Childminder in Merton

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 August 2015 14 May 2009

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This inspection: Good 2

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

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This inspection: Good 2

The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the early years provision Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

The setting meets legal requirements for early years settings

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This provision is good

 The childminder builds strong emotional attachments with children and helps them to do the same with each other. Children are happy, relaxed, confident and well behaved.  The childminder speaks to children in both English and Spanish. This opportunity for young children to learn an additional language is highly beneficial for their future learning.  The childminder has a good understanding of safeguarding and child protection matters. She is clear about the procedures to follow if concerned about a child's welfare. Her effective use of risk assessment helps ensure children's safety without limiting their confidence to explore and investigate.  The childminder has a wide range of play resources. She regularly adds to these to provide children with further challenge. Children respond very well to her playful nature, such as when she pretends to be an animal crawling along the floor.  Children benefit from the childminder's well-established partnership with parents. She

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This provision is good

has good processes in place for sharing information about children's progress. This helps to ensure children receive consistent support.  The childminder is extremely enthusiastic and strongly committed to further developing her knowledge, skills and practice.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always encourage children to represent and develop their own ideas through imaginative and creative play. Role play is sometimes very brief, which limits opportunity for children to develop deeper understanding of the world.  The childminder does not consistently make the most of snack times and mealtimes to encourage children's social and personal skills.

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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 planning for children's creative and imaginative play further in order to encourage them to represent their own ideas more and to help them learn about the wider world in more depth  review and develop the organisation of mealtimes to further promote children's social skills and independence.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children engaged in play and learning both indoors and outdoors.  The inspector looked at children's progress records and sampled documentation relating to safeguarding, and children's health and well-being.  The inspector sought and took account of the views of parents.  The inspector talked with the childminder about her practice and discussed the impact of her teaching.

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who attend. This is good

The childminder has a good understanding of child development and supports children's learning and development well. Children make good progress and are well prepared by the childminder for the next stage in their learning. The childminder asks children questions that challenge their thinking and help them develop new skills. For example, she challenged children aged two years who have highly secure counting skills to work out how many pieces of cake they needed to cut to feed everyone in the room. The childminder involved younger children in this activity by showing them how to hold and use the plastic knife to cut the toy cake. Children have constant access to pencils and learn to use tools, such as scissors and glue spreaders, through regular art activities. The childminder provides activities that inspire wonder in the children, such as making coloured paper clips rise from a bottle of water using hand-held magnets. Children enjoy

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who attend. This is good

frequent, albeit sometimes short, periods of pretend play with the childminder. She uses these opportunities to encourage their language skills in both English and Spanish.

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good

The childminder cares for children in a safe, clean and welcoming environment. She helps them to settle in through a gradual parent-separation process. The childminder promotes good manners which children adopt. Parents say they love the fact that children form sibling-like friendships. Children have hearty appetites. They engage in a good deal of outdoor physical activity which helps to keep them healthy. For example, children climb trees in the park and are learning to play tennis. The childminder successfully teaches children how to manage their own safety. They know to use a pelican crossing and what to do if they get lost or there is a fire. Children develop good social skills through weekly visits to community playgroups. The childminder successfully steers children through toilet training and teaches them how to dress themselves.

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provision is good

The childminder understands and implements the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage well. She makes effective use of self-evaluation to identify and target priorities for improvement. The childminder makes good use of available training to enhance her practice. For example, following training, she is concentrating hard on encouraging children to use proper words, such as 'dog' not 'doggy'. Children are benefitting from the range of science-based activities she has introduced. The childminder has met the recommendations of the last inspection. She has strengthened her processes for completing assessments on children, tracking progress and supporting their next steps in learning. The childminder continues to modify these processes as she seeks to find the most effective method.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY262131 Local authority Merton Inspection number 833202 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 2003. She lives in Wimbledon Park, which is in the London Borough of Merton. The childminder works Monday to Friday throughout 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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