Childminder in Greenwich

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 June 2016 19 May 2011

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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 well-qualified childminder has an excellent understanding of how children learn and accurately assesses their development, which she regularly shares with parents. This helps her to provide a range of experiences that provides high levels of challenge that inspire them to learn.  The childminder's highly effective self-evaluation procedure enables her to make continuous improvement to benefit and enable children to make excellent progress. Children are extremely happy in her care and are very well prepared for school.  The childminder communicates with parents highly effectively. Their positive partnerships support children's continual high standards of care, learning and development.  The experienced childminder successfully enhances children's learning, such as supporting children to express and understand their emotions. This helps her provide the highest standards of care and education for children across all areas.

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This provision is outstanding

 Children profit from a safe and highly welcoming learning environment. The childminder offers specific praise that supports children's self-esteem. For example, she continually encourages children to make their own choices and lead their own exploration.

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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

 continue to build on the childminder's otherwise excellent early years knowledge to remain up to date within requirements.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at a range of documents, including policies, risk assessments, observations, assessment documentation and safeguarding procedures.  The inspector reviewed the childminder's self-evaluation processes.  The inspector completed a joint observation with childminder.  The inspector talked with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder pays great attention to children's safety. She has created innovative solutions to provide outdoor privacy for children, such as providing a toileting tent. The childminder is more than confident how to report any concerns about children and is fully aware of the signs and symptoms of abuse. She successfully evaluates aspects of her practice, although she recognises the need to maintain her excellent knowledge of early years requirements. She has attended training events and shares outstanding practice with other childminders and the local children's centre. She skilfully shares information with parents. This includes gathering detailed facts from them to help identify what children know and can do before they start. The childminder provides ongoing updates about daily progress and how children can be supported further at home. Parents feel very well included and informed.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The quality of teaching is outstanding. Playrooms are very well organised; for example, storage is appropriately labelled to enable children to easily help themselves from a suitable range of toys. This helps develop high levels of independence. The childminder expertly teaches children their basic early writing, reading and number skills. She observes children while playing and makes excellent use of what she knows about individual abilities to specifically plan further learning experiences for them. As a result of specific training, the childminder is particularly skilful in developing children's social skills and emotional security. For example, she encourages children to understand their emotions when they point to pictures that help them express how they feel.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder promotes children's healthy lifestyles. They use excellent hygiene practices and have very good manners. Children regularly attend group activities, including outdoor environmentally based learning skills. This helps them to develop excellent confidence in social situations and to gain a wider understanding of the local community. They develop an excellent understanding of staying safe and behave extremely well. Children are affectionate and friendly; for instance, older children are gentle and kind towards their younger friends.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress. Their early reading, number and writing skills develop rapidly so they are extremely well prepared for their next steps in learning and move on to school. Children are very happy and content. They eagerly play together and share very willingly, reflecting their extremely positive attitude to activities and others.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY272611 Local authority Greenwich Inspection number 826711 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2003 in Blackheath, in the London Borough of Greenwich. The childminder is a member of the National Childminding Association and the Greenwich accredited childminder network. The childminder holds an appropriate childcare qualification. She provides care from early morning to late afternoon, five days per week, 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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