Childminder in Croydon

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 1 July 2016 19 April 2013

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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 has made excellent progress since the previous inspection. For instance, she has established thorough procedures for observing, assessing and monitoring children's progress. This helps her to plan exceptionally focused activities to meet their needs and help reduce gaps in their learning. Children make outstanding progress from their starting points.  The childminder supports children extremely well to overcome challenges and successfully complete their chosen task. For example, children learn to build a wider base during a construction activity, to help prevent their tower from toppling over. They develop their mathematical skills as they learn to use numbers to describe which tower is taller.  Partnerships with parents are exemplary. Children benefit from excellent continuity in their learning experiences. For instance, they plant bean seeds and they take them home to care for them and observe them grow.

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This provision is outstanding

 Children benefit from excellent opportunities to exercise in fresh air, for instance, as they enjoy an extremely wide range of outings to local amenities.  Children display excellent levels of independence, for example, they help with food preparation for lunch. They display extremely positive self-esteem, and they exclaim 'I did it!' when they complete activities successfully.

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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

 build on the already excellent opportunities that are available to children to help develop their understanding of other cultures and traditions even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children and their interactions with the childminder.  The inspector viewed a sample of documents, including children's learning records.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder at appropriate times.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Self-evaluation is highly successful. The childminder makes a determined effort to improve the quality of the provision to achieve exceptional standards in children's care and learning. She has extremely high aims for all children and makes excellent use of her training knowledge and skills to improve outcomes for children. For instance, she has strengthened the programme for supporting children's mathematical skills. The childminder establishes excellent partnerships with other settings that children attend and contributes to setting common goals in children's care and learning. Safeguarding is effective. She has an extremely thorough knowledge of child protection procedures.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is highly intuitive to children's emerging interests and she motivates them extremely well to extend on what they choose to do. For example, children show great interest in arranging toy people in a doll's house and they pretend to put them to sleep. The childminder skilfully introduces a shape matching activity. Children eagerly carry on with their theme of playas they pretend to put the shape templates to sleep on their matching beds. Children are highly involved in their learning. The childminder provides interesting opportunities for children to learn about the wider world. For instance, she takes children on visits to the Chinese supermarket, which helps to build on children's growing awareness of other communities and the food they eat. However, there are slightly fewer opportunities for children to freely choose and explore multicultural activities and resources at the childminder's setting on an ongoing basis.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children develop exceptionally close relationships with the childminder and thoroughly enjoy sharing their experiences with her. For example, they have lots of fun pretending to paint her face. She enthusiastically joins in their play by telling them what colour she would like for different parts of her face. Children are happy and settle extremely well in the childminder's care. The share and take turns exceptionally well during play. Children learn to keep themselves safe from harm, for instance, through practising regular fire drills.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Young children display extremely high levels of confidence in their interactions with others and develop as independent learners. They make rapid progress towards the next stages in their learning. Older children show a keen interest in print. For example, they attempt to read the letters in the fire exit sign and learn to link letters to sounds and to read the words. This helps to support their early literacy skills. Children are prepared extremely well for their move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY364020 Local authority Croydon Inspection number 1049018 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 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 19 April 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2007. She lives in South Norwood, in the London Borough of Croydon. She has a level 3 diploma in home-based childcare. She provides childcare all day on weekdays for most of 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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