Childminder in Hillingdon

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 February 2016 7 July 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 makes excellent use of her qualifications and training to extend her knowledge, skills and practice. This helps to ensure outstanding improvements in children's learning and development.  There are highly successful partnerships with parents and other professionals. The childminder shares comprehensive information about children's starting points, needs and interests. Children benefit from consistent learning experiences and make outstanding progress.  Children make independent choices about resources and have considerable control over activities. The childminder provides highly stimulating and safe environments for children to explore. Children are highly motivated and keen to learn.  The childminder makes exceptionally thorough assessments of children's progress. She uses these to provide varied and exciting experiences that meet children's needs. Her high quality teaching ensures children engage well with the activities.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder has an excellent understanding of how to ensure children's safety and keep them safe from harm.  The childminder uses extremely detailed evaluations and reflections of her practice and feedback from parents, children, and other professionals to help identify changes and improvements. She has very high expectations of herself and the children.

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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 build on children's already excellent communication and extend their understanding of vocabulary even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching in the childminder's home and in the garden.  The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to on the day as well as through written testimonials and questionnaires.  The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of children's learning with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled paperwork, including children's records, planning and self- evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder gains inspiration from her reflections on her training and, for instance, from visits to other settings and research, to make improvements to her provision. For example, she made excellent changes to how she gathers information from parents and observations to ensure she accurately identifies children's starting points. The childminder rapidly identifies when children need extra help and makes sure that gaps in learning are closing. She constantly strives to improve her already excellent systems and practice. She has information from recent training on how to act upon concerns about a child's welfare and how to keep children safe. Safeguarding is effective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder interacts extremely well with the children. For example, during a story children listened carefully, responded to the childminder's skilful questioning, predicted what might happen next and acted out the different characters' parts. All children, including those who are learning English as an additional language, respond exceptionally well and are confident to express their ideas and talk to others. The childminder recognises the need, for example, to encourage children further to use the correct words and pronunciation for some objects. She provides stimulating and exciting activities that encourage children to use their senses and imagination. For example, she provides coloured rice, pretend snow and hay in a tray with different animals and fences for children to explore. She teaches children a range of different ways to take part in the activity; for example, children use a 'sound book' to help them pick out the different

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is an excellent role model. She sensitively intervenes when children have arguments over toys and offers ways for them to understand how others may be feeling. For example, she talks with children about why they need to ask before taking another child's toy. Children learn to respect others and behave extremely well. She teaches children about good hygiene and making healthy choices. For example, they confidently discuss what they are eating and how it will help them grow. Children are exceptionally aware of their own needs, such as when they let the childminder know that they want to rest after playing.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make outstanding progress. All children, even the youngest, develop excellent independence; for example, the toddlers all use spoons to feed themselves. The older children, for instance, put on their socks, shoes and coats when they go out in the garden or leave to go home. All children develop the skills they need in readiness for the move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY419768 Local authority Hillingdon Inspection number 832594 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2011. She lives in West Drayton, in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The childminder offers care all year round, Monday to Friday, from 7am to 6pm. She also provides overnight care if needed. The childminder receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder holds a relevant childcare 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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Telephone number

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