Childminder in Barnet

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 February 2016 18 January 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

 The childminder is extremely passionate about her role in supporting all the children in her care. She has high expectations of what each child can achieve and offers them challenging and exciting learning opportunities. All children, including those with additional needs, make substantial and sustained progress in their learning.  The childminder works exceptionally well with professionals and outside agencies. Children and families get the support they need and timely intervention to ensure the children achieve to the best of their abilities.  The childminder demonstrates an excellent knowledge and understanding of how to protect children in her care. Robust risk assessments help her to keep children safe in her home and during their many outings.  All children are excited to come into the childminder's setting. She provides an extremely calm and welcoming atmosphere, where children feel secure. Children walk

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This provision is outstanding

in confidently and separate happily from their parents.  Children are gaining confidence to express what they want. The childminder makes them feel important and valued by giving them her undivided attention.  The childminder's commitment to ongoing professional development is motivational. She is consistently looking for ways to challenge herself to develop new skills and improve practice to enhance each child's care and learning experiences.

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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

 provide a greater range of opportunities for children to experience daily outdoor activities to further promote their good health.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector had discussions with parents and took account of their views.  The inspector looked at a range of documentation, including planning, policies and procedures, and children's assessment.  The inspector observed children engaged in various activities indoors with the childminder.  The inspector held discussions with children and the childminder throughout the inspection.  The inspector checked the suitability records of the childminder and safeguarding information.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder ensures that children's safety is her top priority. She uses robust risk assessments consistently and identifies all potential hazards, which she deals with promptly. She has a clear understanding of child protection procedures and how to report any concerns about a child's welfare. Disabled children and those who have special educational needs receive consistently high levels of care. The childminder attends additional training and works exceptionally well with external agencies to support children's individual needs. The childminder works exceptionally well with parents to ensure consistency of care. For example, she attends hospital appointments with the family to gain first-hand experience of their children's medical needs. The childminder has successfully addressed previous recommendations and uses feedback from children and parents to drive improvement.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses well-developed teaching strategies and interactions to help children learn very effectively. She adapts the activities to cater for children's different ages and stages of development. She uses secure assessment to identify children's next steps in learning and plan challenging and interesting indoor activities. However, there are not as many daily activities planned for the children outdoors. Children are inspired to explore an abundance of carefully selected resources. Their language and literacy skills are developing very well. The childminder uses different voice tones as they read together to motivate children's interest in reading. Younger and less able children enjoy looking at interactive books, as they learn to identify different sounds. Children develop early writing skills, using various tools to make marks in different ways.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder cares for children in a highly nurturing environment, where they settle quickly. Children play well together, forming secure attachments and supportive friendships. The childminder promotes children's self-help skills effectively and they confidently explore the environment independently. Children behave extremely well. The childminder is a good role model and gives clear guidance about acceptable behaviour. She praises children often, which supports their growing self-esteem. The childminder knows the children exceptionally well and provides personalised support to meet their individual requirements.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress from their starting points, particularly in their early language and literacy development. Identified gaps are closing rapidly as children develop essential skills for their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 147290 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 841756 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 16 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 18 January 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1994. She lives in Mill Hill, in the London Borough of Barnet. She operates all year round from 7.45am until 6pm from Monday to Friday. The childminder has a level 6 qualification in childcare.

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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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