Childminder EY457703

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 December 2016 30 July 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 has an excellent knowledge of how children learn and uses her outstanding teaching skills effectively. Children make exceptional progress from their starting points.  The childminder and her assistants show a deep understanding of how children develop and learn. They consistently provide exciting and challenging experiences, and expertly expand children's learning through play and exploration.  The childminder and her assistants act as excellent role models. Children's behaviour is exemplary. They demonstrate very high levels of concentration and respect for others.  The childminder develops children's awareness of others exceptionally well. Children learn to tolerate differences, and actively learn about people and communities beyond their own.  Children are highly independent and initiate their own ideas to extend their own learning. The childminder provides an extremely cosy, safe and stimulating environment

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This provision is outstanding

in which children play very confidently.  The childminder monitors her assistants' practice closely. She develops her own skills and that of her assistants exceptionally well. For example, she follows a thorough training schedule and uses any new knowledge, which she successfully shares with her assistants, to provide exceptionally high-quality 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 strengthen the already excellent self-evaluation process, particularly to include further the views of parents.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's and her assistants' teaching practices including their impact on the children's learning.  The inspector checked documents including the childminder's and her assistants' background suitability checks and training certificates.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder and her assistants 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 and her assistants have an excellent understanding of their roles and responsibilities in keeping children safe including the procedures for reporting any concerns about a child's welfare. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder uses self- evaluation effectively to identify and address areas for improvement, although she is still developing ways to embed the views of parents fully into this process. The childminder's extensive monitoring of children's progress helps to ensure that she meets individual learning needs exceptionally well. Partnerships with parents are superb, where parents' comment on the excellent care the childminder and her assistants provide. The childminder gathers comprehensive information from parents regarding children's current interests and abilities to ensure that their starting points are recognised and respected.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Highly effective planning helps to enable the childminder to offer an exceptional range of activities and experiences. In addition to the exciting activities in the childminder's home, children thoroughly enjoy outings such as visiting the childminder's allotment where they grow their own vegetables and fruit. The childminder expertly uses this opportunity for children to develop their language and mathematical skills. For example, they read instructions on seed packets, write labels, and count out seeds and measure corn stalks to see whose has grown the tallest. Children's communication and literacy skills are excellent; they learn to recognise letters and the sounds they represent throughout the environment. For example, children sound out their names phonetically and place wooden letters in a row to form their name.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children receive exceptional support to develop their emotional well-being. They form highly positive relationships and secure attachments with the childminder and the assistants. For example, children spontaneously approach the adults for reassurance and cuddles. Children are clearly extremely happy and settled in the childminder's warm and inviting home. Children's independence skills across all age groups are fully embedded into the daily timetable. For example, they learn to make their own bread daily, where they weigh and measure ingredients independently, and cooperate extremely well together as they negotiate who is going to complete which task. The childminder expertly includes babies and younger children in all the exciting and stimulating activities and resources.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress, particularly in their communication, language and mathematical skills, ready for their next stage in learning and move to school. They form excellent relationships with each other and adults, and are enthusiastic, keen learners.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY457703 Local authority Waltham Forest Inspection number 1063267 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 6 Total number of places 16 Number of children on roll 20

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 30 July 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013. She lives in Walthamstow, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The childminder holds a qualification in Montessori teaching at level 4. She operates her service from 8am to 6pm on Monday to Friday during term time only. The childminder receives funding to offer free early education for children aged two, three and four years. She works with three part-time assistants, two of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications at level 2.

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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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