Abington Childminders

About Abington Childminders

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Operating from Northampton, Abington Childminders provides childminding to parents throughout Northampton. Established in 2001 the organisation has many years of experience in the Child Care profession.

OFSTED OUTSTANDING AWARDED IN DECEMBER 2009.

Their Names Are Louise Butterworth and Ian Cockerill.

Both Have Obtained NVQ3 In Early Years Education (Foundation Stages) In 2005
NCMA Quality Assured Passed In July 2006.

Providers Of Government Funded Places for over 3's Entitling 15hrs per week free.

They Live and Work From Abington, Northampton NN3 2JS (In A Home Setting).

They Are Registered To Look After Twelve Children Under The Age Of Eight Years, Of Which Six Can Be Under The Age Of Five and Two Of These Under The Age Of One. They Do Cater For Over Eights As and When Required.

The Have Before and After School Children Which They Take To Three Local Schools In Their Area.
They Do Runs To Local Nurseries In Their Immediate Area.

Their Family run home setting offers a variety of childcare to Parents, from full time care, before and after School and full time School holiday cover.
They cater for children from a few months old to 15 years.

The Early Years Foundation Stage Principles For Birth To Five.
These are the guidelines set out by the Government that they follow in their setting to promote the following:

Enabling Environments.

Positive Relationships.

Learning and Development.

A Unique Child.

They achieve the above goals by setting numerous activities that promote learning experiences for the Children in their care using all their resources that they have available, taking into consideration the age and stage of development of the individual Child.

They create individual files for all Children under Five to build up a record of the Child's achievements and goals they need to meet. They take into account the parent/s wishes and encourage Parent/s to follow on from what they are doing especially if a individual Child is struggling in certain areas, and to report to them any achievements to further able to encourage the Child's development.