Dana
Childminder in Leamington Spa
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Female Member since Jun 2017 Last Updated Jan 2025 Last Login 14 Jan 2025
My Summary
About Me
I have two children of my own a boy and a girl. My eldest son is at secondary school and my daughter attends a local primary. I live in a lovely friendly village. We make use daily of local parks, walks and childminder groups as I think it’s important for children to get plenty of fresh air and be outside. I offer a home from home setting in my house and have a lovely garden space too. I hold a full DBS as does my husband.
My Experience
I have been Childminding since September 2018 when I registered with Ofsted. I also have many years experience in nursery work and adult care specialising in learning difficulties. All this experience has made me the patient, calm and collected childminder I am. I had my inspection in 2022 gaining an Outstanding grade.
My Qualifications
NVQ level 2 in child care
CACHE level 3 in child care Setting up home based child care
Safeguarding
Schematic course ( how children play)
Food Hygiene
Child protection
Prevent duty & anti- radicalisation
Paediatric first aid
My Availability
Based in Bishops Tachbrook village and only to Bishops Tachbrook school for drop off and collections. I open at 7.30 and close 4.30 Monday to Thursday.
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My Fees
- Childminding from £7.00 per hour
£7ph min
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Bishops Tachbrook CofE Primary School
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 14/01/2025)
- First Aid Certificate: First Aid (added 06/01/2025)
- Training Certificate: Designated Safeguarding Lead (added 19/01/2024)
- Training Certificate: Safeguarding (added 02/02/2022)
- DBS Check (added 08/05/2019)
- Training Certificate: CACHE level 3 Preparation to work in home based childcare (added 08/05/2019)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Dana. 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.
What can I say, Dana has been phenomenal with our daughter.
After going back to work at 5 months, she looked after our little girl like she was her own. Dana is caring, nurturing, and has a real passion for children’s welfare! She spends lots of time outside with the children and the arts and crafts they come home with was beyond our expectations. Nothing is too much for Dana and she was loved by everyone who was under her care
Our daughter thrived while in Dana’s setting which is homely and comforting. We are very lucky to have found such an amazing childminder.
Couldn’t recommend her enough!
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Kylie
on 08/01/2025
Dana is so patient, kind, nurturing, considerate, thoughtful, invested... The list just goes on! My middle child attended her setting and my third child is just starting with her.
Dana has had a great input in raising and progressing my son and we are massively grateful. Highly recommend.
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Laura
on 06/01/2025
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Dana
on 06/01/2025:
Thank you so much for your kind words. Time has flown so fast the last two years and now it’s the start of our new adventure.
Dana was so lovely & welcoming from our first meeting, made me & my son feel very welcome, my son has been with Dana 2 days a week for nearly a year (leaving now to start pre-school) he was always so happy after a day with Dana! Communication on point telling us how he’s been etc & supported with dropping naps & potty training. Can’t fault Dana! We will miss our Monday & Tuesdays!
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Rebecca
on 06/01/2025
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Dana
on 06/01/2025:
Working in partnership with you was all was such a joy. His cheeky chops will be very missed but I know he will fully embrace his new chapter. Thank you
Dana has truly transformed our family dynamics. Her ability to cultivate a nurturing environment is only surpassed by her dedication to educating parents on gentle parenting techniques while maintaining a firm yet compassionate approach. Thanks to her, my child has developed excellent sleep habits, leading to peaceful nights for the whole family. We're particularly grateful for her efforts in promoting language consistency; by speaking English to our children and encouraging us to converse in Kannada, she has facilitated a seamless transition between languages for our daughter. Dana, your invaluable contribution to our children's growth and happiness is deeply appreciated."
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Sharvari
on 06/05/2024
It’s hard to do Dana justice via an online review but I will do my best: Dana has been the childminder for our little boy for almost three years now. When he arrived at her setting, he had come out of a terrible experience at a local nursery and was in need of some reassurance. Dana did everything she could to make him feel at home, and to this day he loves going to the setting and seeing the friends he has made there. Being a binational same sex family, we’ve also felt very supported by Dana who has invested time in wanting to know some french words for our son, has talked to all children at the setting about different types of families, etc. She also always invests time to create dedicated activities for specific events of the year (Halloween, Christmas, Book day, Mothers Day, etc.). Last but not least, being first time parents, she’s been an incredible support when navigating new milestones, engaged in discussing ways to support our son’s development and is always incredibly flexible when it comes to ensuring our child is happy. She’s our well kept secret… or rather she was 🙂
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Amandine
on 02/02/2022
My little boy has been going to Dana's for over a year and he's incredibly happy. Dana has created an inspiring setting where the kids learn different things all the time. She makes every occasion special and my little boy is excited to go everyday. I feel completely reassured by all measures Dana put in place during COVID. I would highly recommend her, she's warm and friendly, the kids love her and she's professional. 5 stars.
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Victoria
on 01/02/2022
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Dana
on 01/02/2022:
Thank you Victoria for taking the time to write your review, I appreciate the positive feed back and reassurance that my families are happy with my service.
Dana has had my daughter since 9 months old and helps with my sons childcare during the school holidays, they both absolutely love going! Dana provides such a safe place for my children and respects and reinforces all requests I have ever requested! While giving them so much love and attention, she also takes them on days out, does so many different activities with them that as a parent you may not have the time to do and provides so many resources to help them learn and grow. It's the perfect home from home setting and we feel so lucky to have such a fantastic childminder!
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Jessica
on 25/10/2021
Dana has been looking after my 4 year old boy for over a year now. He spends half his time at Pre-School and the other half at Dana’s, and, whilst he likes going to pre-school he absolutely adores going to Dana’s! With starting reception in September he is so upset to be leaving her care, albeit we have vowed to keep in touch.
Dana provides a warm child friendly setting in her home, activities vary from week to week and include baking, craft, soft play, outdoor walks and play, baby toddler groups, singing/dancing and much more, managing to entertain and educate at all levels (how she does it I don’t know)! Dana also has a close circle of other childminder friends meaning my boy has grown socially and made many other friends too. In addition to all of this my son’s behaviour has improved significantly as a result of Dana’s support and expertise in managing this at an individual level. She is professional, considerate, flexible and much more. We cannot recommend her care highly enough and hoping our latest addition to the family will be able to go to Dana too!
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Julia
on 02/05/2020
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Dana
on 01/02/2022:
Thank you Julia for your kind review it was an absolute pleasure working with youre family and to be lucky enough to continue to look after youre youngest child.
Kind regards
Dana
Both my boys have been going to Dana's for 9 months and they absolutely love it with her. She provides wrap around care for my eldest (3) and full day care for my youngest (2). She offers a range of activities to educate and nurture from baking, painting, walking in the woods, trips to the airfield and many more and she always ensures they have plenty of healthy snacks too. I would definitely recommend her as a lovely childminder.
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Marisa
on 16/05/2019
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Dana
on 16/05/2019:
Thank you so much for your kind words it’s always a pleasure to have your boys x
My little boy has been going to Dana’s since he was 10 months old- he absolutely adores going there. He loves Dana and the other children, they go on a variety of outings and he just seems to have non stop fun all day. So much so he cries when he has to leave!! Dana is extremely professional and has a gorgeous home that is well equipped with activities to develop children within all areas of learning. He has come on leaps and bounds socially. I can honestly say it was the hardest thing I have ever done having to leave him for he first time however I really appreciated Dana’s kindness and support- she really is such a wonderful lady. I’m so grateful to have her looking after my little boy and hoping that when I go back to work she has space for my little lady too!
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KatieZ
on 10/05/2019
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