Childminder in Camden

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 October 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

 The environment is extremely homely and the quality of care is very warm and attentive. This helps children to feel cherished and gain in self-confidence quickly.  Children behave extremely well. The childminder demonstrates respectful behaviour towards children, parents and others. She helps the children to understand and develop kind and considerate behaviour to others.  The childminder talks to the children throughout the day. She speaks clearly and slowly to help children understand and they communicate extremely well for their age. Children also gain a real love for books and stories to help develop their early reading skills.  The learning environment is highly stimulating. Children are motivated to explore and make their own choices about what to do. Children become highly independent learners in readiness for school.  The childminder is an expert teacher. She helps children to gain an excellent

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This provision is outstanding

understanding about how different people and communities live their lives. She teaches children that different people live by common principles of respect and care towards themselves and others.  Parents are extremely positive about the quality of care offered by the childminder. They are very happy with the excellent progress their children make and feel fully involved in what happens.

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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 even more sharply focused assessments of children's learning to aid their future progress.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder working with the children.  The inspector talked to the childminder about her work and her understanding of the statutory requirements.  The inspector reviewed the childminder's certificates, records of attendance and other relevant documents.  The inspector looked through children's records and assessments of their learning.  The inspector observed children's routine tasks, including snack time, hand washing and tidying up.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is highly conscientious about her work. She attends relevant courses and applies what she learns to develop her practice. The childminder always tries to improve what she does. For example, she plans to develop a display area for children to show work they are proud of. She provides very helpful information to parents. The childminder plans extremely well to meet the needs of the children. She helps them become independent learners in readiness for school. The childminder helps them gain a very good understanding about different cultures. She is a very good example of how to treat others and children behave extremely well. The childminder attends closely to children's safety and has excellent awareness of how to protect them from harm and to report any concerns in the appropriate way. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder responds quickly to children's interests and offers them immediate responses that help them develop further. For example, a child pointed to a picture and asked 'Is that the mosque?', and the childminder replied 'It is a silhouette of the mosque.' Children develop excellent language skills. The childminder keeps monthly records of what children do and say as part of their play. These booklets tell excellent stories about how children learn and develop over time. The childminder shares these with parents. She now plans to link her assessments more closely to her planning to identify even better what children need to learn next. The childminder assesses children when they join her setting, to help plan their future learning straightaway.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder establishes a very calm atmosphere in her home. She builds up routines with the children. For example, they walk down particular routes on the same day each week. This helps the children gain confidence in readiness for school. Children feel very safe in the childminder's care. They like being in her company and snuggle up to her when they need comfort. The childminder teaches the children to adopt healthy habits very well. For example, she guides them through hand washing and other hygiene routines and sings rhymes about them as she does so. Children thoroughly enjoy learning in her care. They become highly independent in preparation for school.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make outstanding progress. They are confident in themselves and curious about the world. Children are able to communicate extremely well. They can move well in different ways. They can handle tools, such as paintbrushes and crayons, very well. They are motivated to sing, paint, read and draw. Children who speak more than one language at home are encouraged to use their different languages at the setting.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY476629 Local authority Camden Inspection number 993816 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 6 Number of children on roll 2

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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 the London Borough of Camden and looks after children before school and during the day. The childminder has a degree. The childminder adopts a Steiner approach and is a member of the Steiner Waldorf Fellowship.

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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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