HGLA's Reviews
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Average Rating:
(5 from 3 reviews)
We have been absolutely delighted in the care our son has received since enrolling him with Ryan and Anja at HGLA. With all the stresses and anxieties that come with separating from your 12month old, they couldn’t have done more to put us at ease. They offer a number of settling in days to ensure your child is comfortable being around them and then once staying there they provide photo updates throughout each day alongside a diary to provide insight into how they’ve spent their time. This made us feel so involved in our child’s day, and reassured us that they were happy and enjoying themselves.
HGLA provide so many activities for the children in their care, from visits to local playgroups, messy play, story time and even day trips to Chessington. We know that when our son is there he’s not just passing the time but is learning, growing and having fun.
We would have no doubt about recommending Ryan and Anja to any and all parents in the local area – we’ve found their care nothing short of outstanding!
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PCharles
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on 15/09/2023
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HGLA
on 19/09/2023:
Thank you for the lovely and heartwarming review. We love having your little one and look forward to helping them grow into the best version of themselves.
Dropping off our first child in the care of someone else so that I could return to work was emotional, nerve-wracking and slightly overwhelming. But from the very first day, Anja and Ryan made us feel totally at ease and confident that we’d made the right decision.
Ryan and Anja are genuinely one (two!) in a million. They’re kind, patient, fun, calm, genuine and trustworthy. No other words for it, they are outstanding childminders.
From around 13 months, we started my son at nursery two days a week and with Anja and Ryan for the other two days a week. It became very apparent pretty quickly which he preferred; when dropping off at nursery he would sit on the floor and sob. When dropping off with Anja and Ryan, he would stretch out his arms and go inside without a backwards glance (leaving me the one sobbing!) As such, after about 2 months, we took him out of nursery and started him with Anja and Ryan full time. Our son could not be happier with them, and he has progressed so much during his time at HGLA.
Ryan and Anja provide a variety of enrichment activities for the children each week, from playgroups with other childminders to home-crafts, story and song times, outdoor play in their large garden (trampoline, cats, water, swings, slides, Wendy house), and trips to Chessington Zoo, among other things. They send regular photo updates of our son, which is such a joy to see during the day. Furthermore, they complete a digital diary for him every day, which gives us a little insight into what he’s got up to that the photos haven’t shown.
My husband and I go to work confident in the knowledge that our son is well cared for, safe, learning and (best of all) happy. We now have another son and if we are still in London when my maternity leave is over, we won’t hesitate to send him to HGLA, too.
If you’re in the Putney/Wandsworth/Southfields area, don’t look anywhere else. You won’t regret it.
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GemmaM
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on 14/09/2023
Response by
HGLA
on 19/09/2023:
Thank you for such a wonderful review, we love having your first born gem and have loved watching him grow and can't wait to do the same with your second.
My husband and I are so grateful that we found HGLA. As first-time parents, choosing a childminder was a nerve-wracking task, but we couldn’t have asked for a better fit. Our daughter was with Anja and Ryan from 8 months to 1 year, at which point we moved out of London. During her time at HGLA, she really thrived.
They do so many great activities (inside and outside the home) and she was able to experience lots of new things, like visiting urban farms and Chessington. Most importantly, Anja and Ryan both took such great care of our daughter, and we could tell how loved she was!
She will certainly miss HGLA and all the wonderful friends she made there.
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