Childminder in Richmond upon Thames

Inspection report for early years provision

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Unique reference number EY346205 Inspection date 20/06/2011 Inspector ISP Inspection

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Type of setting Childminder to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection. If you would like a copy of this document in a different format, such as large print or Braille, please telephone 0300 123 1231, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. You may copy all or parts of this document for non-commercial educational purposes, as long as you give details of the source and date of publication and do not alter the information in any way.

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T: 0300 123 1231 Textphone: 0161 618 8524 E: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk W: www.ofsted.gov.uk This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006

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Introduction

This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under Sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of the registered early years provision. ‘Early years provision’ refers to provision regulated by Ofsted for children from birth to 31 August following their fifth birthday (the early years age group). The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and welfare, known as the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Introduction

The provider must provide a copy of this report to all parents with children at the setting where reasonably practicable. The provider must provide a copy of the report to any other person who asks for one, but may charge a fee for this service (The Childcare (Inspection) Regulations 2008 regulations 9 and 10).

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Introduction

The setting also makes provision for children older than the early years age group which is registered on the voluntary and/or compulsory part(s) of the Childcare Register. This report does not include an evaluation of that provision, but a comment about compliance with the requirements of the Childcare Register is included in Annex B.

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Introduction

Please see our website for more information about each childcare provider. We publish inspection reports, conditions of registration and details of complaints we receive where we or the provider take action to meet the requirements of registration. This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006

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Description of the childminding

The childminder registered in 2006. She lives with her partner and one school age child in Twickenham. The whole of the house is used for childminding, and there is an enclosed patio and garden available for outdoor activities.

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Description of the childminding

The childminder is registered on the Early Years Register and both the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. A maximum of five children aged under eight years may attend, with no more than three in the early years age group. The childminder currently has five children on roll, with four in the early years age group. The childminder has level three childcare training, and is a member of the local area childminding network.

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The overall effectiveness of the early years provision

Overall the quality of the provision is outstanding.

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The overall effectiveness of the early years provision

The childminder is highly successful in her organisation of individual children's care, and promoting their development. Children enjoy a highly stimulating and generously resourced play environment, with a highly effective range of planned activities provided. The childminder's organisation of observation and assessment is exemplary, and children make excellent progress with their learning. Close partnerships with parents and other carers are maintained, and the childminder is highly effective in her application of self-evaluation, to improve practice. The childminder is considering the further development of outdoor play opportunities

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further?

To further improve the high quality early years provision the registered person should consider:

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further?

 consider the further development of the range of creative and imaginative learning opportunities in the outdoor area

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the early years provision

The childminder is an established and experienced provider, with level three training. She has recently been approved as a member of her local childminder's network, and has been registered for over five years. She presents a highly organised play programme, and offers an excellently prepared learning environment, to successfully promote children's progress and achievement. Safeguarding is also highly organised within the setting, with excellent awareness, and detailed policies and procedures in place to maintain children's welfare and security. This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 The childminder shows a highly positive approach to driving improvement, and is currently developing several aspects of her play program - particularly her support for communication techniques with individual children - and widening her range of outdoor creative play. The childminder conducts frequent reviews of her play

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the early years provision

programme, and has regular appraisals through her childminding network. The childminder demonstrates a highly positive approach to self-evaluation and has produced clear, detailed and highly informative documentation that clearly identifies areas for revision and further development within her practice.

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the early years provision

A highly consistent and outstanding aspect of the childminder's provision, is the presentation of a highly organised and stimulating play environment. The successful use of a large main room on the ground floor as a dedicated children's play area with access to outdoor play, is highly beneficial for children's learning and achievement. An excellent and abundant range of play and learning resources are provided, and children are able to explore and develop child led learning. Children are also able to choose resources easily, and have access to books, materials for assembly and problem solving, and an excellent range of small world and role play resources. Technical and manipulative toys are also well featured. The childminder also makes excellent use of her back garden to provide free flow play and a highly organised range of outdoor activities. For example, the childminder successfully combines sand and water play with role play materials

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the early years provision

outdoors, to skilfully promote children's speech and use of words. Overall, a high level of thoughtful care and preparation is applied to the deployment of play resources within the setting, and this has considerably high impact on the quality of children's play and learning. The childminder is currently developing aspects of outdoor play, and the provision of a wider selection of creative and imaginative play opportunities outdoors is noted as an area for further consideration.

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the early years provision

The childminder is highly successful in her encouragement and support for inclusion, and promoting individual children's development. She is highly effective at gathering information on children's needs, and shows significant strength and commitment in the quality of her preparation and planning of activities to ensure all children make progress. She has experience of disabilities, and is able to successfully follow and maintain individual care plans for children. The childminder also maintains a highly aware and inclusive approach to the organisation of play activities and presentation of resources, to ensure children learn about diversity and peoples differences.

