Childminder in Kingston upon Thames

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 30 November 2015 20 October 2011

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The childminder does not evaluate her responsibilities fully. She does not ensure that all assistants are competent to carry out their roles as required. One of her assistants walks children to school but she does not have a first aid qualification. However, the childminder took immediate action to book the assistant on a first aid course and deployed her other assistant to this task.  The childminder does not always consider ways to encourage children's interest in books so they can build on their learning and early reading skills.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder and her assistants know children well and work together effectively to promote children's development. Children make good progress in their learning.  The childminder helps children develop good communication skills, including children who are learning English as an additional language.  Children are motivated and enthusiastic learners.  The childminder provides children with good opportunities to move around independently and explore. Babies quickly gain control of their movements and learn to walk.  The childminder works effectively in partnership with parents and other early years provision to meet children's individual needs.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and the Childcare Register the provider must:

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Due Date

 develop a better understanding of childminding responsibilities and the work of any assistants to ensure they are competent in the areas of work that they undertake. 30/12/2015

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Due Date

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

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Due Date

 build on children's interest in books to promote their early literacy skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed indoor and outdoor activities in the childminder's home.  The inspector talked with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at a sample of documentation, including children's developmental records and self-evaluation.  The inspector took account of parents' comments within documentation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The childminder communicates effectively with her two assistants to meet children's individual needs. She provides them with coaching and support and regularly seeks their ideas to make improvements to the provision. However, she does not evaluate her responsibilities effectively to ensure that she deploys correctly qualified assistants to escort children to school. The childminder monitors children's progress effectively and provides them with a wide range of challenging activities. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder and her assistants attend safeguarding training. This has successfully strengthened their understanding of how to protect children. Since the last inspection, the childminder has used action plans to make some improvements to benefit children's learning. For example, she has developed observation and assessment of children's progress and outdoor play.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder and her assistants engage in children's play and talk with them in a positive way. Children show great interest in learning to write their name and persist as they copy the letters. They proudly show their efforts to the childminder, who praises their individual achievements. Children take part in a wide range of planned activities that provide them with good challenge. Children develop creative skills, for example, when they make prints using leaves, potatoes and paint, and learn about symmetry while making pictures of butterflies. Children develop a good understanding of how things work. They operate hand-held whisks, use weighing scales and learn how to complete maze puzzles.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are well behaved and form positive close relationships with the childminder and other children. They develop good self-help skills and learn to dress themselves in uniform ready for their move to school. Children are happy, settled and enjoy being at the setting. They develop good social skills; they work together cooperatively, for example, when searching the playroom to collect pretend eggs. Children concentrate well while using glue and old cards to make collages. They are confident to ask the childminder for glitter to add to their designs. The childminder helps children to develop a positive awareness of differences in society. For example, she reads stories related to Eid and Diwali and teaches children Christmas songs.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good developmental progress in relation to their starting points. They successfully develop the skills they need for their future and starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY275451 Local authority Kingston upon Thames Inspection number 833439 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 20 October 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2004. She childminds from her mother's home in New Malden, in the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The childminder holds a childcare qualification at level 3. She works with two assistants, one of whom also holds a childcare qualification at level 3. The childminder provides care for children from Monday to Friday for 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

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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