Tots2teens Childcare Services offers daytime, after school and overnight care for children aged from newborn to 13 years.

 As a parent one of the most important decisions you will ever make is to choose the right childcare for the individual needs of your child. 

At Tots2teens we provide quality care for children in a clean, safe, secure and caring environment. We encourage all the children in our care to learn through play and to grow with an understanding and respect for others. 

You can contact Amanda by phone or email, she will be happy to answer any questions that you may have. Alternatively you can visit her personally, by prior appointment, in order that you can view the setting and the facilities we have to offer.

Tots2teens offers all funding from 9 months to 4 years; we work in partnership with our local authority, East Sussex County Council.

I request a voluntary fee for all funded children of £3 per child per funded day. This charge is entirely voluntary and not a requirement for the use of my services. The £3 voluntary payment contributes to membership fees for organisations such as Drusillas, Paradise Park, National Trust, Newhaven Fort, RHS Wisley, cheeky wipes, toilet wipes, tissues and visits to Hope Springs smallholding.

We are a small family business which was founded by Amanda Ball in 2007. Suzannah Duffell joined in 2010, a mother and daughter partnership. Amanda has relocated to Seaford East Sussex and Suzannah continues to work in Guildford Surrey.

Amanda Ball - Manager
Tots2teens Childcare Services

Amanda’s setting is her home, a detached three-bedroom house situated in Seaford, East Sussex, which offers clean, spacious and well-ventilated facilities. There is a secure garden providing a safe environment for children to play and explore outside. Amanda has a small dog who is walked daily before she starts work. 

Tots2teens Sussex is open Tuesday to Friday 07.00 hours to 18.00 hours; however, we are flexible to cater for all needs, if necessary we can open Saturday & Sunday by prior arrangement only; we also offer overnight care and babysitting services which are also by prior arrangement.

We are registered and regularly inspected by Ofsted; currently graded ‘Good’.

We are members of Morton Michel public liability insurance. Amanda has been awarded the Surrey County Council Early Years Quality Improvement Award. 

At Tots2teens we implement documented policies and procedures, which are regularly updated and amended where necessary. These policies and procedures enable us to provide the utmost safety for all children within our care.

We accommodate the Government funded Early Years provision for 9-month, 2 year, 3-and-4 year-old children (who meet the criteria provided by East Sussex County Council).

I request a voluntary fee for all funded children of £3 per child per funded day. This charge is entirely voluntary and not a requirement for the use of my services. The £3 voluntary payment contributes to membership fees for organisations such as Drusillas, Paradise Park, National Trust, Newhaven Fort, RHS Wisley, cheeky wipes, toilet wipes, tissues and visits to Hope Springs smallholding.

At Tots2teens we provide a professional childcare service for children aged from newborn to 13 years, our services include:

• Day care / After school care / Overnight care / Weekend care

• Babysitting services

• A bespoke service catered around your child’s individual needs

• Ofsted registered and inspected

Our usual hours of business are Tuesday to Friday 07.00 hours to 18.00 hours; we are however flexible to cater for all needs and can provide weekend and overnight care (given reasonable prior notification).

Amanda holds qualifications in Language and Communication Support and was previously employed, for several years, with Surrey County Council education system providing support sessions for children.

At Tots2teens we will maintain a comprehensive record of your child's daily activities and their progress as young individuals via their portfolio held on the ‘Babysdays’ software system. As a parent or guardian, you will be provided with a unique username and password to gain access to your child’s portfolio; this ensures security of sensitive data. We are registered with the ICO (Information Commissioners Office – Data Protection).

We encourage all children in our care to use Makaton sign language. 

At Tots2teens we have a history of caring for children from several different cultural and religious backgrounds; this extends to the present day. We offer a bespoke service which caters, within reason, for children who require distinct individual needs this includes specific dietary requirements.

• We promise to provide your child with a safe and fully inclusive environment concentrating on the seven areas of learning within the Early Years Foundation Stage. 

• We promise to provide your child with activities which include stimulating tasks aimed to develop them socially, emotionally, intellectually and physically, with age-appropriate toys, visits and activities. Activities will be differentiated to meet each child's individual needs.

• We promise to provide you and your child with an ethical service where the needs of the child come first.

• We believe in the principles of inclusion and equal opportunities and promise to be flexible and provide your child with first class care, regardless of their ethnicity, gender, religion or background.

We provide the children in our care the opportunity to take part in a wide range of activities. Home based activities include, group play, messy play, role play and dressing up. At Tots2teens we encourage structured group activities such as reading, singing, circle time, ‘What’s in the box?’ baking and playing in the garden.   

Although it is important to create a sense of security and undertake activities in the home, we feel it is essential to expand social skills, to stimulate inquisitive minds and to entertain and meet new people. To achieve these aims we attend organised children/baby groups, visit farms, soft play areas, recreation grounds, the library, music and singing and many more events; all of which take place within easy reach of the areas that we are based. 

We often take the children for walks locally. We believe in providing them opportunities to explore and gain knowledge of the world around them, this includes the importance of respect for wildlife and the environment. We try to instil the belief that fresh air and exercise is good for them to maintain a happy and healthy life.  

We encourage our children to grow vegetables at our local allotment, which encourages them to try new foods and learn the importance of healthy eating.

We encourage the children to clean their teeth at the setting, using their own toothbrush. This encourages independence and life skills.

We encourage our children to shop for items needed to make recipes in the setting, using shopping bags and money to pay for the goods.

All outings and activities are risked assessed and linked with the Early Years Foundation Stage learning journal.

We plan, observe and assess the children on a regular basis in accordance with the seven areas of learning set out by Ofsted: 

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development

• Communication and language

• Physical Development

• Literacy

• Mathematics

• Knowledge and Understanding of the World

• Expressive arts and design   

We ensure the children in our settings feel secure by providing a caring environment with carefully planned and structured adult and child led activities. This enables the children to grow in confidence and learn through play to achieve the goals outlined above.

Amanda Ball

• Foundation Certificate in Professional Studies in Primary Education

• Elklan-Speech and Language Support

• HLTA

• NVQ 3 Early Years

• Paediatric First Aid

• Cache Level 3 Diploma in Home Based Childcare

• Safeguarding Children

• Food Safety and Catering Level 2

• Makaton 

• Curriculum, Ofsted New Framework

• Teaching Maths in Play

• Prevent

• Teaching Resilience and Self-regulation

• Autism

• Conflict Resolution with young children, British values in Practice

• Wonder Years Programme

• Oral health

• Early Years Professional Development Programme

• Certificate of Achievement Excellence Award for healthy eating, physical activity, oral health, children’s wellbeing, independence, self-care, immunisations, speech, language and communication and adult wellbeing.

• Food Allergy and Intolerance Training.

Although we hold the above qualifications, in childcare and Early Years practice, we feel it is important to continue our professional development, which allows us to reflect on and to improve the service we provide. We both currently attend, and will continue to do so, training sessions enabling us to build upon our knowledge and skills base.

For more information on services offered by Tots2teens Childcare Services, please complete the form, or contact us directly.

Amanda Ball - Tots2teens Childcare Services Sussex
’Pinks Hill’, 2a North Way, Seaford, East Sussex BN25 3AL

Telephone: 07810 737 826
Email: amanda@tots2teenssussex.co.uk