Childminder in Croydon

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 March 2016 6 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

 This experienced childminder uses her extensive knowledge of how children learn to plan highly challenging activities. Children make excellent progress from their individual starting points.  Children benefit from highly stimulating, interesting and extremely well-resourced play areas. The childminder provides excellent support that helps children to engage, explore and experiment exceptionally well in learning both indoors and outdoors.  The childminder is highly committed to providing a welcoming environment for children and their families. Children are exceptionally kind to each other, and they play very thoughtfully and cooperatively together.  Partnerships with parents and other settings involved in children's learning are highly successful. The childminder works extremely well with them to share excellent strategies that consistently support children's learning and care. Parents are supported

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This provision is outstanding

extremely well to extend their children's learning at home.  The childminder prepares children exceptionally well for the next stage in their learning, including moving on to school. She develops their confidence and independence highly effectively.  The childminder evaluates her provision very precisely, and she continually maintains her high-quality provision.

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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 extend professional development to build on skills and knowledge, to develop the high-quality provision and raise outcomes for children even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children participating in activities and interacting with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector reviewed the children's assessment records and a selection of policies and procedures, including safeguarding.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector took account of parents' written views about the quality of the provision.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is extremely motivated and committed to providing high-quality care and teaching. Children's progress is precisely monitored and reviewed to promptly identify and target any gaps in their learning. The childminder has high expectations and keeps fully informed and up to date about early years practice. She understands the importance of reviewing her knowledge and skills to identify her professional development needs to maintain her high-quality practice. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of her responsibility to keep children safe, and an extensive knowledge of what to do if she has concerns about their welfare.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children have excellent opportunities to develop skills across all areas of learning and to take part in high-quality experiences. For example, children engaged extremely well in matching, counting and talking about a seaside picture, such as discussing the size of the sea animals. The childminder adapts her teaching exceptionally well to meet children's individual learning styles, needs and current interests. She is highly skilled at extending and building on children's learning further. For example, she extended children's vocabulary, describing words when they talked about animals and where to find them. The childminder's excellent teaching extends children's early reading skills exceptionally well. For example, children explored a story about animals, and found toys to match as well as finding the animals in the pictures and talking about them.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children thrive in the childminder's superb care, where they are valued and respected as individuals. The childminder ensures children are well nourished with healthy snacks and meals. Children have excellent opportunities for challenging physical and outdoor play. For example, children enjoy regular walks to the local nature reserve where they take part in a wide range of exciting activities and learn about nature. The childminder uses excellent positive behaviour strategies, and children behave extremely well. They share the toys and resources very easily and confidently ask each other for help. Children are extremely happy and emotionally secure in the childminder's care.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are highly motivated learners who persevere with tasks. For example, they concentrated extremely well when threading ribbon. Children investigate and build on their learning with enthusiasm, and they make rapid progress from their starting points. They develop high levels of confidence in their abilities and are extremely independent. For example, children learn from a young age to put on their own coats and take off their shoes. Children develop an excellent range of skills ready for their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY252384 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 826532 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 3

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 6 October 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2003 and lives in Penge, in the London Borough of Bromley. She cares for children between the hours of 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, term time only. The childminder has a National Nursery Examination Board (NNEB) qualification.

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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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