Wurz, Monica

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 October 2016 4 September 2013

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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 is highly skilled and experienced. She uses knowledge gained from early years research extremely well to ensure that children have the highest quality of care and rich and varied learning experiences.  The childminder observes and monitors children's progress meticulously. She gathers precise information and uses this very successfully to build on children's interests, and plan for their next stage of learning. Children make rapid and sustained progress.  Children are highly articulate, confident learners. The childminder engages them in detailed conversations to support their language development. She uses questions with great skill to challenge their thinking and extend their ideas.  Children gain exemplary skills in looking after their environment. For example, when learning about the lifecycles of animals the childminder expertly provides related thought-provoking activities to consolidate and enhance children's understanding.

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This provision is outstanding

 Partnerships with parents are excellent. The childminder works constantly with parents to ensure a highly consistent approach to children's care and learning. Parents report that they receive 'childcare of the very best quality'.  The childminder has a very high regard for children's safety. She seizes every opportunity to teach children to manage age-appropriate risks that support their growth and development exceptionally well.

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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

 encourage children to make decisions about how they can build on and extend their experiences to enhance their involvement in planning for their learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and interactions between the childminder and children, and spoke with the childminder and interacted with children at appropriate times.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records, planning documentation and a selection of policies including safeguarding procedures.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder in relation to observations of the children's play, learning and progress.  The inspector read written feedback from parents.  The inspector discussed the childminder's self-evaluation process, and how she evaluates the provision and targets areas for improvement.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder works tirelessly to achieve excellent standards of teaching and care for children. She evaluates her provision rigorously. She seeks, and acts on, the views of parents and other professionals very effectively, for example, to target actions to further enhance children's well-being and learning. The childminder continues to expand her knowledge of high-quality early years practice to improve outcomes for children. For example, she has increased the range of outdoor learning experiences to support children who learn best in the natural environment, to make the best possible progress. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder is very knowledgeable and extremely confident about how to protect children and how to report any safeguarding concerns.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder provides a highly effective balance of activities which captures children's interest and supports their exceptional achievement. Children become fully engrossed in the activities provided and are highly motivated to learn. For example, during a fruit and vegetable experiment, the childminder made superb use of questions to encourage children to express their ideas and predict what would happen next. The childminder shows genuine interest in playing with children, for example, joining in at just the right moment to extend their learning as they jumped with excitement to throw and catch balloons in the air. She incorporates numbers and shapes expertly in a wide range of activities, developing children's mathematical thinking. The childminder uses her precise observations and assessments exceptionally well to identify and plan what children should learn next. The childminder is developing further how she involves children in planning

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

their learning and making decisions about how they can build on their ideas.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children behave exceptionally well and develop excellent social and physical skills. They are extremely respectful of each other and take independent responsibility for their personal care, their resources and the environment. They play harmoniously and show exceptional empathy towards others, for example to look after a young friend's toy. Children are extremely happy and comfortable with the childminder. They share laughter and giggles, enhancing their self-esteem and emotional well-being.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children thrive in this highly stimulating environment. They concentrate and persevere, for example, to test and improve their physical skills. Children are very proud of their achievements and extremely keen to show what they know and can do. They are highly enthusiastic learners with a real thirst for developing their own ideas as they explore and investigate. All children gain extremely strong skills for their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY458023 Local authority Kingston upon Thames Inspection number 1063279 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 3 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 4 September 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013. She lives in the London Borough of Kingston. The childminder works from 7.30am to 7pm on Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays and family holidays. She holds a relevant early years qualification at level 3.

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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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