Childminder EY482983

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 October 2016 Not applicable

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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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 The childminder makes excellent use of home visits to gather information about children's daily routines and personal needs. Children settle quickly because their care needs are met effectively and their routines remain familiar.  The well-qualified and experienced childminder demonstrates a good understanding of how children learn and develop. She regularly observes and monitors children's learning, and provides a broad selection of resources and activities that interest children and motivate them to learn.  The childminder enthusiastically engages children in purposeful play. Children have plenty of opportunities to make their choices about what they do and to lead their own learning. They make good progress in relation to their starting points.  Children have excellent opportunities to learn about the benefits of healthy lifestyles. For example, they have detailed discussions about what food is good for them and why.

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This provision is good

 The childminder is committed to excellence and continuously tries to develop her professional skills. For example, she sets clear targets of what she needs to improve or achieve, attends relevant training or conferences and evaluates how this helped to improve children's experiences and outcomes.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not provide enough time for children to think for themselves and come up with their own ideas of how to answer the question or resolve the problem.

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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

 provide more opportunities for children to solve problems by themselves and more time to think before providing an answer.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and the childminder's interaction with children throughout the inspection.  The inspector sampled children's observation, planning and assessment documents, and looked at the registration records.  The inspector checked evidence of the childminder's suitability checks to work with children and sampled her policies and procedures.  The inspector held conversations with the childminder and children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder fully understands her duty to protect children and rigorously follows her policies and procedures. The childminder constantly reflects on all aspects of her service. She successfully uses the views of parents to shape her service, and shows a great capacity for improvement. The childminder works in close partnership with parents. She regularly shares and gathers information about their children to support each child's learning needs and to maintain continuity of care and learning. Parents leave very positive feedback about the childminder and her services.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder provides children with a range of enjoyable, interesting and age- appropriate learning experiences. Planning is based on children's interests and their needs. The childminder consistently makes the most of opportunities for children to follow their own ideas. For example, they investigate conkers with a magnifying glass and then decide to do the same with apples. During activities, children engage well with each other and the childminder, who skilfully supports their investigations and cooperation. For example, she asks older children to help younger ones to find out how to connect wooden train tracks in the right way.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder spends time getting to know children when they start, to understand what interests them and motivates their learning. Children build a strong emotional bond with the childminder, who meets their individual needs very well. Children behave extremely well, use their manners, and help each other and the childminder. Children show excellent levels of independence. For example, they help to prepare the table for mealtimes, even taking cutlery out, tidying up and serving food. They take appropriate risks and learn everyday skills, such as spreading butter on toast with the safety knife. Children enjoy being outside and they have a walk in the fresh air every day. Children receive plenty of affection and show excellent levels of confidence and self-esteem.

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Outcomes for children are good

The childminder supports children to practise and refine a number of skills very well, which helps them to develop socially, physically and emotionally. The childminder helps children to prepare for school. For example, children use mathematical language during their play and learn that words are represented by print, as they see various words around the setting. The childminder provides opportunities for children to attend different play groups, so they learn how to share and socialise in a bigger group and learn about the wider community. Children are active learners and can express their needs clearly.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482983 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 995663 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 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 the London Borough of Enfield. The childminder follows the Montessori philosophy. The childminder is a qualified Montessori teacher and holds qualified teacher status. The setting operates from Monday to Friday, for most weeks 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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Telephone number

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