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Andrea

Childminder in Rushden

5 stars
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Female Member since Apr 2009 Last Updated May 2025 Last Login 08 May 2025

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My Summary

***1 Space Available From June***

Ofsted Registered
Special Needs Experience
Overnight Care
First Aid Training
DBS Check
Newborn Experience
Full Driving Licence
Own Car
School Pickups
Childcare Qualifications
2 Year old Funded Childcare
3 and 4 Year old Funded Childcare
Tax-Free Childcare
Flexible Hours
Key Worker Childcare
I'm Covid-19 Vaccinated
9 months old Funded Childcare

About Me

My name is Andrea and I have been a Registered Childminder for 23 years.

Located in the south side of Rushden just a 3 minute walk from Southend Infant and Junior Schools in a large detached house with ample parking. My setting is clean, light, modern and airy. We are lucky to be so close to the schools with no busy roads to cross and little legs don't get tired after a long day at school. I have worked closely with both schools for 18 years.

I offer a modern day approach to early childhood, taking mainly inspiration from the nurseries of Reggio Emilia in Northern Italy, as well as a pinch of Montessori, Te Whariki and Steiner, which all contribute to make up my setting which creates a culture of awe, curiosity and wonder which are embedded in the heart of the service and setting I provide for the children.

As a small setting, I am able to focus on and adapt to your child’s style of learning. All children are unique and so are their learning styles. It is my job to make sure that the best opportunities for learning are as individual as the children in my care. Adopting the Reggio Emilia approach means building firm relationships with you, the parents, as well as your child. I know that each family unit is unique, so I adapt my environment according to the needs of the families in my care. This creates, healthy, confident children who are happy to take risks, in a safe and challenging environment.

I have a cat called Dexter.

I offer term time, school holidays, part time and full time hours.

Excellent references available and DBS and Ofsted Certificate etc all available on request.

Thanks for looking

My Experience

I have been a Registered Childminder since April 2003.
Gluten Free Diet
Nut Allergies
Dairy Allergies
Wheat Allergies
Asthma trained
Nasogastric Tube trained
GSD aware
Epipen trained
Gastrostomy trained

My Qualifications

I have completed the following:

NVQ Level 3 in Childcare,Learning and Development
ICP
Food Hygiene
Paediatric First Aid
Quality Assured Level 3
NCMA Children Come First Network Registered
Protective Behaviours
Safeguarding Children
ADHD and Aspergers Syndrome
Cetificate in Montessori Practice
Curiosity Approach Accreditation
Nasogastric trained via NHS Northants

My Availability

full time, part time, term time, school holidays, occasional
I work from 7am until 6pm

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Before School yes yes yes yes yes no no
Morning yes yes yes yes yes no no
Afternoon yes yes yes yes yes no no
After School yes yes yes yes yes no no
Evening no no no no no no no
Overnight no no no no no no no
Last Updated: 02/05/2025

My Fees

  • Childminding from £5.00 per hour

Government Funded Children welcome
Tax free childcare accepted
Childcare Vouchers accepted

My Local Schools

  • I provide drop offs and pick ups at South End Infant School
  • I provide drop offs and pick ups at South End Junior 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.

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Good
19 August 2024
A recent inspection has highlighted both strengths and areas for improvement in this childcare setting. Rated 'Good' across all areas, the environment promotes diversity awareness and self-recognition among children. Strong communication with parents and support for language development are notable positives. Areas for improvement include enhancing letter sound recognition and teaching internet safety to older children.
Summary generated by AI from the text of the inspection report.

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Parents say

This childminder is highly praised for providing exceptional care in a safe, clean, and well-organized environment. Parents appreciate the provider's kindness, patience, and genuine care for each child's well-being. The childminder offers a wide range of activities that keep children engaged and learning, while fostering their confidence and essential skills. Many parents express gratitude for the flexible, reliable service and highly recommend this childcare provider.
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Latest reviews

Below are the latest reviews for Andrea. 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.

Amazing childminder

5 stars

Alex is with Andrea since 2022 and we as parents could not find a care for our son.
Andrea treats and cares about all kids like on her own, at the same time she is professional and encourage them to learn new things and track their development.
Alex is always very happy and excited to go to Andrea as she creates lovely environment full of fun and joy.
We are extremely grateful that she looks after our son, and would never replace her.

