T King
Childminder in Southend-on-Sea
Usually responds within 24 hours
Female Member since Jul 2009 Last Updated Dec 2024 Last Login 23 May 2025
My Summary
About Me
We now have limited vacancies for Milton Hall School/nursery, Barons Court School/Nursery and St Marys for September 2024 as well as Government Funding Hours for 2, 3 and 4 year olds.
Please feel free to contact me for more information or visit our website for a sneak preview of our recently opened extension.
I have been a mum since 1992 and a Registered Childminder since 2000. I am situated in central Southend by the university, very close to the two train stations and also on the main bus routes. Available early mornings, late night and overnight care. I run a friendly home and believe the children are happy in my care, we go on a variety of outings and I also have a very child friendly garden.
Ofsted graded June 2022 **GOOD **
My Experience
24 yrs as an Ofsted registered childminder
approx 31yrs experience working with children
32 years as a mum
approx 30 yrs babysitting for family/friends
My Qualifications
Ofsted graded GOOD
DBS checked
First Aid
Use of Epipen
Fire prevention Trained.
Advance child protection (Safeguarding)
Fire and safetly management
Food and hygiene level 2
Level 3 Diploma in Homebased childcare
Manual Handling - for children with disabilities
English as an Additional Language
Makaton
Awareness of Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Elklan Speech and Language
My Availability
I have permanent or temporary vacancies
very flexible can work early mornings or late evenings
registered for overnight care
I work with three assistants, so the possibility of closure due to sickness is very slim - therefore reliable.
SCHOOL PICK UP/DROP OFF
Milton Hall Primary
St Marys Primary
Barons Court Primary
St Helens Primary
Please phone if other schools required
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 23/05/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £7.00 per hour
Fees are dependant on individual circumstances/requirements and are discussed personally when introduction visit takes place
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at St Helen's Catholic Primary School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Barons Court Primary School and Nursery
My Ofsted Inspections
The inspection grades below have been obtained from the Ofsted website based upon the registration number the childminder has provided to us. You should verify this information yourself prior to using the childminder.
My Documents
- Ofsted Certificate (added 01/06/2023)
- Training Certificate (added 28/07/2023)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for T king. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk members and not of Childcare.co.uk. Parents must carry out their own checks and references on childcare providers to ensure that they are completely happy before enaging in the use of their services.
Trace and the girls at Witsend provide a brilliant service over and above what is paid for and covered by standard childcare arrangements. Every day I pick up happy children that complain if I arrive early because it means they have to stop whichever of the many varied activities they get to do. I am absolutely confident that not only are they well looked after, they are genuinely cared about by all there which is more than evident from how they respond to and interact with Trace and her girls. Good standards of behaviour are evident and children encouraged to take responsibility for their own actions with clear reward systems for good behaviour and other successes. Each child is treated as an individual and their needs addressed accordingly, for example my middle child has bronchial asthma, which is a cough rather than a wheeze and everyone there is very clear that this is his main symptom, to put this into context, members of staff at schools he has attended before now have not listened when I've stated this explicitly and have come to me repeatedly complaining he has a cough. This is very important to me because despite years worth of experience with children with conditions such as asthma Trace has listened to me rather than assume (like many school staff members have) that she has more knowledge of my child's condition than I do. Absolutely brilliant. My youngest child has a slight speech impediment, which whilst not serious enough to warrant speech therapy does need work. Every day Trace and her staff listen to her speaking and where appropriate work with her to help rectify it with great success. I've noticed a marked improvement. Not only do I get briefed with everything I need to know when I pick them up, but if anything has been ommitted no matter how seemingly unimportant Trace will contact me that evening rather than wait until she next see's me. Additionally my children have every other weekend contact with their father who picks them up from the school. Trace collects them from their teachers and supervises the hand over, on occassions where he has not arrived on time I hear from her long before the school would consider calling which goes a long way toward my peace of mind and means I can pre empt the school calling me meaning the children get to know quickly that someone IS coming for them.
Additionally, Trace organises many christmas, easter and halloween parties, local day trips over the summer and an annual outing for all the children and parents to somewhere exciting, last year it was Legoland, which can be paid in installments.
Personally I have never found any fault at all with her service, communication or her manner. I like her. I would and have recommended her to everybody I know in need of childcare.
Absolutely brilliant.
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on 12/06/2014
the first time I met this lady she made me feel welcome and comfortable, my children met her for the first time and could not wait to her again , my children felt so comfortable and welcomed just like I did. my daughter has had a tough time recently so when trace met her for the first time she got all the attitude and the way that trace dealt with it was absolutely amazing , within an hour of being around trace the attitude stopped and never seen my daughter so happy, this lady is soooo amazing I couldn't have asked for a better childminder. trace is my childminder and my friend, I would highly recommend trace to anyone.
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on 24/03/2014
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on 29/04/2010
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