Childminder EY396162

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 March 2016 11 February 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 has an excellent understanding of the importance of her role to promote children's learning, to keep children safe and to meet their welfare needs.  The childminder carries out comprehensive and accurate assessments of the children's abilities. She uses this information to provide exceptional experiences that excite children's interest in learning.  The childminder supports her assistant, and works extremely well with her and with the children's parents, to meet the children's needs. They rapidly improve outcomes for children through exciting, carefully planned play experiences. The childminder shares her excellent practice with other providers.  Children delight in their experiences and have high levels of confidence and self- awareness. The childminder successfully promotes children's emotional and physical development. Children make consistently very good progress.  The childminder's incisive monitoring and evaluation of the adults' practice leads to

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This provision is outstanding

excellent guidance for her assistant. The assistant understands the childminder's educational philosophy, which both adults implement to a consistently high standard.  The childminder continually improves her provision. She has focused on her professional development, and has trained to a higher level, which has helped the childminder to raise the overall quality of her service to an exceptionally high standard.

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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 find ways to enhance children's understanding of healthy eating to deepen their understanding of living healthy lifestyles.

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Inspection activities

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

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is highly motivated, and both adults deliver outstanding care and education to the children. For example, the childminder focuses on providing a highly stimulating environment inspired by the Steiner philosophy that she adopts. The childminder involves parents in their children's learning. She seeks and acts on their views when evaluating her provision. The childminder learns about the children from the start. For example, she carries out home visits to ease children's settling in and to know their abilities. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder keeps up to date and has an excellent knowledge of child protection procedures. She is extremely aware of how to identify any welfare concerns. The childminder works very closely with her assistant to complete detailed risk assessments so that children are safe and secure.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has very high expectations of each child and uses her deep understanding of how the children learn to promote learning successfully. For example, she makes excellent use of outdoor experiences to provoke children's curiosity about the world around them when they walk along a path and spot fish in the river. She seizes chances to extend children's physical skills, such as when children are eager to climb trees. The childminder helps children make strides in learning about early mathematics. For example, children competently weigh out ingredients to make bread and they operate cooking timers. The childminder stimulates children's creative skills, such as when children make and decorate hats by choosing from an array of resources.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is an excellent role model to the children. Children learn about the wider world and other people who are different from themselves. They learn to respect each other, knowing that some children speak languages other than English. The childminder provides a learning environment that is exceptionally well resourced and that captures children's interests so they want to learn. For example, children explore a wide range of natural resources to find out about them. Children act responsibly as they help to prepare food for snacks; however, there are some missed opportunities to discuss the importance of healthy foods. Children learn a great deal about personal safety, such as why they should use a chopping board when cutting fruit, and how to be safe on walks.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, gain excellent skills in readiness for school. They behave exceptionally well. Children learn to listen attentively, such as to bird song and to stories. All build wide vocabularies. Children enjoy working things out for themselves and have extremely positive attitudes to learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY396162 Local authority Islington Inspection number 830706 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 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 11 February 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2009. She lives in Highbury, in the London Borough of Islington. She operates on three days a week from 8.45am to 1pm, all year round. The childminder works with one assistant. The childminder implements the Steiner educational philosophy. She provides free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder holds a relevant early years 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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Telephone number

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