Vicki Owen
Childminder in West Ewell
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Female Member since Aug 2010 Last Updated Oct 2024 Last Login Oct 2024
My Summary
About Me
My name is Vicki and I am a registered Ofsted childminder, I have 2 children of my own and live in West Ewell with my husband.
We have 2 friendly cats.
The children enjoy going to hobble down, soft play, art and craft, the park and National trust gardens.
We use our garden which has a wide variety of toys including a slide, trampoline, ride on toys, playhouse and large deck area for sand and water play.
My Experience
I have worked as a nanny for 13 years after doing my NNEB in 1996 and only stopped to have my own children! I then did the CHIP childminding course in July 2009 whilst pregnant with my 2nd child.
I have now been childminding since my daughter was 6 months old and we have a relaxed and happy home from home setting.
My children are both now at High school.
I hold a current CRB and am paediatric first aid trained which is updated every 3 years.
I do regular training courses run by our local Authority and online to keep up to date on new changes.
My Qualifications
Cache NNEB (NVQ 3 equivalent)
Chip childminding course
Early years first aid
CRB
Safeguarding course.
My Availability
I work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7:30 until 17:30 but can be flexible on times.
I currently don’t have any after school places available
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| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 09/10/2024 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £8.00 per hour
£8 per hour
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 14/01/2022)
- First Aid Certificate (added 14/01/2022)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Vicki Owen. 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.
Vicki is just amazing! Our daughter started when she was 10 months old and settled in very quickly and loved every single day that she was there.
Our daughter was so loved there and did such a lovely range of activities and trips, and had a great routine with all the children. We felt like Vicki really nurtured our daughter and encouraged her development.
Vicki and her family were always flexible with days and times and so supportive of our family, which made such a difference, particularly during the pandemic. We also got informative updates and lovely photos about what our daughter had been doing.
We really can’t recommend Vicki (and her family) highly enough, we were so sad to leave them behind when we moved.
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J Dowler
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on 01/05/2022
Vicki has looked after our daughter since she was 9 months old. As a first time mum I was very nervous about leaving my daughter with anyone especially with all of the covid restrictions (at the time) Vicki reassured me from the start but also didn’t put me under any pressure. Ava, our daughter thrives at Vicki’s; with her guidance and under her supervision but also with the freedom to be a little girl playing and learning with her friends which she has made by being at Vicki’s.
Vicki keeps us updated throughout the day with essential information and a lovely summary often with pictures at the end of the day. Ava’s speech and confidence has grown and developed immensely by being there, we can only thank Vicki for her fabulous skills not only as a childminder but also now as a family friend.
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alison88
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on 07/02/2022
Response by
Vicki Owen
on 07/02/2022:
Thankyou Alison
Vicki is fantastic. We have been with her for 3 years for my eldest and just a few months for my youngest but they are both so happy with her. My 3 year old runs in straight away every morning and the normally clingy baby is also really happy to go with her.
As a teacher, I’ve been really impressed with the development of both my children in their time with Vicki but the else still in particular has made huge leaps forward in speech and language, social skills and confidence from being there.
I asked my daughter what it’s like there and she said “I’m happy at there because I’m playing with my friends and going to Hobbledown!”
I have never had to worry about them while Vicki’s looking after them. Her communication with us about their day and photos of their adventures give me such confidence but more than that, when we’ve bumped into her out and about, and my daughter has run at her for a cuddle, I think that tells me more than anything else!
She also caters completely for my daughter’s dairy allergy which again has always been so reassuring.
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GemmaH
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on 15/01/2022
Response by
Vicki Owen
on 15/01/2022:
Thank you so much Gemma.
Vicki has looked after our 2 children for nearly 5 years, since our oldest was 9months old. She has helped develop both our son and daughter and they have thrived under her care. She is patient and caring and has become part of our family.
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Liz
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on 14/01/2022
Response by
Vicki Owen
on 15/01/2022:
Thank you so much Liz.
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