year old settled in to her care, despite this not being her usual childcare, immediately and was super excited to go and spend time with her. There were really lovely activities, pictures shared with us and reassurance and I’m very very pleased to feel I have someone I trust to care for the children.
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AH85
on 06/12/2024
My son has been with Sam when he was 18 months until he went to reception this year and we've been so sad not being able to have our "Sam's day"! Sam is an amazing and adorable person who will look after your child like if it was hers. My children loved to go with her. She's so creative, patient, careful and artistic! Every time there were new fun and educational activities for Tom. Sam planned lots of days out as well. And her Hygge environment is so friendly and educative too. I can't recommend her enough. I knew every time I left my son to Sam that he'll spend an amazing day, that he'll be safe and happy. Tom spoke his first English (we're French) with Sam and had lots of fun doing pre-school activities ;)
Sam is a rare gem I'm the educational system and you can leave your children with her eyes closed.
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Caroline
on 17/01/2024
Our two children (2 and 4.5) have been going to Sam’s for just over a year and there aren’t enough positive things we can say. She plans amazing days for the kids combining education and fun, she looks after them as if they were her own. They love her (we only have to mention it’s a ‘Sam day’ to our youngest and she gets her shoes out and can’t wait to go). We are going to be very sad to not send the kids to Sam anymore as we are moving to another county, but we haven’t yet given up hope of persuading her to move too! Be in no doubt, if your children are minded by Sam they will have a very happy and educational time.
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Jingles
on 31/08/2020
My son loves going to Samantha's. He feels very comfortable with her. I would highly recommend her. She is a nice reliable person.
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Olga
on 06/01/2019
My 3 year old son has been attending childcare with Samantha since September 5 days a week after nursery in the afternoons. He has loved every moment and can't wait to go the following day. Samantha has been reliable and offers a great service where I have seen great progress in my son's special needs. The environment offers great opportunities for growth and development not only academically but socially too.
I would highly recommend her to everyone as a reliable, professional organisation who will go beyond 'the norm'.
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on 04/01/2019
My 3 year old son has been going to Samantha since September to be dropped off at nursery 3 times a week. He loves going in the mornings and is always telling me the things he’s got up to even in the short amount of time he is there. Couldn’t have asked for anyone better.
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Poppy
on 03/01/2019
My son attends Samantha's childcare on iset days ect.... He suffered from a young age with stranger and separation anxiety but you would never think this when he's at Sam's.
Sam always promotes independence in a caring environment, my son has blossomed and now attends nursery with great confidence due to His experience here with Sam.
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on 03/01/2019
My daughter has been looked after by Sam for a while now and I can not be happier !! My daughter struggles with separation anxiety and doesn’t deal with new things well Sam has worked really hard with my daughter and the difference in her is amazing !! My daughter loves her time with Sam and all the amazing activities she does there would highly recommend Sam and will definitely use Sam in the future !!.
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on 22/08/2018
Sam looked after my 3 year old Tuesday mornings and dropped her to school the other 4 days.
My daughter doesn't settle easily with strangers but from the first visit she seemed very comfortable and settled very quickly into Sam's care.
Sam is a kind and caring childminder, she always notices the little things and takes extra care in ensuring the children are having fun and educated at the same time.
I cannot fault Sam's care and will go back to her if I am in need again
Highly recommended!
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on 23/07/2018
My son has to to Samantha one time and that one time he had all good to say about her. She observed things about him that no other childminder ever has. It’s almost like she has known him his whole life and knows how to relate to his needs. I would recommend Sam anytime to anyone. Great service wanting me to return.
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Shanique
on 05/06/2018
We feel incredibly lucky to have found such a caring and attentive child-minder for our twin daughters. Samantha and her family have made them feel so welcome in their home over the past year. When we collect them our girls are always full of stories about the fun and exciting activities they have got up to that day - Samantha is full of great ideas as to how to make learning fun. As a Doctor my working hours can be quite unpredictable and Samantha has always been flexible and happy to help whenever she can. With twins it was important to us to have a child-minder who would recognise our girls as individuals and Samantha quickly identified the differing aspects of their personalities and knew how to bring out the best in each of our children. Our girls have become more confident, independent (and less fussy-eaters!) thanks to Samantha's involvement in their lives.
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on 25/08/2014
We consider ourselves very fortunate to have found Sam, who looked after our little girl from a year old until she turned 3 and over the last year has also minded her on an ad hoc basis. We can highly recommend Sam she is a fantastic lady who has created a very warm, inviting and nurturing environment for all the children in her care. My daughter still talks about all the fun things and adventures she had while being looked after by Sam. Whenever I'm asked if I know of any local childminders I always recommend Sam not just because of the quality of her care but because of her personal qualities, she is warm, caring, kind and always has a smile on her face :-)
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on 19/08/2014
We were new to the area in 2013 and found Sam to look after our daughter who was 14months old. Sam was very welcoming and we liked the look of her setting which is very much geared towards lots of fun and interactive learning opportunities for children.
Our daughter is very happy, she settled in quickly and really looks forward to going to Sams in the morning. Sam organises a variety of activities and learning. There have been trips to the farm, local lakes, seaside, shops, library and parks. We get a regular update regarding our daughters development and activities and a record of her progression which we can contribute to.
We find Sam very flexible and she is clearly committed to the positive development of the children in her care. We would strongly recommend Sam.
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on 30/08/2013
Sam is very nice, considerate, flexible, enthusiastic, passionate, supportive... I just feel all the nice words can not describe her excellence enough.
I started to know Sam from this January, but it seems to be a long time now. She is just like part of my family, and gave me so much help on looking after my son. There are a range of stimulating and creative indoor and outdoor activities which my son enjoys so much.
I do recommend her to everyone who looks for a trustable and professional childminder.
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on 29/08/2013
Same looked after my youngest awhile ago and my daughter absolutely loved going to sams. They went to play group, they often went out an about for little walks and also done lots of things at home like playing in the garden or growing things like sunflowers etc and lots of gluing and sticking and making things. My youngest was quite a shy funny little thing but after getting used to goin to Sams she started to come out of herself alot more and started to grow a lot more confident :) if I ever have a childminder again sam will b the first person I ask :) thanks same :):)
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on 04/03/2013
We have previously used Samantha as our childminder for our child (1yr old) until we moved to another town. We found her and her family welcoming to their home and our son really enjoyed going their. She took his to playgroups, park and library as well as doing other activities.We were recommended her by our then local nursery. We received a lovely learning journey that she made, of pictures of our son, it is great to see what he got up to while we were at work and a nice little book to show his friend when hes older!
Thanks Sam.
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on 01/02/2013
Sam started looking after my 1st child when she started at reception and now is year 6 and Sam now also looks after my 2nd child.
I found Sam to be very pleasant, very obliging, nothing to much trouble and is very good as to what she does, kids are always doing different actives, like cooking, drawing, playing out in the garden.
I would definitely recommend Sam if you would be looking for childminder services.
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on 31/01/2013
