Childminder EY395741

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 June 2016 22 February 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 is highly proactive in reflecting on her practice and that of her assistants. She also successfully gathers views of others. She uses the information with great success to help shape her service, for example, reviewing outings children go on.  Children have an excellent bond with the childminder and her assistants, which helps them to build exceptionally high levels of emotional well-being.  The childminder attends regular training sessions along with her assistants. She uses this information successfully to help to plan an excellent range of interesting and educational activities for children. For example, children enthusiastically join in dressing up and learning about different professionals that help us.  The childminder has high expectations of the children and she plans highly successful activities to meet their individual needs. Children make outstanding progress in their

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This provision is outstanding

development and learning.  The childminder has excellent partnership working with other professionals. For example, she regularly shares children's stages of learning and exchanges developmental reports.  The childminder promotes children's behaviour exceptionally well. She teaches children exceptionally well to respect each other, take turns and to share resources. Children behave exceptionally well.

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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

 strengthen the already excellent activities on offer to promote children's understanding of information technology even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children in the main playroom and garden.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and her assistants at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled documents, including children's files and safeguarding.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of child protection and what steps she would take to safeguard the children. For example, she carries out extremely detailed risk assessments, helping enable children to play in a very safe learning environment. The childminder regularly shares her excellent practice with others, including her assistants and monitors their practice extremely well. For example, they all complete appraisals for each other. This helps them to continually improve their excellent practice and the outcomes for children. The childminder has highly consistent practices in place that help her to monitor all aspects of children's learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has an excellent understanding of children's interests and uses this highly effectively to plan interesting and stimulating activities. For example, during the inspection, children made crowns to celebrate the Queen's birthday. They talked about the colours and different techniques to use to decorate them. Children finished off by having a picnic in the garden, which they made, to celebrate. On occasions, there are slightly fewer activities to build on children's understanding of information technology even further. The childminder completes highly detailed assessments on all children, helping her to highlight areas to work on, narrowing any achievement gaps successfully. She also uses information from parents effectively to add to her excellent observations. For example, they work together to support children's early writing skills and help them to learn to write their names. This helps to provide excellent continuity of care.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

All children are all exceptionally confident learners. The childminder provides a highly effective learning environment, helping all children to develop excellent social skills. The childminder works extremely closely in partnership with parents and she plans activities to encourage children try new food. For example, children thoroughly enjoy trips to the allotment to learn how to grow different types of food. They learn how to grow and harvest different vegetables, and prepared these to eat. Children enthusiastically choose where they wish to play, helping children who prefer to learn outside to be able to do so.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children develop highly effective skills to help them progress on to their next stage of learning and the subsequent move to school extremely well. All children develop excellent independence skills given their ages. For example, children are highly skilled in dressing themselves after water play. Children make excellent progress with their language development. For example, they are able to respond to the childminder's highly effective questions and are given plenty of time to think about their responses.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY395741 Local authority Southwark Inspection number 830672 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 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 22 February 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2009. She lives in Dulwich. The childminder works with assistants. She works five days a week all year round, with exception of five weeks holiday in the year.

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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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