Childminder EY402299

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 November 2016 12 December 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 teaches children exceptionally well about the importance of listening to and respecting each other's views. Children behave exceptionally well.  The childminder and her assistant regularly enhance their already excellent knowledge. For instance, they attend forums and training, helping them to evaluate their practice and provide excellent quality care and learning. Recent training has greatly helped them to record children's starting points to assess the exact progress children are making.  The childminder provides extremely high-quality teaching, which enables children to make exceptional progress with their learning and development.  The childminder gathers parents' views on a regular basis. She uses these exceptionally well to continually improve her excellent practice. For instance, following feedback the childminder has introduced more frequent tooth brushing with the children.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder has an excellent understanding of children's individual needs. This helps her to plan exceptionally high-quality activities, which are carefully matched to children's next steps, helping to support their learning and development extremely well.  Children have a very strong bond with the childminder and her assistant. This helps them to settle in very quickly, ready to start their excellent learning experiences.  Leadership and management are extremely strong. The childminder monitors her assistant closely and inspires him to develop his skills to an extremely high standard.

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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

 build on the already excellent range of opportunities to develop the literacy skills of those children that are most able.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the children in the main playroom and garden.  The inspector spoke with the childminder, her assistant and the children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector reviewed documents, including parents' feedback and children's files.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder and her assistant have an excellent understanding of child protection and ensure they keep up to date with changes to legislation. They place the highest priority on safeguarding the children in their care. The childminder works exceptionally closely with her assistant to provide the best possible experiences for children. She assesses his practice and shares her excellent knowledge of childcare with him. They work extremely well together to identify and target areas to strengthen. The childminder also has excellent partnerships with other professionals caring for the children. These help to provide excellent continuity of care for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder completes sharply focused assessments and uses these to monitor and track children's development to an exceptional standard. This helps her to rapidly narrow any gaps in their achievement. Overall, the childminder plans highly stimulating activities which encourage children's thirst for learning. For example, children relished playing with dinosaurs in the flowerbeds and on the trays set out by the childminder. They went on a hunt around the garden to find food for the dinosaurs. When they found a worm they excitedly showed the childminder, who responded with enthusiasm. She then encouraged them to hold it carefully, look at it in detail and talk about how it moves. The childminder works extremely closely with parents to provide excellent continuity of care and learning for children. For example, she frequently shares information about children's excellent progress, as well as supporting new parents extremely well with advice on next stages of

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder supports children's health and well-being extremely well. For instance, children have extensive opportunities to develop excellent physical skills for their age. Young children are highly skilled at using ride-on toys which they steer with their feet. They show great skill in using their bodies in different ways to manoeuvre the toys around the garden. Children develop great independence and behave exceptionally well. They readily take turns and go to fetch other children who have been waiting for their turn using the tablets without any prompting from the childminder.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are more than ready for their next step of learning and subsequent move on to school. They develop excellent language skills. Children confidently sing songs without prompting and are highly skilled in counting down numbers as they sing. They are extremely confident learners and are more than happy to ask for different activities to play with. For example, they ask to swap role play resources for cars and train tracks.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY402299 Local authority Croydon Inspection number 1062335 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 11 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 11

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 12 December 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2010. She lives in Croydon, Surrey. The childminder works with one assistant. The childminder works from Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 5.30pm, for 49 weeks of the year. She also offers overnight care.

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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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