The childminder my son has been going to for 2 & 1/2 years has recently retired and she recommended Rachel as a possible replacement childminder for our little boy (now 3 years). I trusted our then childminder's judgement and was not disappointed.
We went to Rachel's lovely warm welcoming home to meet her and I cannot really say a bad word about her. She provides a real home from home atmosphere for the children and it was clear to see how the children were made to feel part of the family.
Rachel explained about the wide range of activities and trips out they do whilst in her care and the children we saw during our visit looked very happy there.
Sadly, after much consideration, we felt Rachel was too far away from our home for us to send our child there and fit in getting to work and back, but if it had not been for the distance, I would not have hesitated to ask Rachel to be our son's new childminder, in fact I probably wouldn't have looked around any other childminders. If you are looking for a childminder at present, I would definitely suggest getting in touch with Rachel!