Childminder in Haringey

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 2 March 2016 20 March 2012

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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 provides a highly effective service for the children and their families. She has an excellent knowledge of how young children learn and develop, and she provides rich experiences for them to enjoy.  Children engage in a broad range of exciting activities that support their development and readiness for school. They enjoy the emphasis placed on learning outdoors. Their communication skills develop exceptionally well. Children eagerly engage in conversations, and communicate their needs and ideas ably.  Children behave exceptionally well. The childminder has consistently very high expectations of their behaviour, which she helps them to understand. She makes sure that all children are well integrated and that they achieve as much as they can.  Children benefit from the exemplary partnerships between the childminder, parents and other providers. Information is regularly shared to ensure that the children's individual

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This provision is outstanding

needs are fully understood and consistently promoted to the highest level  The childminder evaluates her practice accurately. She regards the views of parents and children as extremely important, and she has used these to help her to lift the quality of her service to the highest standards.

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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 pursue the plans to enhance the existing programme to extend children's understanding of people, families and communities that are different from their own.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the interactions between the children, the childminder and her assistant as they engaged in activities together.  The inspector engaged in discussions with the childminder at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through the written letters that they provided.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including the children's records, the childminder's self-evaluation, policies and procedures.  The inspector and childminder jointly observed children at play.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is exceptionally well organised, and is committed to improving her practice and the outcomes for children. She has accurate monitoring and assessment processes. She prioritises further training to build on her professional skills. She competently supports her assistant to raise her skills to a consistently high standard, such as through setting competency targets for review at monthly meetings. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of responsibilities to protect the children. Comprehensive background checks are followed to ensure that adults who care for children are suitable to do so.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder focuses on supporting children to be independent learners. She makes excellent use of outdoor activities to promote children's learning. For example, children have made their own wormery, butterfly hut and nature table stemming from their experiences. The adults are highly skilful in supporting each child, whatever their learning needs. Thoughtful, questioning challenges the children to think and successfully builds their early literacy, mathematical and language skills. The childminder completes detailed plans for what each child needs to learn next. These respond to children's interests and maintain their enthusiasm through enjoyable activities. For example, while making bread, the adults encouraged the children to describe the patterns that they made with raisins, to compare size and length, and to describe how the dough felt. The childminder makes accurate assessments of the children's progress, which she shares with parents. She

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

provides parents with ideas of how to support their children's learning at home.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children and babies have trusting relationships with the adults. Children gain excellent social skills and make friends. The adults promote children's understanding of living healthy lifestyles highly effectively, and children have positive attitudes to being outdoors. Children thoroughly enjoy eating healthy food. For example, the childminder makes mealtimes fun and children delight in making their strawberry kebabs look like worms, reflecting their current interest in these creatures. All children are treated with equal concern. They express their own views confidently and listen to others respectfully. They have some opportunity to develop their awareness of people from different backgrounds from themselves. The childminder knows that this is an area to enhance.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children and babies are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage in their learning. Children thrive, are enthusiastic learners and have high levels of confidence. They enjoy books and listen attentively to adults. Babies rapidly learn to feed themselves.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY365491 Local authority Haringey Inspection number 835531 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 9

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 20 March 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2007. She lives in the Crouch End area of the London Borough of Haringey. She works from Monday to Thursday, from 7am to 7pm, throughout most of the year. The childminder is currently working with an assistant.

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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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