Childminder EY391508

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 April 2016 13 January 2010

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 Children make good progress. The childminder plans good-quality activities, adapting them very well to meet children's individual learning and differing ages. This helps to build children's confidence and self-esteem well.  Children behave well. The childminder teaches children clear boundaries and what is acceptable behaviour.  The childminder effectively evaluates her practice and carries out regular training. This helps to enhance the good-quality experiences that are on offer to the children.  The childminder works closely in partnership with parents. For example, she gathers their views and uses these to shape the service she provides. Parents also share what children are doing at home. The childminder successfully uses this to inform her planning to help her progress children's learning and development.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always provide many opportunities for children to learn about technology and how things work.  The childminder does not always fully support older children to manage their personal care needs effectively. For example, she does not consistently teach children how to support their own health and well-being, such as through nose blowing.

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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

 increase opportunities for children to learn more about technology and how things work  strengthen children's understanding of how to manage their personal care needs and their understanding of healthy lifestyles.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children at play in the main playroom and garden.  The inspector spoke with the childminder at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector reviewed documents, including children's files, and policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a clear understanding of child protection policies and the procedures to follow to protect children from harm. The childminder keeps up to date with changes to legislation, helping her to keep children safe and meet requirements. The childminder completes detailed risk assessments, to help her ensure children are able to play in a safe learning environment. She also carries out regular fire drills with the children and assesses these to identify if she can carry out further activities to teach the children even more about safety. This helps enable the childminder to teach them about their safety and well-being. The childminder works closely in partnership with other settings children attend. For example, they share children's stages of development, helping them to work together to consistently progress children in their learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder completes good-quality assessments that help her to plan children's next steps in learning. The childminder tracks children's progress to help her to identify any gaps in their learning and she takes effective steps to close these. She provides a broad range of activities, successfully adapting them for all children. For example, during craft activities, the childminder makes sure that all ages of children are able to participate. Babies were able to use stamps to make marks and older children used these stamps, as well as paper and glue, to make pictures. The childminder extends children's learning well, for example, by asking effective questions to strengthen language development.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder successfully encourages children's independence skills. For example, children enjoy peeling their own fruit during snack times. Children learn to make choices. They happily decide what activities they want to do throughout the day. For example, children extend their physical development as they learn how to roll out play dough. The children learn how to keep themselves safe. For example, when they are using the slide, the childminder teaches children how to use it safely by teaching them to sit down when they reach the top. They have good opportunities to use a range of resources to promote their development outdoors. For example, babies explore the feel and texture of sticks, straw, grass and pebbles, which helps promote their understanding of the natural world.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress in their learning and development. They are ready for the next stage in their learning and school. Children learn how to use new equipment, such as tweezers. They learn how to squeeze them together in order to pick up and sort pompoms into matching coloured containers. Children thoroughly enjoy using props to tell their own stories, which helps promotes their literacy development effectively.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY391508 Local authority Merton Inspection number 830346 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 5 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 13 January 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2010. She lives in Lower Morden, Surrey. The childminder works all day, 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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Telephone number

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