Childminder in Newham

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 February 2016 5 October 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 her role in promoting children's learning, keeping them safe and effectively meeting their welfare needs.  The childminder makes precise, detailed and high-quality assessments of children's abilities. She uses this information to provide exceptional activities and experiences to engage children's interests and extend their learning. Children progress extremely well.  The childminder supports and works very well with her co-childminder, assistant and parents, to meet the needs of the children and rapidly improve their experiences. She also shares her excellent practice with other providers.  Children are highly motivated to learn. The childminder successfully promotes children's emotional and physical development. Children continually gain a wide range of skills ready to move on to pre-school and school.  The childminder's incisive monitoring and evaluation of adult practice at her setting

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This provision is outstanding

leads to highly sustained guidance and support for her co-childminder and assistant. Teaching is highly effective and children are continually engaged in exciting play.  The childminder continually improves and develops her excellent understanding of childcare practice. She has completed further training to a higher level and focused on her leadership and management skills exceptionally well.

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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 further the ways in which children manage small risks in the environment, to enable them to learn and develop new skills with even greater confidence.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's interactions during activities indoors and in the garden, and looked at a range of resources and equipment.  The inspector talked with the childminder, her co-childminder, assistant and the children.  The inspector undertook a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including records relating to children, her co-childminder and assistant, and checked safeguarding procedures and feedback from parents.  The inspector had discussions with the childminder about her policies and procedures, methods of assessing and planning for children's progress, and how she works with parents, other providers, and her co-childminder and assistant.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder regularly updates her understanding of child protection procedures and is extremely clear about how to identify and report any welfare concerns. Alongside her co-childminder and assistant, she completes highly detailed and thorough risk assessments, so that children are safe and secure. The childminder is highly skilled in using the knowledge she gains on training to improve her teaching skills. She evaluates her provision extremely well and acts on parents' views. She supports her co- childminder and assistant to deliver outstanding care and education to children. She has achieved a qualification at level 3 since her last inspection and uses the skills gained to produce highly effective learning experiences for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has very high expectations of children, including disabled children and those with special educational needs. She is very responsive to children's needs and highly skilled at adapting activities to encourage non-verbal children to communicate during play. For example, children skilfully linked toy animals to matching pictures in the book that they enjoyed sharing with the childminder. Children enjoy exceptional opportunities to learn outside. For example, the childminder provides an abundance of interesting, stimulating activities and resources to develop their interests. She skilfully interacts and continually encourages children to share their thoughts, ideas and feelings.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is an excellent role-model. She is highly respectful towards the children and her colleagues. She creates a positive and exceptionally welcoming environment where children want to learn. The childminder helps the children to gain an in-depth knowledge about the wider world. For example, children thoroughly enjoy playing and learning in the extremely well-resourced, inspiring playroom where they explore an excellent range of multi-cultural resources. The childminder uses highly imaginative ways to help children adopt healthy lifestyles. For example, children respond extremely well as they play with a doll while trying new foods, to eat healthily. They understand safety rules, although they have slightly fewer opportunities to manage risks for themselves as they explore the environment.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children behave exceptionally well. They relish climbing and balancing, operating cameras and binoculars, and comparing sizes and shapes. They thoroughly enjoy exploring sand, and weighing and measuring with different tools. Children enjoy role play in the play house and show that they are extremely proud of the plants they have grown.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY267404 Local authority Newham Inspection number 833302 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 12 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 5 October 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2003. She lives in Plaistow in the London Borough of Newham. She operates her service from Monday to Friday, from 7am to 6pm, all year round. The childminder works with another childminder and one assistant. The childminder provides free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder holds a relevant early years 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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Telephone number

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