Childminder in Greenwich

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 September 2015 Not applicable

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 The childminder promotes diversity and equal opportunities, and provides children with resources and displays that highlight different cultures, languages and backgrounds. This provides children with positive opportunities to learn about the world and each other.  The childminder is calm and caring. This boosts children's self-esteem and gives them a good sense of belonging.  The quality of teaching is good. The childminder, overall, provides a variety of easily accessible toys, interesting games and activities. These encourage children to be enthusiastic and motivated as they learn and play.  The childminder provides good continuity of care and education, and she actively encourages two-way communication between children's homes and her setting. This helps her build good partnerships with parents, and helps them to extend their children's learning and outcomes at home.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always effectively organise adult-led group activities to ensure there are sufficient resources for all children to use to enhance their play and learning.  At some mealtimes, children cannot sit comfortably together around the table as it is too small for them, and this limits how these occasions can be used to build on their developing social 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

 review the organisation of snack times and mealtimes to fully promote the social aspect of eating together  improve availability of resources during adult-led group activities to extend children's engagement and interest further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke to the childminder and children about the activities provided.  The inspector toured the parts of the premises used for childminding.  The inspector reviewed the childminder's policies, certificates and recruitment records.  The inspector observed the children playing with resources and interacting with the childminder and her husband.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder delivers high-quality education and care. She attends training, alongside her assistant, to keep up to date with early years policy and practice. The childminder supports and supervises her assistant well, which has a positive impact on the quality of teaching and management of her setting. She works closely with parents and children to evaluate the effectiveness of her service. This enables her to identify strengths and areas for improvement. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder ensures that all assistants are robustly recruited and complete a Disclosure and Barring Service check before working with children. This safeguards children's welfare.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has a good understanding of the learning and development requirements. She provides age-appropriate resources for younger children to explore. For example, children enjoy playing with everyday items and natural resources, such as bark, stones and acorns, which they choose for themselves from a basket. The childminder teaches the children about the textures and shapes, and encourages them to talk about their experiences collecting the various items. This builds on their already good communication and language skills while developing children's understanding of the world further. The childminder keeps a close check on what children can do and carefully plans interesting activities to extend their learning. For example, children learn to follow instructions and listen for rhythm as they creatively make music using drum kits and sticks.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The children are happy and confident with the childminder. She allows them to be independent and take risks. For example, children are encouraged to pour their own drinks and, when they pour water on the table by mistake, the childminder caringly praises their efforts. This boosts their confidence to try again. Children are developing good behaviour. She reinforces this as she reminds them to share and take turns during their play. This also helps teach children to respect and value one another. The childminder minimises risks to children by conducting daily checks to ensure that the environment is safe and secure. She also completes detailed risk assessments for outings. This promotes children's safety.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are will prepared for their next stage of learning. The childminder understands how to meet their needs. She consistently observes, plans and assesses for children's learning, and children are making good progress towards the early learning goals. Children are learning to be independent. They are learning new words as the childminder listens and responds to children as they interact. She praises them for their contribution, which boosts their confidence to keep communicating.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY438616 Local authority Greenwich Inspection number 884348 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2011. She lives in Woolwich Dockyard, in the London Borough of Greenwich. The childminder works all year round, between the hours of 6.30am and 7pm. The childminder works with an assistant. She receives funding to provide free early education to children age two, three and four years old.

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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

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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