A total star!
I feel incredibly lucky that we found Carol to look after our daughter (now 15 months, started with Carol in Sep 2014) - she is an absolutely brilliant childminder and I have absolute trust that when my daughter is with her she is in a caring, fun and safe environment.
The most important thing about Carol is that she is great with kids - very warm, and fun but firm when she needs to be. Her setting feels very much like a home from home which makes a great base for the children, but they also go out each day to do lots of activities at children centres, libraries etc. Carol is also super-organised and pays lots of attention to details, making sure she's always up to date with the latest in childcare policy and practice. She puts a huge amount of effort into the beautiful albums she makes for each child which we see at the end of every term, a really lovely way of feeling we're in touch with what our daughter does when she is with her.
I wholeheartedly recommend Carol as an extremely professional and wonderfully affectionate childminder.