Gosiewska, Ms Agnieszka

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 2 February 2016 2 June 2010

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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

 Settling-in procedures are highly effective. Children have extremely warm, close relationships with the childminder. The sincere and positive bonds clearly help children to feel safe and secure, and to have a real sense of belonging.  Children are exceedingly confident and demonstrate very high self-esteem. The childminder's support helps children to have the self-assurance to play independently and explore.  Children benefit from a highly rich, stimulating and well-resourced play environment. The childminder plays alongside the children, making excellent use of her conversations to extend their learning and very effectively support communication.  Children's individual learning plans are precise and rigorously monitored to ensure they receive continuous challenges and make outstanding progress from their starting points.  The childminder has an excellent knowledge of how children learn and develop. She

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This provision is outstanding

provides a wide range of exciting and stimulating experiences that help children to enjoy learning through play.  Partnerships with parents are outstanding. The childminder gathers extensive information from them and keeps them fully informed of their children's progress to ensure all children's needs are fully met.

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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

 continue to develop opportunities for children to practise their early writing skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at areas of the home used for childminding.  The inspector observed the childminder playing with the children and discussed the activities.  The inspector looked at a sample of policies, and discussed children's assessment records and documentation.  The inspector checked evidence of the childminder's suitability and qualifications, and discussed her self-evaluation process.  The inspector took account of the views of parents expressed in writing.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of how to protect children in her care from harm. This passionate and well-qualified childminder continually updates her knowledge and skills, by attending a variety of training courses and completing research. For example, since her last inspection, the childminder has completed an early years qualification at level 3. She works exceptionally well with parents, whose enthusiastic praise clearly shows that she provides excellent care. She very effectively checks and reviews her practice, taking the views of parents and children into account. The childminder has a secure understanding of the requirements.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The experienced childminder continually observes and assesses the children's learning and development. Her skilful monitoring ensures she very quickly identifies any areas where children need more help. Children make extensively independent choices about what to play with. For example, in the garden children chose to use watering cans. The childminder helped them to fill the cans and asked them to look and see if they were full. Children moved very confidently around from the indoor to outdoor space. They were absolutely delighted and thoroughly absorbed as they used the water for different purposes, watering the plants and making puddles. The childminder provides extensive opportunities for children to investigate the natural world; for example, they can explore and discover while playing with the dinosaurs and trucks in the earth area. Children have extensive opportunities to use books which they read with the childminder. They have

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

drawing and writing materials at focused activities. However, there are some missed opportunities for children to fully develop their early writing skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is affectionate and exceptionally sensitive to children's needs, helping to provide strong support for their emotional well-being. She is an excellent and positive role model to children and skilfully guides their behaviour. For example, children are reminded in a calm and firm manner to think about each other's feelings and to be kind to their friends. The childminder encourages children to develop substantial physical skills and to begin to learn how to keep themselves safe. For example, children walked and balanced with skill and confidence on the logs. The childminder encouraged them to think about how they negotiated the logs to stay safe. Children are offered well-planned, nutritional and healthy meals and snacks, and have robust hygiene routines.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are confident, highly motivated and keen to take part in activities. They are extremely well prepared for the next stage in their learning or school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY402873 Local authority Bexley Inspection number 822524 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 7 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 3

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2009 and lives in Welling, Kent. She works on Monday to Thursday from 7.30am 6pm, and on Friday from 8am to 9am and 3.15pm to 6pm, all year round, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an early years qualification at level 3.

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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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