We are Childminders working in Fareham, Hampshire

Hi, thanks for finding us. We are Dave & Ann Sheppard, and since 22 May 2026 our daughter Elizabeth Ferguson (working here part time) are collectively known as Jadela Juniors Childminders, each individually registered with Ofsted, and are all Registered Childminders working from Ann & Dave’s home. We are open Monday to Friday 07:30 to 18:00 only. Jadela House, 9 Peak Lane, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 1RP, UK. Ann Sheppard Ofsted Registration No 151014 Dave Sheppard Ofsted Registration No EY380154 Elizabeth Ferguson Ofsted Registration No EY2893857 Ann has been childminding continuously since 1979, and from our current address Jadela House in May 1991. Dave began childminding in 2007 after careers in the Royal Navy and as an IT Consultant. Elizabeth restarted Childminding, after a 16 year break whilst her own six children grew up, from 22 May 2026. Our setting also has Local Authority approval for 12 children. We are an accredited Early Years Education (EYE) provider and currently able to offer up to 30 hours, Government funded free EYE provision per week to those eligible children in the 9 month to 4 year old schemes. From September 2025 the Government implemented significant changes to the childcare funding for parents. Additional information is available at the Best Start In Life Hub. Jadela Juniors provides first class child care from birth to elevenish! Our Registered Childminding Services are in the PO14 area of Fareham, Hampshire and within easy reach of areas around the town like Stubbington & Titchfield. We drop off and pick up locally from Ranvilles Infant School only. For further information please check out all our website pages especially the Parents Page. Whilst we endeavour to keep everything up to date, if you find an error please let us know and we will happily correct it. You may also want to read our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page where you may answer many of your likely queries about our provision. Welcome to Jadela Juniors Childminding and thank you for visiting. Please have a browse. External Website Data Disclaimer: All links to external sites on our website are provided ‘as is’ for the sole purpose of offering our visitors insights to examples of additional data we have seen and read. These links are made available without any guarantee, prejudice or personal recommendations from us. Whilst we endeavour to keep our website up to date, and will refresh any out of date links where appropriate, we are not responsible, in any way, for the integrity or validity of any external source of information. You choose to use those external website links entirely at your own risk.

Our Apprentice Lola started (6th October 2025) her one-year apprenticeship with us and Fareham College. She attends here on three days each week and shares her time between us and the college. She will be appearing in many of the photos we take as she commences on this exciting journey of discovery, learning and attainment. Amongst her many talents, Lola is amazing at plaiting hair. Several of the little ones already love to sit in ‘Lola’s Salon’ (a chair placed in front of her) to have their hair plaited. One even tells her mummy at home that she wants her hair done by Lola!

Reminder for parents claiming ‘30 hours childcare’ in the Autumn Term 2026 All eligible parents who are working and want to claim funded extended hours (30 hours childcare per week or 1140 hours per annum), must make sure they have applied to HMRC no later than 31 August 2026. All parents with a 30 hours code need to make sure their details are up to date. You must do this every three months. SIgn in here.

Why are we called Jadela Juniors? The name Jadela was made up by Dave in 1991 as an acronym of the first letters of our family members James, Ann, Dave, Elizabeth & Laura-Ann. At that time we named our new home, here at 9 Peak Lane, Jadela House. With us both electing to work together in 2008, as childminders, we decided to call ourselves Jadela Juniors. Whilst we remain individually registered, we decided to use the name Jadela Juniors to describe our home childcare. The name Jadela is pronounced 'Jay Dell Ah' not 'Jade Lah'