Brooks , Michelle Frances

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 May 2016 6 June 2012

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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 have good manners and behave very well. The childminder gives clear rules and expectations for behaviour. She is a good role model and she teaches them to share and instils positive values.  Children develop good communication and language skills. The childminder encourages children to talk confidently and use a good range of vocabulary.  The childminder is skilled at promoting children's emotional development. She forms secure attachments with them and values their unique ideas. This helps children to build secure foundations for future learning.  The childminder has effective strategies in place for partnerships with parents to help promote continuity in children's learning. Parents actively contribute to the accurate assessment of their children's development.  The childminder has a good knowledge of the safeguarding and welfare requirements. She implements these effectively to help promote children's well-being.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always provide extensive opportunities for children to recognise numbers in their play to help build on their early numeracy skills.  The childminder does not always adapt creative activities very well to suit the needs of younger children, to help stimulate their senses and curiosity.

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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 recognise numbers in their play to help build on their early numeracy skills  provide more opportunities for younger children to fully participate in messy play activities to help stimulate their senses and curiosity even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and interactions between the childminder and children throughout the inspection.  The inspector spoke with the childminder at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector viewed documentation, including children's records, policies and procedures.  The inspector discussed how the childminder decides which areas of her service would benefit from improvement.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a secure knowledge and understanding of child protection procedures and knows how to report any concerns regarding children's welfare. She attends regular training, which contributes to her secure understanding of wider safeguarding issues. The childminder evaluates her provision well. She gathers the views of parents and children to help her identify areas for improvement. The childminder liaises with other childminders to exchange information and researches online to help keep her knowledge and skills up to date.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder provides a good range of resources and activities to help children make progress in their learning. She stores resources at a low level to enable younger children to access toys of their choice. This helps children to be confident learners. The childminder encourages early reading skills, for example, young children are eager to look at the pictures in books and make up their own stories. The childminder uses appropriate questioning and gives children the time to process information and speak. She also repeats words and gives proper eye contact to help babies' emerging language. This helps children to develop good communication and language skills. The childminder has effective assessment systems in place to monitor children's progress. She is able to identify gaps in learning and plan challenging activities to help close the learning gaps.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder forms secure emotional attachments with the children. Routines are adapted well to suit the individual needs of children. The helps children to feel happy and confident to initiate their own play. Diversity is well celebrated in the setting. For example, the childminder provides resources and activities that reflect the diversity of children's backgrounds and experiences. Children enjoy healthy snacks and the childminder uses mealtimes, for example, to discuss the importance of eating nutritious foods. She also takes children out to playgroups to help enable them to use different apparatus. All these activities successfully contribute to children's physical well-being.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make very good progress from their starting points on entry. They settle well and develop strong relationships with each other. They are very confident, sociable and polite. Children are well prepared for the next stage in their learning. For example, young children begin to acquire independence skills, such as putting on their coats and managing zips.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 140001 Local authority Lambeth Inspection number 841401 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 2

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1993. She lives in Camberwell, in the London Borough of Lambeth. She provides care Monday to Friday, 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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