Childminder 117996

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 April 2016 6 April 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

 The nurturing childminder promotes children's social and emotional skills exceptionally well, which helps them feel safe and secure. Children are very confident and self- assured in an extremely well-organised and stimulating learning environment. Children are able to make decisions for themselves from a vast range of high-quality toys and resources.  The very experienced childminder has first-rate knowledge of the children and completes highly incisive assessments of their progress. She uses her training exceptionally well to ensure children make excellent progress from their starting points.  The excellent two-way flow of information with parents enables the childminder to meet children's care and learning needs extremely well. There is extensive sharing of information about children's learning and achievements at home. The childminder uses this information exceptionally well to influence the extremely wide range of engaging

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This provision is outstanding

and innovative activities she plans.  The childminder uses in-depth evaluation of her provision to maintain her continuously outstanding teaching. She is highly reflective and consistently evaluates her practice, which helps her to use targeted plans to address identified areas for improvement such as ongoing improvements in how she monitors children's progress.

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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

 make even better use of the precise assessments in monitoring children's progress from their starting points.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of the childminder's teaching and interactions as children played inside and outside.  The inspector discussed the childminder's understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements.  The inspector sampled documentation, including children's assessment records, the childminder's self-evaluation, and policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder uses comprehensive risk assessments to ensure children are cared for in a safe and secure environment. The childminder has an excellent understanding of her responsibilities to report any child protection concerns about a child. She values the importance of attending regular training, networking with other childminders and researching new ideas to keep herself up to date with changes in current thinking, which she does exceptionally well.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder assesses children's progress exceptionally well; however, she does not always use precise tracking to demonstrate more succinctly how children progress in their learning. Nonetheless, the childminder provides an abundance of challenging activities to support learning across the educational programme, which carefully considers how children learn, their next steps and parent contributions. The childminder provides excellent levels of support and uses her exceptional teaching skills to challenge children and help them make rapid progress. She provides a sharp focus on building children's communication and language skills. For example, when children choose a puzzle, she questions them highly effectively, helping them to make informed choices about which pieces to select and supporting their mathematical development extremely well. The childminder encourages children to develop high levels of imagination in their play, for

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

example using favourite books to build their own stories.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder provides an extremely warm and welcoming environment. She caters very well for their physical well-being and children have an exceptional understanding of how to keep themselves safe and healthy. For example, older children help to assess the best places to cross roads and younger children are confident to negotiate steps with consistent encouragement and reassurance from the vigilant childminder. Children are exceptionally well-behaved. The childminder constantly encourages children to play and learn together, for example, to take turns to complete a shape sorter. The childminder boosts older children's self-confidence well, for example, by encouraging them to teach younger children new skills. Children show enormous pride in their achievements.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

The childminder prepares children exceptionally well for their next stage in learning and eventual move to school. Children are excited to learn, solve problems and become absorbed in challenging and well-planned activities. Children have very enquiring minds, are highly motivated to learn and are excellent communicators. For example, children knowledgeably explain how the windmill in the garden works.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 117996 Local authority Ealing Inspection number 825167 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 6 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 6 April 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2000. She lives in Acton Vale in the London Borough of Ealing. The childminding service operates Monday to Thursday throughout the year. The childminder holds an early years qualification at level 3.

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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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