About Us

We are Registered Childminders working from our own home. Jadela House, 9 Peak Lane, Fareham, Hants, PO14 1RP

Our Ethos ‘DEEPPLAY’

You can open a presentation here about Our Ethos - DEEPPLAY. We care, we share and we prepare. • DIET - What you eat is what you are! • EXERCISE - Get up. Get out. Get going. • EXPLORATION - For a young child, everything in the universe is new. • PROCESS - NOT Product. • PLAY - If you have forgotten how to play, you have forgotten how to live. • LAUGHTER - If it isn’t fun, it isn’t done. • ALL WEATHERS - There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing. • YES - we Care, we Share and we Prepare

We have been providing quality childcare from Jadela House continuously since May 1991. We have extensive equipment and facilities that are regularly upgraded and enhanced. Dave is level 6 qualified in Early Years and level 7 in IT, and was one of the first male childminders in the UK to achieve the Early Years Professional Status EYPS . Ann is level 5 qualified having completed her foundation degree in Early Years through The University of Chichester at Distinction grade. We have both met the highest grading from Ofsted at Outstanding in all areas. We work within the revised Early Years Foundation Stage (2024) statute to provide quality, accredited childcare for all our children. We are both Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) members. Also, we are Ofsted Registered Childminders who have achieved independent 'Outstanding' inspections. Our latest Ofsted reports are available from their website: Dave Sheppard Ofsted Registration No EY380154 Ann Sheppard Ofsted Registration No 151014 For more information you can download our setting Prospectus

Did you know?

Here are 20 top facts about Dave & Ann

1. Ann doesn’t eat chocolate and Dave is intolerant to milk. 2. We do not have a Facebook, ‘X’ (Twitter) or any other social media account. 3. We have never smoked/vaped. 4. We do not have any pets ourselves but our three children/grandchildren have cats, dogs and even a Gecko. 5. We love to go for a walk along the promenade between Hillhead and Lee-On-The-Solent. 6. Our 13 grandchildren are our greatest delight. 7. We try to go to see a London West End show at least once per year. 8. Our shared favourite TV programmes are period dramas, who-dun-it, or movies/series on Apple TV, Netflix and Amazon Prime. 9. We never watch any of the regular TV soaps. 10. Dave is very interested in Science/Maths/Astronomy in general and especially Quantum and Particle Physics. 11. Our favourite holidays are cruises - most especially on the gigantic Royal Caribbean ‘Oasis Class’ cruise ships. 12. We have known each other since we were aged 7 & 9, growing up in the village of Sunningdale, Berkshire. 13. We love the Murder Mystery Dinners. 14. Dave makes most of Ann’s cups of coffee. 15. Since getting married in 1975, at the ages of 17 and 19, we have always shared a joint bank account. 16. When checking into our Majorca hotel on honeymoon, the receptionist looked us up and down suspiciously then asked us where our parents were! 17. When asked ‘What is the secret of our marriage?’ we can honestly say we rarely argue as we just about agree on everything, plus Dave makes that great cup of coffee! 18. Ann is diabetic and Dave suffers with hay fever. 19. Dave is the author of a series of teen fantasy/science fiction novels called ‘The MoonBridge Way’. 20. Ann cooks most of the time, but Dave - with the help of Jamie Oliver - does a mean Sunday roast and always cooks the Christmas Lunch.