I am so excited that I will have the opportunity to send my child to Bearsprings as I was a colleague of one of the childminders and know that she was rated Outstanding by OFSTED and was highly regarded amongst pupils, parents and all members of staff. Her daughter (the other childminder) did voluntary work in our school too and she was clearly very creatively gifted and all the children absolutely adored her! Therefore I know that I will be getting not only two loving, gentle, kind, caring and creative childminders looking after my child but it would be like he has his own personal teachers too. Even though I live about an hour away I will make the journey as I know it is worth every drop of petrol and every moment spent on the roads. I love the fact that it’s like a nursery in a house, so you get the best of both worlds - a homely setting with an academic twist, bursting with two very warm childminders which includes a teacher that has taught for about 30 years! Fab, wonderful, great! I can’t wait for my little one to start...he already loves it, just by visiting for half an hour. We are lucky to have got our little boy a place at Bearsprings.

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I have seen the setting and how clean it is. I also know that they are brilliant at communicating with parents. In terms of food...I have every confidence in them as I know that they are very good healthy cooks, as they both lead very healthy lifestyles.

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