Childminder in Harrow

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 July 2015 14 May 2009

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Good 2 How well the early years provision meets the needs of the range of children who attend Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the early years provision Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

The setting meets legal requirements for early years settings

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder has an excellent understanding of her responsibility to meet the safeguarding requirements. She completely understands her role in reporting any child protection concerns to the appropriate professionals. Therefore, she fully promotes children's welfare as they play and learn.  The childminder knows the children remarkably well and she is sensitive to the needs of all children. As a result, the children form secure attachments to her. Therefore, they develop high levels of confidence and well-being and become well prepared for their future learning.  The childminder has very high expectations of herself and the children. As a result, children achieve in their learning at an outstanding level overall, ready for school.  The partnerships with parents are highly valued by the childminder. She works very closely with parents and, as a result, she meets the care and welfare needs of each

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This provision is outstanding

child extremely well. Parents' comments are highly positive and reflect the outstanding care their children receive.  The childminder uses consistent and excellent levels of communication with the children. She and the children sing songs as they play, which further strengthens the children's excellent language development.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

 extend opportunities for children to learn about the wider environment around them to fully develop their understanding of the world.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector discussed with the childminder the systems she uses to observe and track the children's progress.  The inspector sampled the documents that the childminder uses to support her practice.  The inspector completed observations of the children engaged in activities with the childminder.

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who attend. This is outstanding

The childminder is highly skilled in recognising the uniqueness of each child and providing for their individual needs and interests. The children enjoy a highly challenging and playful time as they learn in this highly inspirational and motivating environment. The childminder has created a play space where the children are confident to express themselves. The childminder uses highly successful systems to assess each child and these show how the children make excellent progress. The childminder fully encourages children to follow their own ideas and interests. This supports their strong abilities to be independent in the decisions they make. For example, children can decide whether to play inside or outside. The childminder does not consistently use the wider environment to promote children's learning. However, she uses the garden well to encourage children to learn, explore and develop new skills. For instance, she encourages children to use a swing by themselves.

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who attend. This is outstanding

The children are delighted when they manage to make the swing go higher.

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outstanding

The childminder makes comprehensive and precise records when children start in her care to ensure that she gains a thorough understanding of the needs of each child. She builds on children's interests extremely well. For example, children's interest in bugs and spiders led to exciting plans to make spiders, sing songs and use a microscope to study small creatures. The children are very secure and enjoy cuddles and affection from the childminder, which help to promote their feelings of safety and self-worth. Children are positively encouraged to take safe risks, for example, as they try to go a little higher on the swing. This means that all children develop high levels of confidence in their own abilities. Children lead in their play and independently choose from a very wide variety of high-quality toys and resources. For example, they decide to make music with a guitar and keyboard. Children thoroughly enjoy dancing to the music they make. The childminder is

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outstanding

highly successful in promoting children's health and well-being, and encourages them to be independent with good hygiene practices.

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provision is outstanding

The childminder attends training arranged by the local authority. This means she remains highly motivated and develops her skills. She demonstrates a high level of commitment to addressing any areas for development to strengthen her childminding service. This results in an exciting, highly challenging learning environment for children. The childminder fully understands her role in working with other professionals to identify any children whose progress is less than expected. This means all children are able to reach their full potential. The children are very good friends and, through highly positive role modelling by the childminder, they learn how to take turns and show kindness to each other.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 147775 Local authority Harrow Inspection number 846687 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1999. She lives in the London Borough of Harrow. She cares for children all day, Monday to Friday, throughout most of the year.

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Telephone number

This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and care, known as the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Telephone number

procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. 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.

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

T: 0300 123 4234 Textphone: 0161 618 8524 E: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk W: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted

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