Childminder 144420

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 April 2016 12 September 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

 Children settle exceptionally well. They develop close bonds with the childminder and demonstrate extremely high levels of self-esteem and enthusiasm for learning. They are highly motivated to play and learn happily with their friends.  The childminder and her assistant know the children exceptionally well. They work together skilfully, responding to children's needs and interests. The childminder promotes healthy lifestyles and children's well-being superbly well.  Children make excellent progress from their various starting points. The childminder uses her observations of children's learning exceptionally well to create interesting and exciting activities that engage children fully. She expertly challenges children, including the most able, to extend their ideas and achieve highly.  The childminder's self-evaluation is highly effective. She takes every opportunity to reflect on her practice and uses the views of children, parents and her assistant to

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This provision is outstanding

enhance it even further. She is not complacent, and has worked with determination and passion to maintain the exceptionally high standards recognised in the previous inspection.  Parents are extremely positive about the childminder's work. One parent echoed the views of many when she said, 'she is more than just a childminder', and another contributed, 'we feel absolutely privileged to have her as our childminder.'

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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 excellent partnerships with parents to support them in extending their children's learning at home even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at all areas of the childminder's house that are used by children.  The inspector spoke to parents on the day of the inspection and also looked at their feedback and responses in writing.  The inspector observed the childminder and her assistant with the children both indoors and in the outdoor area. The inspector conducted a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector scrutinised the childminder's documentation, including safeguarding procedures, staff suitability checks, children's records and examples of their learning journals.  The inspector asked the childminder questions to assess her understanding of the early years requirements.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder manages her setting extremely well. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of how to keep children safe from harm. She takes great pride in her work. The childminder attends training and liaises with other childminders to sustain extremely high quality teaching and care practices. The childminder provides extremely strong support and supervision for her assistant. They work closely together, consistently sharing information about children's learning and progress. The childminder has identified the need to build on the excellent partnerships with parents to help them extend their children's learning at home even further. The childminder forms highly effective partnerships with other settings children attend to help maintain their excellent progress.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Learning is fun here. Children delight in creating their own planting garden outside and have fun hunting for objects hidden in the snow foam. Children develop excellent speaking and listening skills and use these very well. The childminder often turns children's interests into exciting learning experiences. She excites and inspires children to join in with a range of interesting activities that extend their learning. Children, including babies, make excellent progress from their various starting points because the childminder knows them extremely well. She keeps a meticulous check on their learning and development to be sure that all children achieve their best.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder provides an impressive range of activities that teach children about the world around them, diversity and respect. For instance, the childminder recently organised a visit to the local mosque for the children and their parents to learn about Islam. Children's behaviour is exemplary. They respond brilliantly to the childminder's very high expectations, routines and clear boundaries. They show high levels of respect for others, for example, as they spontaneously help friends to fasten their coats. Children develop excellent social skills, for instance, as they listen extremely attentively to each other talk about special items from the mystery box.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

The childminder promotes children's language and communication exceptionally well and has highly effective strategies to help children learn to read, write and use numbers. Children develop strong physical skills, for example, as they climb, build and dance. They join together happily to sing their favourite nursery rhymes and show strong creative skills, such as cutting shapes from a range of materials. Children are extremely well prepared for the move to school or nursery.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 144420 Local authority Hackney Inspection number 825851 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 12 September 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1992. She lives in Stamford Hill, in the London Borough of Hackney. The childminder holds a childcare qualification at level 3. She operates her service from Mondays to Thursdays, throughout the year. The childminder employs an assistant and is registered to receive funding for two-year-old children.

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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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