Childminder in Lewisham

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 July 2016 1 May 2012

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 Children receive warm and affectionate care from adults which helps them to feel happy, safe and secure. This fosters their emotional well-being very effectively.  The quality of teaching is good. Adults use effective teaching methods to enhance children's learning. They provide children with a wide range of experiences across all areas of learning both indoors and outside. Consequently, children are motivated and interested to learn.  Children choose resources that excite and engage them in their learning. There is plenty of space available for them to play and explore with confidence.  Children behave extremely well and develop good social skills. Adults are consistent in their approach and children respond well to gentle reminders to share and take turns.  Adults form good relationships with parents and carers. They provide them with daily information about their child to help support consistency in children's learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always share information about the progress children make with other settings they attend in order to provide a more consistent approach to their learning.  Systems to evaluate the quality of the provision do not focus sharply enough on how continual improvements can be made.

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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 partnerships with others involved in children's development by providing them with details about each child's development in the childminding setting to ensure there is a consistent approach to their learning  develop systems to evaluate the quality of the provision in order to identify the strengths and priorities for improvement to ensure outcomes for children continue to improve.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke to the childminder, her assistants and the children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector observed teaching, and assessed the impact that this had on children's learning.  The inspector sampled a range of documents, including children's learning records and a selection policies and procedures.  The inspector viewed all areas of the premises that are used for childminding purposes.  The inspector looked at written feedback from parents and took account of their views.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder works well with her assistants to provide a consistent approach to support children's care and learning. Assistants are supported in their roles and training is actively encouraged to develop professional knowledge to promote better outcomes for children. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective and the childminder has a secure understanding of the requirements of the early years foundation stage. The childminder knows what action to take should she have any concerns about a child's welfare. Furthermore, adults teach children how to keep themselves safe. There are robust systems in place to ensure that the premises are safe. Adults complete daily risk assessments and are vigilant about any potential safety risks. Although the childminder demonstrates a clear commitment to improve her service, she does not have a fully effective system in place to evaluate the quality of her setting.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Adults develop children's learning by planning a range of interesting activities. For example, children enjoy using construction resources to make complex models. Adults develop children's thinking by looking at written instructions to encourage children to develop their problem solving skills further. Children are keen to explore outdoors. They show interest in the natural world around them and excitedly collect snails in buckets and use words such as 'slimy' to describe them. Adults support children's learning further by asking them to count how many snails they have collected. Partnerships with parents are well established. The childminder encourages parents to share information about their children to help adults meet their physical needs. Parents have good opportunities to find out about children's progress during planned parent evenings.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The home is warm and welcoming. The childminder ensures that play resources are easily accessible to children and stimulating, so they continually explore and investigate through play. Adults teach children about good behaviour and they act as positive role models. Children use good hygiene practices and learn to take safe risks. Adults provide children with a range of healthy meals and snacks. Discussions are held about what foods are good for us which helps children to learn about healthy lifestyles. Adults have developed effective partnerships with parents to promote continuity in children's care and learning. However, partnerships with other settings that children attend have not been fully established to support children's learning further.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children are gaining the key skills needed for their future learning and for starting school. Children demonstrate their developing mathematical abilities. For example, they confidently count and talk about shape, size and colours as they play. Adults have effective systems in place to observe and monitor children's progress to ensure that all children make good progress in all areas of their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY418759 Local authority Lewisham Inspection number 1053432 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 12 Number of children on roll 9

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2010 and provides her childminding service from her co- minders home in Hither Green, London. She works with one assistant on a daily basis and additional assistants work at the setting when required. The childminder works closely with two other registered childminders who care for children locally. She operates her service from 8.00am to 6.00pm, weekdays all year, except public bank holidays.

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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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