Childminder in Bromley

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 March 2016 22 November 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 established a seamless two-way flow of information with parents which enables her to meet children's care and learning needs extremely well. This helps promote exemplary partnerships with parents.  The childminder has an excellent understanding of the learning and development requirements. She plans an extremely wide range of engaging and innovative activities based on children's interests.  The childminder and her assistant have an excellent understanding of how to meet the safeguarding and welfare requirements. She can identify signs and symptoms that would cause her to be concerned about a child's welfare and understands the procedures to follow to report these.  The childminder and her assistant use exceptional communication and language skills to constantly engage children. This helps children to become very competent in their speaking and listening skills.  The childminder reflects on her practice in depth and constantly strives for

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This provision is outstanding

improvements in her setting to support the learning needs of children. She values the feedback she gathers from children and parents and continually improves and adapts her provision to maintain excellent 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 extend the range of opportunities for children to develop a greater understanding of technology.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector and childminder discussed the systems used to observe and record children's progress.  The inspector carried out observations of the children engaged in activities with the childminder and the assistant.  The inspector sampled some of the documents that the childminder uses to support her practice.  The inspector took into account written feedback from parents made available during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder and her assistant have an excellent, up-to-date understanding of child protection and attend additional training to help them understand current issues. The childminder is extremely well organised and uses a variety of ways to keep her knowledge of the requirements and changes to legislation up to date. She accesses training that will help support children's learning further. For example, she has recently completed training on schemas and also learning in the outdoors. She is highly reflective and consistently evaluates her practice. She is very effective in identifying areas for improvement, and uses targeted plans and ideas to address them effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder very successfully monitors children's progress and completes highly accurate assessments to ensure that children make excellent progress in their learning. The childminder gains information from observations to tailor inspirational activities to build on children's interests and challenge them in their learning. Opportunities for children to explore and understand technology are less well developed. The childminder uses her experience, skills and extremely strong knowledge and understanding of the learning and development requirements to promote children's learning exceptionally well. She provides exceptionally creative and engaging activities that support children's development in all areas.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder offers an extremely warm and welcoming learning environment. Children benefit from caring relationships with the childminder and her assistant. This helps children feel safe and secure. The childminder offers exceptional outdoor activities; for example, there is a wide variety of opportunities for young children to explore sensory play. This helps provide children with excellent opportunities to explore the world around them and to develop their physical skills. Children benefit from healthy and nutritious meals, which strongly contribute towards their physical well-being and their understanding of healthy lifestyles. Care routines are carried out extremely sensitively and hygienically, and this helps support children's physical well-being.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

The highly successful activities engage and challenge children. They are inquisitive and active learners which helps them to make excellent progress. For example, during a sensory activity, children were seen clearly gaining confidence as they explored a wide variety of unusual textures. Young children are learning to be independent and this helps prepare them very well for the next stage in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY410909 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 822585 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 2 Total number of places 10 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 22 November 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2010. She lives in Hayes in the London Borough of Bromley. She works with an assistant, and her service is open Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6.15pm, 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

procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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