Frances

Can’t recommend highly enough!

Our daughter, Hattie, has been with Frances since she was six months old and we couldn’t have asked for a better first experience of childcare for her. Frances has been reassuring, kind and informative every step of the way and we just can’t imagine what the last couple of years would have been like without her!

Hattie really enjoys the wide range of activities that Frances takes her to and her learning and development have been nurtured by Frances, who is so forthcoming with littles stories from throughout the day, which we love!

Frances is like family to Hattie and we can’t thank her enough for the guidance, support and kindness she has shown our family over the last two years.

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by av_perry about Frances on 14/03/2024

Highly recommend, brilliant in every way!

My son has been with Frances since he was 10 months old and she’s been absolutely fantastic from day one. Frances is loving, caring, kind and provides the children with a fun and home-from-home environment. My son has recently turned 3 and we’ve made the very difficult decision to move him to a nursery but we are all very sad to be leaving Frances.

Frances has taught me so much about parenting, I feel like she helped me develop a routine for Dominic and has always supported me with his eating and sleep patterns. I couldn’t have done it without her guidance and flexibility in mirroring what we were doing at home.

Frances is great at making sure the children are constantly having fun, learning and developing. She’s always taking them out to groups and the playground etc, they’ve been to Kew Gardens and the Wetland Centre. I love how she’s out and about with them all the time, doing new things and mixing with lots of other children.

We’re incredibly grateful for everything Frances has done for us, she’s played a huge part in giving Dominic a solid foundation for future years. Thank you, Frances.

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by lcavinat about Frances on 14/03/2024

Excellent childminder and couldn't ask for more!

Frances is an excellent childminder and a lady who has been instrumental with my sons development. I feel sad we will be leaving her!

My son joined Frances when he was 15 months old and has been with her for the last 18 months. When he joined he was a lockdown baby and not very used to being in the care of other people, which I was naturally anxious about. Frances took the time to allow a gradual phasing in process, which worked really well and she was very patient and understanding towards mine and Jaspers needs.

Over the past 18 months there is so much I can highlight. I chose Frances because she got out and about with her children and did a variety of activities. My son is an outdoors boy and it was important to my partner and I that he still got plenty of time outside. Frances walks everywhere! (and now so does my son) She combines a mix of going to different playgroups (toddler song being the favourite!), with going to various parks and playgrounds, as well as spending time at her home in the afternoons playing with toys/learning. She offers a great variety of different activities, which my son really enjoys.

Frances provides a variety of nutritious home cooked meals and our son is a great little eater as a result. She helped us overcome the challenge of mealtimes and gave some great advice. She sends us daily updates of what our son has eaten, what he has done, his naptimes and any concerns to be aware of. It is great to feel in the loop.

Frances consistently provides great advice and her attention to our sons care and development at all the little stages has never wavered. She has helped us steer through and around different hurdles. Including pointing us in the right direction when it was clear our sons physical development was behind. She helped point us in the direction of who to speak to and as a result, we worked as a great team to help build my sons physical strength and get him to reach the relevant milestones along the way. Without Frances, I can say with confidence that we wouldn’t be where we are with his physical strength. She worked really hard to help our son and the results really show. For that we will always be incredibly grateful. She has also been instrumental in Jaspers toilet training and once again, we have worked really well together to help my son out of nappies.

Frances provides great all round care. She is an excellent, caring childminder who puts the children first, always. She offers great advice, is an excellent team mate and I couldn’t recommend her highly enough.

THANK YOU Frances!

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by Amanda about Frances on 07/08/2023

Fantastic childminder

My two boys are currently with Frances. She looks after my toddler in the day and then picks up my 5yr old from school for the after school teatime until 5.30.
Both boys are really happy in her care. They enjoy her great selection of toys, her routine of baby groups and park visits, her caring nature and healthy home cooked meals.
She communicates well with daily updates of babies day and what they have eaten. Is very flexible, helping out with extra hours if needed.
Her home environment is always spotlessly clean and she helps with early learning reading books, baking cakes and drawing/painting with them.
I feel really lucky to have found such wonderful care for my children.

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by Anna about Frances on 27/05/2022

couldn't recommend Frances highly enough

Frances has been looking after my daughter since she was 13 months which is when I returned back to work part time. She looks after her one day a week and my daughter seems very happy and content with Frances. My experience of Frances is that she is highly professional, knowledgeable about child development and reliable.
I was impressed by Frances' awareness and sensitivity that starting daycare was a big transition for both my daughter and I. I had several anxieties about how my daughter would cope without me, since up until this point she had only had me care for her, I also worried about how they would manage naps as my daughter only sleeps in the buggy on walks or being carried. I felt that Frances genuinely wanted it to go as smoothly as possible for my daughter and took time to listen and find out about how we manage things together at home and also together Frances and I created a graded settling in programme, Frances coming to my house for a play date and vice versa and slowly building up to her looking after my daughter for a full day. My daughter now enjoys her time with Frances and likes bringing toys from home to show her.
I feel confident that Frances will provide my daughter with wholesome meals and snacks and do her best to support her to have naps, which have always been a problem. In fact Frances managed to help my daughter take some of her naps in a cot, which she has never done! She also proactively works on her development e.g. helping her crawl, climb a slide, drawing and carries out exercises that we've been advised to do at home, she also has helped her learn sharing skills and patience and helps build her confidence to try new things.
We use a diary in which Frances gives me a summary of how their day together has been as well as sending me photos and texts during the day, which I really appreciate. We also have a handover chat at pick up time which is invaluable and I never feel that Frances doesn't have time to listen.

I would not hesitate in recommending Frances as a child minder.

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by Parent about Frances on 08/08/2018