Home Childcarer in Lewisham

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 May 2016 18 January 2010

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The childminder does not always track children's achievements accurately, to help her plan and provide motivating experiences that fully interest children. This does not always enable them to make the best possible progress in their learning.  The childminder does not always enable children to choose from a wide variety of resources and activities that interest them, to further promote their learning.  The childminder occasionally misses opportunities to encourage children to work things out for themselves in their play. This does not always help them learn to solve problems themselves and take risks.  The childminder's self-evaluation process is not always successful in identifying where she needs to make improvements to fully promote children's care and learning.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder teaches children about keeping themselves safe, such as when on outings.  Children are happy and build good relationships with the childminder.  The childminder promotes positive communication with parents and other early years settings that children attend, which helps to provide continuity of care.  The childminder makes use of what the local community offers. For example, the children enjoy visits to the park and local activity groups.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 ensure observational assessment accurately tracks children's levels of achievement, to help to shape learning experiences for each child and build on their interests and learning needs. 30/06/2016

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 build on opportunities for children to choose their activities and resources, to help them extend their learning and interests  create further opportunities to help children learn how to think things through for themselves, take risks and learn to solve problems in their play  improve self-evaluation to identify areas for development to promote children's learning more effectively.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's activities in the childminder's home and garden area.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children during the inspection.  The inspector sampled records and documents, which included the safeguarding and complaints policy and children's progress records.  The inspector discussed the self-evaluation process with the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder makes sure that her home and other environments that children use are safe. However, she does not always use self-evaluation effectively to make sure that her home continually meets the ever-changing needs of children. For example, she has not reviewed the need for safety gates when older children are present. The childminder has attended recent child protection training and shows a good awareness of what to do should she have any concerns about a child in her care. She keeps her knowledge of current childcare practice up to date, for example, she attends workshops and carries out research. The childminder shows that she has an adequate understanding of how children learn and develop. However, she does not monitor and plan for their ongoing learning needs well enough, for them to make better progress.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Children take part in a range of activities and can make some choices in their play. They enjoy the challenge of different levels of puzzles and explore what they can do in the garden. Children listen to stories well and join in with familiar words. They also identify letters and favourite characters. The childminder asks questions, for example, to help children think about what to do next or where the next piece of puzzle goes. However, she does not always use children's interests to help progress their learning further and misses opportunities to build on their problem-solving skills and understanding of taking risks safely. This means children occasionally lose interest in what they are doing. The childminder takes children on outings to help extend their learning, such as how to use different equipment and resources.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Children's health is promoted adequately, for example, they enjoy fresh air, fruit snacks and water to drink. Children learn good routines for looking after their bodies and follow appropriate hand washing procedures. However, children's independence is not always promoted well in their play as they cannot always freely access activities and resources. The childminder uses opportunities at local groups to help children learn to take turns and share. She teaches them how to behave and the importance of good manners. She praises children regularly, helping to boost their self-esteem and confidence.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children learn some skills that help to prepare them for school. They show an interest in letters and numbers and recognise their written name. However, there are sometimes too few challenging, interesting and stimulating activities for children to explore independently and support their interest and learning needs.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY279906 Local authority Lewisham Inspection number 906022 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 1

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 18 January 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2004. She lives in Bellingham, in the London Borough of Lewisham. The childminder operates Monday to Friday, all day, for most of the year, with the exception of bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder has a childcare 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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