Childminder EY480604

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 September 2016 Not applicable

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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 develop excellent language and communication skills. They engage in meaningful discussions with the childminder who, for example, asks questions about past events and encourages them to share their thoughts and ideas to extend their language and thinking.  The childminder provides an extremely exciting range of resources and activities to motivate and interest children. Children become highly engaged in play and make rapid progress in their learning.  Children receive excellent support from the childminder who instinctively knows when to play an active role in children's play and when to allow them to explore freely, using their own ideas.  Extremely high priority is given to children's safety in the home. The childminder teaches children to recognise and manage risks highly effectively.  The childminder acts an excellent role model. Children learn how to behave well and show care and concern for each other.

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This provision is outstanding

 Children have excellent opportunities to socialise. They thoroughly enjoy going to local parks, and play and music sessions.  The childminder works extremely closely with parents to ensure that all children receive the right support to meet their individual needs.

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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

 create even more opportunities to build on the young children's developing early writing skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector toured the childminder's premises.  The inspector spoke to a parent.  The inspector looked at letters from parents and took account of their comments.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including insurance and evidence of paediatric first-aid training.  The inspector observed the interaction between the childminder and children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder is trained to identify and support children who may be at risk of harm. The childminder carries out thorough daily safety checks around the house and outside. She uses video monitors in the sleep area and closed-circuit television around the boundaries of the premises to help keep children safe. The childminder continually reviews her practice and explores ways to enhance her provision. She makes excellent use of local professional support and attends frequent network meetings to share practice ideas with other childminders.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder takes account of the children's needs extremely well, especially children who speak English as an additional language. The childminder makes precise assessments of children's learning based on her observations of their play. She uses information gathered to monitor children's progress highly effectively and sets suitable challenges to extend their learning. For example, she has sourced additional resources to help her extend children's mathematical learning and ability to solve problems. She recognises that she could do even more to build on children's developing early writing skills. The childminder encourages parents to take home resources, such as story sacks, to further extend children's learning. The childminder successfully encourages children to become independent learners. She has an extensive range of resources. Children either help themselves to what they want to play with or choose resources stored in the garage by

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

pointing them out in a book of photographs.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children thrive as their emotional and physical well-being is extremely well supported. Children confidently explore the exciting environment and thoroughly enjoy leading their play. They benefit from excellent daily outdoor experiences, gaining an understanding of the world and developing their agility from a very young age. The childminder is a good role model and children learn impeccable manners. Children are keen to include the childminder in their play.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress in their learning and development from their starting points. They become increasingly confident and independent learners. Children use their imaginations well, building on first-hand experiences, such as feeding dolls with bottles of milk and dinner. The young children show great interest in technological toys, excitedly pressing buttons on activity toys to achieve different effects. Children are extremely confident communicators and keenly take turns in conversation. Children gain all the skills they need in preparation for the next stage in their learning and school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY480604 Local authority Kent Inspection number 993163 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 3 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 1

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2014. She lives in Kent in the borough of Swanley. Her hours of work are Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 5.30pm, throughout 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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