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by Avatar for Gosia Gosia on 09/04/2025

Excellent

5 stars

Andrea is an excellent provider and comes highly recommended. The collection service and range of activities is fantastic and keeps my son occupied and learning. Andrea is an excellent communicator and provides excellent value for money. Thank you 😊

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by Avatar for Dave Dave on 21/02/2025


Response by Avatar for Andrea Andrea on 21/02/2025:

Thanks Dave, you're very welcome 🙏

Best of the best♥️

5 stars

Andrea has exceeded our expectations in every way! She kind, patient, and genuinely care about each child's well-being.
Facility is clean, safe, and well organized, providing a perfect space for children to learn and play.
We've seen our child blossom with confidence, make new friends, and develop essential skills.
We feel incredibly fortunate to have found Andrea and highly recommend to any family seeking exceptional childcare!

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by Avatar for Kamile Kamile on 21/02/2025


Response by Avatar for Andrea Andrea on 21/02/2025:

And I love having you all! Thank you for your kind words 🙏

Both girls loved it,

5 stars

After I was let down with CC arrangement I contacted Andrea at short noticed, she was wonderful, quick to respond and accommodated my request and questions quickly. On the day, both my girls (8&9) settled and loved the time they spent with Andrea. Asking when they would next be able to go.

Would highly recommend.

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by Avatar for Doug Doug on 02/09/2024


Response by Avatar for Andrea Andrea on 06/11/2024:

Thank you Doug, the girls are welcome anytime 😊

Highly recommend

5 stars

Andrea has been absolutely amazing helping me out last minute with childcare before and after school! She is lovely and extremely helpful, my little boy loves going to her before and after school! I would highly recommend her 😊

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by Avatar for Amy Amy on 18/07/2024


Response by Avatar for Andrea Andrea on 06/11/2024:

Thanks Amy xx

Highly Recommend Andrea's Childcare.

5 stars

We are so lucky we have Andrea as our sons childminder for the 12 months, she is amazing always happy, friendly, supportive, flexible to help, and is great friend. Prior to finding Andrea we visited other childminders and nurserys but none of them felt right, as soon as we visited Andrea's it just felt perfect and knew this was where we wanted him to be, all the children were happy and smiley and loved the environment.Our son struggled to settle to start as it was the 1st time away from us ever. Andrea was so patient we went through a plan together and increased hours weekly until he was settled, Andrea provided us with updates / photos through the day to reassure us he was OK and having fun. Amir absolutely loves Andrea and can't wait to go each day, he loves the home to home environment, the activities arranged each day, the lovely set up reflects in all the children as they are all so happy which in turn we are happy and reassured our son is safe, happy and secure.

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by Avatar for Nicola Nicola on 05/04/2024


Response by Avatar for Andrea Andrea on 21/02/2025:

thank you so much 💓

Highly recommended Andrea!

5 stars

My daughter is under Andreas’ care since she was two years old. On her first day, she cried a lot, and I was very close to giving up. But I trusted Andreas’ calming words and experience, jackpot! Now Libby says: “Andrea is my friend, and Alfie (her cute dog) as well!” She doesn’t even wave to me goodbye anymore, just goes straight into the house. Andrea´s home is always welcoming, very clean and well-organized. Libby has a lot of fun playing with all of the toys. I like that we are informed over the phone with pictures of Libby´s activities so afterward, we can speak with Libby about her day and what she did. I am also happy that Andrea has her dogs over there because cuddling with them helps her relieve stress.
Andrea is a very, very responsible person, empathic with a lot of experience. Highly recommended!

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by Avatar for Tereza Tereza on 01/01/2023

Fantastic and flexible childcare

5 stars

Andrea has been looking after my daughter for the last 5 years and I wouldn’t consider going anywhere else! She has a fab, considered, natural learning approach with creative play at the heart of everything she does. The setting has a variety of resources for children of all ages and it’s so lovely seeing all of the children from ages 2-10yrs old playing together.

Andrea has been a godsend when family emergencies have occurred and she’s been flexible at the time to help look after my daughter.

I would highly recommend Andrea’s Childcare and all the children in her care have blossomed in her Reggio Emilia Approach to childcare.

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by Avatar for JoC JoC on 21/07/2022

Highly recommended

5 stars

I highly recommend Andrea as a childminder. She is professional, experienced, trustworthy, organised and efficient and was fantastic with our son. I really like her approach to early childhood (the thought and research she has given to what activities the children do and the play things she provides is beyond what we had ever seen or expected) and it certainly did spark curiosity and wonder in our son. He loved it.
The environment she creates is safe, clean, light/bright and child friendly. We can’t recommend her enough.

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by Avatar for Emilia Emilia on 19/01/2022

Fab setting, very supportive

5 stars

Both my children have attended for over a year now. Andrea has been extremely supportive with both children and us as a family and we are really happy we found her x

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by Avatar for Chloe87 Chloe87 on 02/11/2021

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