Childminder EY411364

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 March 2016 21 February 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 consistently high expectations of what children can achieve and is particularly innovative with her planning. Activities are fun and full of challenge, but she recognises that some activities do not always relate to children's emerging interests.  The childminder is a qualified teacher. She makes excellent use of her training to teach children and help them to solve problems, so they become independent thinkers and confident in their own abilities. Children make outstanding progress.  The childminder has an extremely sharp focus on promoting children's communication and language. She asks highly effective questions and reinforces new words during discussions.  Children flourish in an extremely welcoming and nurturing play and learning environment. They develop endless confidence and a tremendously strong sense of belonging.  The childminder teaches children about healthy eating exceedingly well. Children

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This provision is outstanding

thoroughly enjoy growing, harvesting and eating vegetables from the garden.  The childminder has an up-to-date, in-depth understanding of her safeguarding responsibilities and procedures to follow if she is concerned about a child.  Excellent partnerships with parents and staff at other provisions children attend, ensure parents are well-informed about their children's developmental progress.

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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 opportunities to make the very best use of children's current interests and experiences, to help them make even better progress.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's play indoors and carried out a joint observation of a planned activity.  The inspector observed children's hygiene routines and mealtimes.  The inspector spoke to parents and children, and took account of their views.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation relating to safeguarding and children's records.  The inspector read the childminder's self-evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. Children's health, welfare and well-being are significantly enhanced by the implementation of highly robust policies and procedures which are shared with parents. The childminder regularly attends training to update her knowledge of safeguarding issues and procedures. She makes rigorous use of self-evaluation to improve her practice and accurately identifies how she can improve further. Parents are highly complimentary about the care their children receive. For example, they comment that the activities are excellent and they have observed an exceptional improvement in their children's progress. The childminder involves parents extremely well in their children's learning to help them support their children's learning at home.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has an excellent knowledge of what children know and can do. She uses her observations and extremely precise assessments of children to plan a wide range of exciting and stimulating activities to support their individual needs. For example, she provides an excellent collection of interesting things that children enjoy sorting, ordering and counting in their play. The childminder is highly skilful at teaching mathematical strategies to help different groups of children learn. For example, she talks to children, to help them work out solutions to simple problems. Children show high levels of concentration as they practise using their fingers or counting aloud to match the numbers with the quantities correctly. The childminder sensitively joins children's make-believe play to extend their learning and enable them to imaginatively recreate real experiences.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder provides a highly stimulating and motivating play environment. Children play and explore happily with confidence, and consistently display highly positive attitudes to learning. For example, they make choices and show signs of deep involvement and sustained concentration. Children have an exceptionally good understanding of their own care needs, and their health and safety. They behave extremely well and enjoy opportunities to meet together to make rules and discuss behaviour. Children develop a clear understanding of diversity. They thoroughly enjoy a range of activities and outings where they learn about people and the wider world.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are exceptionally well-prepared for starting school as they make better than typical progress. They develop high levels of independence, are sociable and speak confidently. Children learn to respect and celebrate each other's achievements. For example, they are extremely proud of the rich, vibrant displays of their artwork and writing. They demonstrate excellent attitudes to learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY411364 Local authority Sutton Inspection number 831920 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 8 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 21 February 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2010. She lives in the London Borough of Sutton. The setting is open Monday to Thursday, from 7.30am until 6pm, for most of the year. The childminder is a qualified teacher.

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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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