Childminder EY345598

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 31 March 2016 10 May 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 continued to maintain the highest standards of care and support for children's learning. She evaluates her provision highly successfully. She continually explores further ways to enhance her practice and to improve outcomes for children.  Children make outstanding progress in their all-round development, from their individual starting points. The childminder provides carefully considered challenges and helps children to excel in their learning. She plans and provides exciting play opportunities to build on children's interests and to extend children's learning.  There is an abundance of planned learning opportunities available to children. The childminder is innovative and creates many impressive activities and resources to help children learn exceptionally well.  The childminder makes excellent use of her partnerships with parents and promotes a continuous exchange of information to support children's care and learning needs.

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This provision is outstanding

Parents receive a wealth of information about the progress that their children make and how they can help their learning to flourish at home.  Children show lots of confidence and are highly motivated to learn. The childminder helps each child to feel that they are highly valued as individuals and as part of the community that she has created in her setting.

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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

 create even more opportunities for children to develop their skills in using technology.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector viewed a range of documentation, including policies and procedures, and children's records.  The inspector and the childminder evaluated a planned activity together.  The inspector observed the childminder's interactions with children and their daily routines.  The inspector took account of the written views of parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder manages her provision exceptionally well. She actively seeks the views of parents and children when reviewing the overall quality of her provision. She closely monitors children's progress, as well as her own performance, and has continued to sustain top-quality teaching and promote the best possible outcomes for children. She makes extremely accurate assessments of what children can do, based on high-quality observations of children's play. Safeguarding is effective. Safety is the childminder's highest priority and she is acutely aware of local child protection procedures. She provides a very safe environment and provides an excellent range of ways for children to learn how to keep themselves safe and healthy.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder makes excellent use of reclaimed materials or recycled resources to enhance children's learning. For example, children explore a variety of real resources cleverly attached to an activity table. The resources include locks to turn, buttons to press and switches, including a doorbell. This was inspired in response to a child's fear of the doorbell sound in their home and has helped the child to overcome their fear. The childminder recognises that children do not have many opportunities to use technology, such as computer software. Children have excellent opportunities to use mechanical toys and excitedly investigate how they work. The childminder has excellent teaching skills. She uses every opportunity to challenge the children; for example, she helps them to develop mathematics skills from a very young age. Toddlers quickly learn to match colours and count aloud enthusiastically.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is nurturing and has very high expectations of what children can do for themselves. She provides a rich, vibrant play environment and motivates children to learn. She offers an extensive range of choices for children so they can extend their play using their own ideas. The childminder offers children high levels of emotional security and is extremely sensitive to their individual needs. For example, she frequently shares photographs of children's families provided by parents to help children to feel settled and secure, and encourages them to talk about their families and home lives.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are always highly engaged in play and their behaviour is exemplary. They develop excellent physical skills. For example, very young children confidently use tools and operate equipment with little help. Children develop excellent independence and are confident to try new things. Toddlers confidently manage their own care needs, and children rapidly gain skills to support their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY345598 Local authority Ealing Inspection number 827556 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 1 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2007. She lives in the London Borough of Ealing and offers childcare each weekday, from 8am to 6pm, 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

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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