Childminder EY443928

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 June 2016 30 June 2014

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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

 Children settle extremely well under the childminder's very sensitive and attentive care. She provides children with a very caring and nurturing home from home environment. Children form very strong relationships with her. They are exceptionally secure and happy and this helps them to become highly curious and inquisitive learners.  The childminder has an excellent understanding of how to meet the safeguarding and welfare requirements. She can confidently identify signs and symptoms that would cause her concern about a child's welfare and has a thorough knowledge of the procedures to follow to report these.  The childminder plans an extremely wide range of engaging and innovative activities based on children's interests. This helps children to make rapid progress in their learning from their starting points.  The childminder uses exceptional communication and language skills to constantly engage children. This helps children to become very competent in their speaking and

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This provision is outstanding

listening skills.  The childminder has excellent partnerships with parents, which helps to greatly benefit consistency in children's care and learning. For example, the childminder shares detailed information with parents about children's next steps in learning, and how they can help them achieve these.

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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

 develop further the already excellent opportunities for children to explore resources that support their learning about the world around them.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector and the childminder discussed the systems used to observe and record children's progress.  The inspector completed observations of the children engaged in activities with the childminder.  The inspector sampled some of the documents that the childminder uses to support her practice.  The inspector took into account written feedback from parents and older children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Since the previous inspection, the childminder has improved the quality of her provision to an excellent standard. The childminder reflects on her practice in depth and constantly makes exceptionally well-targeted improvements to help support the learning needs of children. She fully values the feedback that she gathers from children and parents and continually improves and adapts her provision to maintain excellent standards. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder takes the safety of the children extremely seriously and has excellent systems in place to identify and eliminate risks immediately. She teaches young children to manage their own risks. The childminder is extremely well organised and keeps up to date with new guidance and legislation.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder monitors children's progress very successfully. She completes highly accurate assessments and uses these to inform her planning to help enable all children to make excellent progress. The childminder is a highly skilful communicator. She helps young children gain new vocabulary and fully supports children who are learning English as an additional language. For example, she counts in French and English while playing with children to extend their mathematical language. The childminder provides exceptionally interesting and challenging activities that support children's development in all areas. However, there are slightly less opportunities for children to explore role play activities that help to support learning about diversity.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder supports children's physical well-being exceptionally well. For example, she talks to young children about the importance of washing their hands. Children benefit from healthy and nutritious meals, which strongly contribute towards their understanding of healthy lifestyles. Children respond to the childminder's interactions with great delight and complete interest. For example, during the singing session they jumped, danced and cheered as they joined in animatedly with the actions. The childminder supports young children's independence exceptionally well. Young children confidently find their shoes to put on to go outside. Children are exceptionally secure and this helps them to explore the highly engaging environment.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are extremely confident and active learners. They remain fully engaged in all activities, which are carefully tailored to suit their individual needs. For example, young children play with playdough of different textures and resources to allow them to explore their senses. Young children learn to be extremely independent and this helps to prepare them very well for the next stage in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY443928 Local authority Lewisham Inspection number 1049545 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 30 June 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2012. She lives in the London Borough of Lewisham. She works Monday to Friday, 7.30am until 6pm, 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

procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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