Lisa Mary Harvey

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 30 September 2016 18 October 2012

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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 successfully improved her provision since the last inspection. She involves parents fully in their children's learning, such as by sharing examples of their work with them. She frequently and skilfully helps parents to support their children's learning at home. Parents enthuse about their children's experiences.  The childminder and her assistant place an extremely sharp focus on helping children to acquire communication and language skills. Adults support children very skilfully to develop the skills necessary for their next stages in learning and for their eventual move to school. Children make excellent progress.  Meticulous planning across all areas of learning fully incorporates the wishes and interests of the children. The childminder and her assistant make regular assessments of children's development and provide excellent challenging activities that the children take part in eagerly and learn from rapidly.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder and her assistant are excellent examples for the children in how to treat others. Children are kind, calm, patient and well mannered. The quality of children's care is extremely high.  The childminder develops children's awareness of others very well. Children learn to tolerate differences and to respect each other. They learn about people and communities beyond their own.

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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 partnerships further with children's settings they next attend, to help ensure continuity of their learning and development.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's teaching and its impact on the children's learning.  The inspector checked documents, including the childminder's background and suitability checks and training certificates.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder about children's individual learning and development.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder about her self-evaluation processes.  The inspector looked at a range of the childminder's policies and procedures, including those relating to safeguarding.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of safeguarding issues and, together with her assistant, implements comprehensive policies and procedures to keep children safe. The childminder supports her assistant extremely well, and he is very aware of his role and responsibilities. They are passionate and incredibly enthusiastic about the improved quality of their provision and their wish to enhance it further. The childminder and her assistant have a detailed training schedule and use new knowledge to encourage exceptionally high-quality outcomes for children. The childminder's self-evaluation practice is exemplary. The pursuit of excellence in all of the setting's activities is highly successful and maintains the superb variety of exciting experiences for the children who attend.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder and her assistant have an in-depth understanding of how children learn. They have high expectations of children, who in turn, rise to the challenge and excel in their achievements. For example, children are encouraged to use safe knifes to cut up their fruit and they quickly learn to thread conkers and pasta onto shoelaces. The childminder develops excellent ways to communicate closely with parents, who praise the provision highly. However, communication with other settings the children move on to is an area she wishes to enhance even more. The childminder and her assistant provide amazing opportunities for children to explore and learn about the world around them. For example, they regularly visit the wildlife centre to collect leaves, acorns and conkers, go to the beach to collect shells, and visit the zoo to learn about living things.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children settle very quickly in this extremely welcoming environment. They are relaxed, very confident and develop very strong bonds with the childminder and her assistant. Children learn how to manage their personal care. For example, they learn about why they need to wash their hands as the childminder reminds them to wash away germs they cannot see. The childminder and her assistant very skilfully support children to understand the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. For example, children choose from a vast range of fruit to eat at snack time and are encouraged to play outdoors in the excellently resourced garden where they grow fruits and vegetables.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are extremely happy and they constantly explore. They develop early writing, reading and number skills outstandingly well. They are eager to take part and 'have a go' at new challenges. Children make exceptional progress in their learning and development from their starting points and are extremely well prepared for the start to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY445989 Local authority Islington Inspection number 1059318 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 10

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 18 October 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2012. She lives in Archway, in the London Borough of Islington. The childminder holds a level 3 early years qualification in childcare and works with an assistant. She provides care from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, for most of the year. The childminder receives funding to offer free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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