Childminder in Lewisham

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 21 February 2017 13 April 2011

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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 works extremely closely with parents to support consistency in children's care and learning. For example, she frequently shares information about children's excellent progress and regular updates about the service she provides.  The childminder is highly consistent in her approach to managing children's behaviour. She works in excellent partnership with parents to provide a joined-up and first-rate approach to behaviour management. Children behave exceptionally well.  The childminder uses extremely effective teaching methods to help children 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 on her excellent practice. For instance, following feedback, the childminder has introduced daily menus and planning for parents to review at the start of each day.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder regularly enhances her already excellent knowledge. For instance, she liaises with other childminders, helping her to evaluate her provision and build on her exemplary practice. Recent training has greatly helped her to review how she provides outside play, enabling children to have excellent learning experiences outdoors and supporting their physical development.

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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 opportunities to explore mathematical concepts, including weighing and measuring.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children in the main playroom and garden.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took into account the views of parents.  The inspector sampled documents, including behaviour management policies and procedures, and self-evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of child protection and what procedures to follow should she have any concerns regarding children's welfare. She keeps up to date with changes to legislation and places the highest priority on safeguarding the children in her care. The childminder has excellent partnerships with other professionals caring for the children. She frequently shares highly detailed information about the children's development and activities they enjoy. These help to provide excellent continuity of care for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder works in excellent partnership with parents. They work together to complete the children's starting points. The childminder uses these exceptionally well to inform her sharply focused assessments of the children. This helps her to rapidly narrow any gaps in their achievement. Children have numerous opportunities to develop their mathematical skills, although there are fewer for them to develop and explore weighing and measuring. She successfully encourages children's thirst for learning. For example, children relish making bugs out of play dough, then going on a hunt to find hidden pretend bugs around the garden. They use magnifying glasses to look at them and the childminder extends the children's learning by talking to them in detail about the bugs. The children are highly animated when they find insects and talk to the childminder about how brave they are in holding them.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder makes sure children have an active voice in the setting. For example, she frequently offers children choices as to what they would like to do and where they wish to play. Given the children's ages, they develop excellent levels of confidence and self- esteem. Children settle exceptionally well. The childminder gets to know the children tremendously well and uses this knowledge to plan activities to fully capture their interests from the start, which helps them in the initial process of settling in.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are more than ready for their next step of learning. They develop excellent literacy skills. For example, children are highly skilled in matching letters and sounds when using computer tablets. Children are extremely adept in working through and solving problems. For example, they learn how use their small muscles with great skill to thread buttons onto a cord. They describe the shapes of the buttons in great detail, such as 'diamonds' and 'hearts'.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY415319 Local authority Lewisham Inspection number 1082306 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 13 April 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in October 2010. She lives in Lee, in the London Borough of Lewisham. The childminder works three days a week for 48 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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