My daughter joined Jo when she was 12 months, when I returned to work after a year on Maternity leave, the care, attention, stimulation and fun she has in Jo's setting has made my return to work as guilt free and straight forward as it gets.

I am so pleased I decided to use a childminder this time around (my older daughter went to a very good day nursery). Jo’s maturity, experience of childcare, flexibility and parenting skills are outstanding.

We love that our daughter gets to get out and about to the Zoo, park or walk along the see front year round. The flexibility that Jo has to take advantage of the weather or events for example going to see ‘Princess Kate’ at the Turner Contemporary or running around the sunken garden on a sunny day with her play mates is wonderful and something that is just not possible in larger settings.

I work in education and regularly meet early year’s professionals and teachers in state and independent settings and believe that Jo measure up easily against the best that I get to see. After three years I am still regularly surprised at the range and breadth of formal and less formal activities my daughter gets to do while I am at work, best of all she doesn’t distinguish between the two, she just enjoys doing and learning, which I hope continues when she starts school full time.

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