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the early years provision

Partnerships with other carers and settings is successfully promoted, and here again, care is taken by the childminder to gather and share information that helps individual children to grow and learn. The childminder has established close contact with several local schools, and has close links with other local childminders. She also has close llinks with her early years adviser, through her network membership. The childminder shows a highly consistent awareness of the need to work closely with parents. She ensures good daily contact is maintained, and has an excellent and highly organised range of recording systems in place to share information with parents, and further promote children's learning. Two notable examples of this close working and consistent collaboration are the promotion of This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 words and speech, and the expansion of children's dietary range.

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and outcomes for children

The quality of the childminder's support for children's enjoying and achieving is outstanding. She presents a highly consistent and well planned programme of activities that includes many beneficial opportunities for child led play and active learning. Children are particularly well supported in making progress; highly organised and thoughtful application of focused learning activities ensures that they are highly responsive to children's individual interests and known development areas. The childminder also has an excellent awareness of the need for close monitoring and the careful assessment of children's achievements. Children's ways forward and their next steps in learning are clearly identified, and successfully used to provide activities and plan resources. Parents are also able to clearly see identify their children's progress with learning.

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and outcomes for children

The childminder clearly demonstrates her training and experience, and shows excellent skills with teaching, and the promotion of children's learning. The development of children's language and word use is highly organised, and many opportunities are taken by the childminder to help children use words and learn the names for items. Children receive high quality input and considerable close support, during highly productive one-to-one play with the childminder. For example, at quiet times she makes excellent use of books to widen children's interests, explores puzzles and helps children engage with numbers using programmable toys. Also during well managed expressive and invented games, she helps children make up stories about dolls and play figures, and pretend kitchen and shopping play. Overall, the childminder is highly aware of the need to develop children's creative thinking and their ability to solve problems; and makes excellent

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and outcomes for children

use of questions and prompts to widen children's learning experiences.

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and outcomes for children

Children's health and their ability to grow and develop is excellently supported. The childminder takes considerable care, and works in a highly consistent way with parents to promote children's healthy eating; and enrich their eating experiences. Children also learn to be clean and independent, and children in the older age range are encouraged to make meals and help with food preparation. The promotion of children's physical development is also highly consistent and strongly featured. The clear floor space available indoors is used for a wide rang of physical games, with many expressive activities involving music and movement also provided. Access to continual outdoor play also successfully supports children's physical skills and confidence, and frequent planned outings are also made to local parks and play areas.

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and outcomes for children

Children are welcomed and made to feel they can easily engage and explore the childminder's home setting. Considerable care is taken to consistently organise and promote children's safety and security, and a highly detailed and clearly organised range of risk assessments are in place. The childminder shows considerable confidence, and is also highly successful in supporting children's personal and This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 social learning. She applies her training and experience in an effective and highly consistent way, to positively promote children's ability to play and learn together. Children are continually helped and promoted to share and take turns throughout the range of play and learning provided.

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and outcomes for children

Children's skills for future learning are excellently promoted within the setting. The successful development of children's communication, language and literacy is a strong and overarching concern for the childminder. She makes excellent use of talking with the children, and her close interactions successfully help children to explore words and promote speech. For example, a child is encouraged to say the work ''packet'' clearly, during role play shopping. Children's problem solving, reasoning and numeracy is also fully included, through the highly consistent use of productive ''quiet times''. Children explore an excellent range of puzzles, manipulative toys and have fun making programmable play items work. Children's creative learning is consistently included, with opportunities to enjoy painting and mixing colours. A particularly strong aspect of the setting is the support provided for movement and dancing and the expressive use of music. All of the activities

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and outcomes for children

contain strong elements of support for children's knowledge and understanding of the world. Transport and travel, and learning about distances are all well explored. Children also have highly inventive role play journeys, and are able to learn about the wider world through well planned outings within the local area. This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006

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Annex A: record of inspection judgements

The key inspection judgements and what they mean

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Annex A: record of inspection judgements

Grade 1 is Outstanding: this aspect of the provision is of exceptionally high quality Grade 2 is Good: this aspect of the provision is strong Grade 3 is Satisfactory: this aspect of the provision is sound Grade 4 is Inadequate: this aspect of the provision is not good enough

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children in the Early Years Foundation Stage?

The capacity of the provision to maintain continuous improvement

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Early Years Foundation Stage

The effectiveness of leadership and management in embedding ambition and driving improvement The effectiveness with which the setting deploys resources 1 The effectiveness with which the setting promotes equality and diversity The effectiveness of safeguarding 1 The effectiveness of the setting’s self-evaluation, including the steps taken to promote improvement The effectiveness of partnerships 1 The effectiveness of the setting’s engagement with parents and carers

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Stage

The quality of the provision in the Early Years Foundation Stage 1

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Stage

The extent to which children achieve and enjoy their learning 1 The extent to which children feel safe 1 The extent to which children adopt healthy lifestyles 1 The extent to which children make a positive contribution 1 The extent to which children develop skills for the future 1

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Stage

procedures set out in the guidance available from Ofsted’s website: www.ofsted.gov.uk This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006

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Annex B: the Childcare Register

The provider confirms that the requirements of the compulsory part of the Childcare Register are: Met

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Annex B: the Childcare Register

The provider confirms that the requirements of the voluntary part of the Childcare Register are: Met

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