Childminder EY386158

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 March 2016 8 January 2010

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 The childminder uses very good communication skills to constantly engage children. This helps children to develop very competent listening and speaking skills.  The childminder offers a warm and welcoming environment where children feel secure. She knows how to keep children safe; she carries out regular risk assessments and provides a clean and safe environment for them to play and learn.  The childminder uses her secure knowledge of the individual needs of children to provide fun and engaging activities for them across all areas of learning. This helps children to make good progress in their learning.  The childminder promotes children's health, physical development and well-being effectively. Children go on regular outings to parks where they enjoy exercise and fresh air. This helps to reinforce their awareness of a healthy lifestyle.  The childminder works in highly effective partnership with other professionals to

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This provision is good

successfully meet the individual needs of all children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always offer parents and children a wide range of opportunities to provide their views in order to strengthen her self-evaluation process.  The childminder does not always offer children activities that allow them to explore and investigate using all of their senses.

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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

 build on the self-evaluation process to include feedback from parents and children to help improve the quality of the provision  strengthen opportunities for children to explore and investigate using all of their senses.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector completed observations of the children engaged in activities with the childminder.  The inspector sampled some of the documents that the childminder uses to support her practice.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder at convenient times during the inspection.  The inspector held discussions with parents to gain their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder has a good understanding of the requirements. She completes regular training, which helps her to keep her knowledge up to date and to continually improve the outcomes for children. For example, she has attended training which has helped her develop her skills in identifying children with communication difficulties and to communicate using sign language. Overall, the childminder evaluates her practice effectively to identify and tackle any areas for development. For example, she has further developed her role play area and bought a play kitchen. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder knows how to keep children safe; she has a good awareness of the signs and symptoms that could cause a concern for a child's welfare. She knows how to raise a concern if necessary.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has a good understanding of how children learn and develop. She carefully monitors children's progress, which helps her to identify any gaps in their learning. She also observes their interests. This enables her to plan and provide a wide range of activities to support their individual learning needs. The childminder use good teaching techniques. For example, she uses puppets to keep young children engaged. She plays on the floor alongside children, encouraging them to play and explore the environment. The childminder builds on children's enjoyment of singing by introducing new songs. These help children to gain new vocabulary and develop good communication skills. She responds to children's achievements very effectively with positive encouragement. The childminder has good partnerships with parents and shares children's achievements with them regularly. This helps parents to support children's learning at

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder provides the children with a very caring and nurturing home-from-home environment. This helps children to form very strong relationships with her. The childminder uses effective strategies, such as distraction and explanation, to manage children's behaviour. Children go out in the local community, where they learn to respect differences and develop confidence and social skills when they attend groups. The childminder offers many outdoor activities, for example, trips to the park and local woodland areas. This helps to provide children with opportunities to explore the world around them and strengthens their physical skills. Care routines are carried out hygienically and sensitively, which helps to promote children's needs well.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are consistently engaged in their play and learning. Young children enjoy the challenging activities that target their individual learning needs successfully. Children gain good independent skills and are confident to explore. For example, young children take the lead and follow their own play experiences throughout the childminder's home. This helps to prepare children for their next stage in learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY386158 Local authority Wandsworth Inspection number 838276 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 6 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 8 January 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2009. She lives in Wandsworth. The childminder works Monday to Friday, 7.30am until 6pm, all year round.

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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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Telephone number

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