Nursery World - Case study: Shelly Lumb

Shelly Lumb from Shepperton, Surrey, became a childminder last October, so she could work with younger children and spend more time with her son, Jack. 'Childminding seemed my ideal job,' she says. She received a start-up grant of 300, some of which went towards paying for minor changes to her home to meet safety requirements, such as putting up a banister.

She received a start-up grant of 300, some of which went towards paying for minor changes to her home to meet safety requirements, such as putting up a banister.

Her Ofsted inspection to achieve registration, she says, 'wasn't nearly as bad as I'd thought it was going to be', with the inspector not 'telling me what to do - more advising and offering guidance.'

She completed Introducing Childminding Practice (ICP) as her induction course and is now working on NVQ level 3 in Early Years Care and Education.

She has also joined the Surrey Childminding Network.

'You get so much affection from the children and so much satisfaction from watching them learn and develop,' says Shelly of her new career.

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