Annette
Childminder in Rochdale (also available for babysitting)
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Female Member since Jan 2016 Last Updated Jan 2025 Last Login 21 Jan 2025
My Summary
Alkrington Based Childminder With 30+ Years Experience
About Me
I am a qualified N.N.E.B ( LEVEL 3 QUALIFIED Nursery Nurse) , qualified play worker level 2, and am a GOOD RATED OFSTED registered childminder with over 30+ years of childcare experience. I live with my husband and the youngest of my three daughters, who is 17 and is attending college. Two of thevmost friendliest kittens, Willow and Winnie.
I consider myself to be caring and patient.
My entire working life has been with children, mostly early years. I work from a safe & secure childminding room within my home and have a nursery style layout and routine whilst promoting home-from-home care. I promote learning through exploratory play both indoors and outdoors and through praise following the child's individual development. There is a secure outdoor lawned play area with access to sand, water play, bikes, prams, and a low-level climbing block. I live a short walk to Alkrington Woods and make regular trips to the ponds that have fish and ducks (lots of bread at the ready).
I also make use of the local Sure Start provisions to enhance my care, e.g., sensory rooms, libraries, and have a reliable car, appropriate car restraints and a full, clean licence & also appropriate car insurance. We also take visits to our local pets at home and other places of interest, including Portland Basin.
My Experience
Having had three daughters of my own, now aged 27, 25 and 16 together with over 30 years of childcare experience across numerous provisions, including nannying and council run nurseries, I consider myself fully experienced. I have also worked with children experiencing all spectrums of special needs together with professionals including speech therapists, social workers and Health Visitors. The age range of the children in my care being from 6 months up to 9 years.
My Qualifications
N.N.E.B (Nursery Nurse).
NVQ Play Worker Level 2
First Aid
Designated Safeguarding
Food Hygiene
ECAT (Every Child a Talker)
My Availability
Available for 15/30 hours free funded places and all day places too.
7.30 am till 5.30 pm
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| Before School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| After School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 13/01/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £4.00 per hour
- Babysitting from £10.00 per hour
2 & 3/4 Year Funding
£42.50 full day
£23.50 half day
£45 term time only
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
- First Aid Certificate: TIGER LILY (added 02/06/2023)
- DBS Check (added 02/06/2023)
- EU Driving Licence (added 02/06/2023)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 02/06/2023)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Annette. 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.
I can highly recommend Annette. A warm, welcoming environment from the time you arrive and a huge variety of activities on offer for the children to keep them entertained, educated and most importantly happy! My daughter has been there since she was 11 months old and absolutely loves going. Harper has come along so much with her skills, speech and social interactions. From a parent’s point of view, the communication from Annette about Harper and what she has been doing, along with information around her training/safeguarding/plans for her setting is fantastic.
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Tasha
on 05/06/2023
It's clear to see how experienced Annette is in looking after young children. She knows how to handle any situation and understands how to encourage the development of those in her care. Our daughter has come on leaps and bounds in her setting. Annette clearly enjoys what she does and is invested in the development of the child. We're so happy we found her.
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John R
on 03/06/2023
Annette was my daughters childminder for over 2 years and she was fantastic! I was extremely happy with the service Annette provided. Her home is always welcoming, very clean and well organised. Annette is a warm and friendly individual and is now one of our good family friends. My daughter has felt very safe and extremely happy in Annette’s environment and has made a friend for life.
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Dee
on 03/06/2023
Annette is a blessing to us! She is fantastic and such a lovely person. She is so caring and lovely with all the children attending her setting. She immediately understood what our child needed and she is so patient and sweet with her. We cannot thank her enough for all her support and work. Very highly recommended 😊👍
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Grace
on 14/04/2022
Annette has looked after my daughter for 2 years and she looks forward to going there every day. I was worried as her behaviour could be challenging at home but Annette has so much experience it has never been an issue and has always offered us advice when we’ve needed it. Annette has always been really flexible which is a benefit when we are both working parents and this has been a massive help for us. My daughter has made so many good friends there and we regularly get updates, pictures and videos throughout the day we will miss Annette when she starts at big girl school.
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Georgina
on 12/02/2022
Annette has looked after my little girl for almost a year now. She has been amazing with her from the start and my little girl adores her and loves every morning when it’s time to go. Annette is such a friendly, kind, caring lady and I wouldn’t want anybody else to care for my daughter.
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Jade
on 10/02/2022
Annette has cared for my boy for the past year, she is clearly very experienced and dedicated to the job. My boy always has a great time and has shown great improvements with his development since starting with Annette.
She was able to accommodate his allergies and was mindful of this when feeding him. She has a lovely clean home that she takes pride in.
You can see that she really cares about the children. I would definitely recommend her to anyone without hesitation.
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Annie34
on 04/07/2021
Our daughter was with Annette from being 9 months old to 3yrs. She loved going to Annette's. It was clear from the start that Annette was very experienced and knew exactly what she was doing. Annette has a very calm and caring manner with everyone especially the children. She is a great communicator with children and has a great understanding of child development. She knows exactly what the children need, our daughter flourished in her care. We were very lucky to have found such an amazing childminder, nothing was ever too much trouble if we were running late or needed to change our days she was very flexible.
We will certainly be going back to Annette when we have our second child.
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Saraht
on 11/01/2020
Annette is just amazing she took my little boy in when he had been rejected from 6 different settings due to his social communication disorder. From the introduction it was clear what a special lady she was and instantly I saw my boy respond in ways he had not previously. Even without the ability to speak she always understood his needs and wants. From a little boy who had real frustrations and anxiety to a boy who couldn’t wait to run up the drive to the joyous singing from Annette each morning. He formed beautiful friendships that he hadn’t experienced before and his development over the time with Annette was phenomenal. During my sons assessment with Educational psychology and portage for his ehcp their feedback was there was nothing they needed to put into place with Annette as she was doing absolutely everything needed! He loved every second and any child would be well and truly happy in her care.
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eknowles
on 10/01/2020
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