Judy
Childminder in Orpington
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Female Member since Apr 2012 Last Updated Jul 2024 Last Login Nov 2024
My Summary
About Me
Currently Not Childminding due to family bereavement. July 2024.
Hi, my name is Judith, and I am an Ofsted Registered Childminder, living in Orpington, close to Priory Gardens, with a large driveway for easy and quick drop-offs.
I like to provide a loving, caring, home from home experience for the children I look after.
I have 3 children of my own aged 18, 21, and 32yrs and have over 16yrs experience in childcare.
I have a large garden to encourage outdoor play.
I like to take the children out - to playgroups, and especially on the sunny days where I take advantage of parks, woodlands and activity areas.
I provide a caring, happy and positive environment to encourage children's development within their own age, stage and abilities.
I am also Mencap registered.
My Experience
I have worked as a creche worker, a nursery assistant within 2 x nurseries, as a teaching assistant in a primary school and as a childminder for the past 14 years.
My Qualifications
Ofsted graded 'Outstanding' in January 2020. I have a Level 4 Diploma in Child Psychology and an NVQ Level 3 in Children's Care and Learning Development, plus various others such as first aid, safeguarding children, healthy eating, and behaviour management etc, and I have passed the HEYL Silver award.
I have also been at college for the past 5 years learning Spanish.
My Availability
I am available 8am till 5.30pm Monday to Thursday. (Possibly Friday)
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| 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 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 23/09/2018 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £6.50 per hour
I charge £6.50 per hour for 8am-5.30pm. Charges are negotiable dependant on your requirements.
I accept Childcare Free Early Education funding. (additional charges may apply)
Term time only contracts available.
I accept any Government or Work Voucher systems.
Please feel free to contact me about your specific requirements.
My Local Schools
This childminder has not yet informed us whether or not they provide any drop off or pick up services at local schools.
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 26/11/2020)
- Inspection Report (added 10/02/2020)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Judy. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk users 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.
My daughter has been at Judy’s for nearly two years and I can’t emphasize enough how happy we’ve been. Judy’s setting is warm and friendly, and my daughter loves spending time there. Even more impressively, she has helped my daughter achieve loads in terms of her phonics and she is confident now with all of her letters (and she’s only 3!) - she wouldn’t have got this level of attention and support to achieve this is in a nursery setting.
More importantly though, Judy has helped my daughter to really build her confidence and I have personally found her support and advice genuinely invaluable. She’s been incredibly helpful and flexible at every turn and I can’t imagine sending my daughter anywhere else - we won’t be using a pre-school in the year before my daughter attends school as we know she is getting everything she needs at Judy’s.
I’ve also been so impressed that she takes them out every day, whether this be to the park or clubs so that they have an opportunity to spend time outside and/or with larger groups of children.
We feel genuinely lucky to have found Judy!
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Judith just started helping us out very last minute as our last childminder had to suddenly go on bed rest . With little time to find someone, I was very stressed and it was daunting trying to find someone to care for our little boy. I super grateful to find Judith & to add to this I could tell straight away from meeting that she adores her job, and is a lovely person. Thank you for putting my mind to ease Judith & already caring for our son!
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I came across Judith when I started looking for a childminder for my daughter. Though my requirement did not suit the availability Judith was able to offer at the moment, she kindly offered to share my requirements with her fellow peers with whom I am now in talks. Thank you Judith!
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