Mrs Sally Caroline Skinner

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 21 March 2016 26 April 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 is highly committed to increasing her skills and knowledge. For example, she is proactive in targeting training to extend her knowledge and to share practice with other early years professionals. The childminder uses the knowledge gained to promote excellent outcomes for children.  Partnerships with parents are excellent. The childminder works extremely closely with them to meet children's needs very successfully.  The childminder monitors children's progress extremely well and instantly recognises if they require further support or if there are any gaps in her provision. The childminder has an excellent knowledge of what children know and can do, and plans precise next steps for their learning. Children make rapid progress from their starting points.  Self-evaluation is extremely effective. The childminder continually reviews her service and implements very well-targeted plans to provide a high-quality provision for

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This provision is outstanding

children.  Children settle exceptionally well with the childminder. They develop excellent relationships with her and are extremely confident, happy and secure in her care. She provides just the right level of support and challenge to enable children to become highly independent learners from a very young age.

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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 plan activities and resources that raise children's awareness of their own and others' backgrounds.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities indoors.  The inspector had discussions with the childminder.  The inspector took into account the views of parents.  The inspector and childminder completed a joint observation together.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including children's records and safeguarding procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder shares a wide range of information with parents, such as providing detailed written daily contact books as well as verbal discussions to keep them fully informed. She involves parents extremely well in their children's learning. For example, from the start, she gains extensive information about their children's starting points and needs. Parents contribute their knowledge of their children's successes, such as through completing 'wow' moment to celebrate their achievements with the childminder. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent knowledge of safeguarding issues and the procedures to follow should she have concerns about children's welfare.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder provides highly challenging experiences to extend children's learning extremely well. She motivates children to be exceptionally active learners, who readily explore and investigate. For example, she uses her excellent interaction to encourage children to work out how to do things for themselves, such as when exploring pots with different items hidden in them. The childminder adapts her teaching to match children's needs exceptionally well. She promotes young children's excellent communication and language skills. For example, she responds highly sensitively to babies' attempts to communicate, and talks to them about what they are doing, to extend their early language skills and understanding.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children explore the exciting and welcoming environment safely and independently. For example, when babies explore outdoors, the childminder teaches them to manage steps safely. Extremely well-considered outings support babies to widen their knowledge of the world. For example, they enjoy visits to feed the ducks and develop early social skills attending group activities. They develop excellent relationships with older children and learn to be highly confident in making links with other people. The childminder does not always provide as wide a range of opportunities for children to develop awareness of their own and others' backgrounds. The childminder is extremely conscientious when handling children's individual food, to protect their health and well-being.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make rapid progress and develop excellent skills ready for their future learning. They develop high levels of concentration for their age and learn to solve problems. Babies develop excellent coordination skills and learn about how things work when exploring toys with moving parts, such as cogs and levers. They learn to be extremely independent, such as feeding themselves and leading their own play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 128885 Local authority Lewisham Inspection number 840775 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 26 April 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1999. She lives in Bromley, Kent. The childminder offers her service from 8am to 6pm, all year round. The childminder receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. She holds a recognised early years 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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