Childminder in Lewisham

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 November 2015 22 March 2011

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder has an excellent understanding of the learning and development requirements. She plans an extremely wide range of interesting activities based on children's interests, which means they are highly motivated to play and learn.  The childminder has an excellent understanding of how to meet the safeguarding and welfare requirements. She can identify signs and symptoms that would cause her to be concerned about a child's welfare and the procedures to follow to report these.  Children's safety is of the utmost importance to the childminder. For example, she very effectively checks her home daily and talks to children very effectively about keeping themselves safe.  Children settle extremely well under the childminder's very sensitive and attentive care. They are exceptionally secure and happy, which helps them in being highly curious and inquisitive learners.  The childminder uses her exceptional communication and language skills to constantly

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This provision is outstanding

engage children. This helps children to develop very competently in their speaking and listening 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

 strengthen the already excellent opportunities for children to explore different technological resources even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector and childminder discussed the systems used to observe and record children's progress.  The inspector completed observations of the children engaged in activities with the childminder.  The inspector sampled some of the documents that the childminder uses to support her practice.  The inspector took into account written feedback from parents and older children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder has very strong partnerships with parents, which help to greatly benefit consistency in children's care and learning. For example, the childminder shares information with them about children's achievements and development. This means that care and learning is highly consistent and of very high quality. The passionate childminder is extremely well organised and receives regular updates from professional organisations. This helps to keeps her up to date with new requirements, which she immediately incorporates into her setting. Safeguarding is effective. She uses her experience and highly skilled knowledge and understanding to promote children's learning exceptionally well. The childminder is highly reflective and completes consistent evaluation of her practice. This helps her to be very effective in identifying areas for improvement and to address them.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is a highly skilful communicator and listens perceptively to children. She helps children gain new vocabulary and skills, and responds very effectively with positive encouragement. Through excellent parent partnerships, the childminder shares learning and tailors inspirational activities to build on children's interests. Furthermore, the childminder uses highly effective strategies to share and gain information with other settings. This helps the childminder provide exceptionally interesting and challenging activities that support children's development in all areas. The childminder very successfully monitors children's progress and completes highly accurate assessments to enable all children to make excellent developmental progress.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder takes exceptional care of children's well-being. Children form very strong relationships with the childminder, who provides an exceptionally caring and nurturing homely environment. The childminder offers excellent opportunities for children to explore the world around them, and engage in regular physical activity, for example, outdoors and on outings within the local community. Opportunities for children to further develop their interest in and understanding of technology are slightly less evident. The childminder also support children's physical well-being exceptionally well, for example, through providing healthy and nutritious meals. The childminder is highly successful at promoting children independence skills and supporting them for their next stage in learning.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children are consistently very engaged and independent learners. Young children explore the highly challenging activities that target their individual learning needs very successfully.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 128611 Local authority Lewisham Inspection number 999445 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Age range of children 3 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 11

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 22 March 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2000 in Catford, in the London Borough of Lewisham. The childminder has an appropriate early years qualification. The childminder works Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm, all year round.

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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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Telephone number

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