Jade

About Me

**I am going on maternity leave in October 2025.**

Short term space available Sept-Oct 2025. Long term spaces available from May/June 2026. Feel free to get in touch for waitlist information.

I offer a unique blend of flexible childcare solutions as a nanny-childminder, specialising in gentle, attachment-focused care for sensitive children. I can care for little ones in your home as a nanny, in my own home and garden as an Ofsted registered childminder, and out and about in the community and natural world.

I have over 13 years of childcare experience as an au pair and nanny. I’m also a parent to an awesome 5 year old pandemic kid, so I know what it’s like to juggle the ups and downs of parenting toddlers and preschoolers! My daughter could not settle at nursery when she was little, so I returned to a career in childcare to support her needs; she went on to thrive at a forest school kindergarten 4 days per week and is now absolutely flourishing at primary school, I believe in part due to the time she spent building friendships and social skills at her own pace with the children I have nannied over the last 3 years.

I use gentle, respectful, attachment parenting with a sprinkling of Montessori and forest school approaches. I feel passionate about working with the whole family and building the village so many of us lack - it is my intention that our journeys as parents are honoured and supported by my care and connection with you and your children.

My focus as a childcare provider is on the empathetic and compassionate nurturing of the whole child, ensuring their physical, emotional and mental wellbeing while having lots of child-led fun, preferably outside! I am a Forest Childcare Provider and I believe that spending time outdoors is important for all of us. With me, children are outdoors for part of every day, no matter the weather, because I believe that fresh air and wide open spaces are fundamentally good for us all. In 2023 we logged over 1,400 hours outside! I have a beautiful back garden that the children can access whenever they want. We also enjoy visiting nearby parks, woods, animal sanctuaries and nature reserves on a regular basis.

I'm a creative, outdoorsy person who loves being silly and believes the best learning happens with an abundance of love and laughter. I use baby signing, song and dance, books, toys and natural materials to support a child’s learning and development.

I offer childcare in my own home as an Ofsted registered childminder but I still operate essentially as a nanny, looking after just one or two children alongside my own baby. Each family I've worked with since returning to childcare has seen an incredible response from all the children, learning new skills from each other, building their first friendships, benefitting in so many ways both developmentally and socially. It’s worked beautifully for all involved, even better than I’d hoped or imagined! You can see my reviews for their perspectives :)

Books and other resources that inform my parenting and childcare approach:
- Why Love Matters
- The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read
- The Danish Way of Parenting
- How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen
- The Montessori Toddler
- Play The Forest School Way
- Sarah Ockwell-Smith's books
- Big Little Feelings (insta)
- Dr Siggie (insta)
- Kids Eat In Color (insta)