Childminder in Barnet

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 October 2016 17 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 raises children's awareness of others extremely well. Children learn to tolerate differences and to respect each other. They learn about people and communities beyond their own.  Children are highly motivated and extremely eager to join in with all of the activities and experiences provided. Children make excellent progress from their starting points.  All children enjoy exploring the environment and have excellent opportunities to become independent learners. The childminder offers an extensive range of exciting resources for the children to choose from, based on their current interests.  All children make excellent progress in their communication and language development. They confidently contribute to discussions and share their experiences extremely well.  The childminder highly values parents' views. Excellent partnership working enables the childminder and parents to improve the provision and outcomes for children and their

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This provision is outstanding

families. Parents speak very highly of the childminder and regularly provide extremely positive testimonies.  Self-evaluation is thorough as the childminder successfully strives to enhance her provision. The childminder is highly enthusiastic in her professional development. She makes excellent use of self-evaluation to review and further improve the quality of teaching and the outcomes for children.

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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

 continue to advance plans to develop the current excellent systems of monitoring children's learning, particularly for those children with specific needs, to enhance their achievements even further.

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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 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

The childminder has an excellent understanding of her role and responsibility in keeping children safe, including the procedures for reporting any concerns about children's welfare. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder continuously enhances her provision to inspire children's learning further. For example, she has extended the exceptional range of resources to include exciting and interesting natural resources. Children compare, contrast and comment on the differing feel and shape of a hen's egg from the supermarket and a larger hen's egg from a farm. The childminder effectively implements policies and procedures, which she uses well to underpin her excellent practice. Equality and diversity are highly celebrated and recognised. The childminder has an excellent knowledge of the early years foundation stage, which she delivers highly effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder checks children's progress very skillfully to help identify any children who might benefit from additional support, to ensure they continue to make rapid progress. However, plans to refine her monitoring system further to support children with specific needs are still ongoing. The childminder develops children's literacy and mathematical skills exceptionally well. For example, children learn about size and shape; they compare toy animals and sequence them from the smallest to the biggest. The childminder expertly adapts and widens activities for children and successfully enables children to follow their own lead in learning. For example, children asking for the childminder's help to complete an activity are skilfully steered to achieve the task for themselves.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is an excellent role model for the children. They follow her example and are kind, calm and extremely well mannered. The childminder is sensitive to the children's individual needs and children form secure emotional attachments with her. The childminder skilfully supports children to adopt healthy lifestyles effectively. For instance, she provides a varied range of physical activities in the excellently resourced garden, as well as nutritious meals. Children's achievements and examples of their work are celebrated and recognised extremely well. For example, they showcase their work to their friends and share their achievements with the inspector. Children are wonderfully sociable and caring for each other and the childminder.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress in their communication, language and mathematical skills in readiness for their next stage in learning, and move to school. The activities on offer inspire and excite children, so they are enthusiastic in everything they do. For example, they show great delight as they jump gleefully on the trampoline.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY420534 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 1058976 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 17 October 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2011. She lives in Barnet, in the London Borough of Barnet. The childminder provides care from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Thursday, during term time only. The childminder holds a relevant early years qualification at level 3. She 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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Telephone number

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