Childminder EY463625

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 27 February 2017 4 June 2014

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 The childminder works in good partnership with parents. She gathers parents' views and successfully uses these to shape the service she provides. For example, in response to parents' comments she now provides feedback on what children learn from the toddler groups she takes them to. This helps to provide good continuity of care and learning.  The childminder is consistent in her approach to behaviour management. She teaches children the importance of sharing and taking turns. Children behave well.  The childminder successfully identifies and uses children's next steps of learning to inform her planning of good-quality activities. Children make good progress.  The childminder gathers the views of children to give them an active voice in the setting. She uses these to help to plan activities to meet children's individual needs and interests.  The childminder gathers key words in children's home languages. She uses these with

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This provision is good

success to teach children new words in English, supporting their language development.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not consistently provide children with sufficiently challenging activities to further extend their learning and development.  At times, the childminder does not enhance children's understanding of different concepts of mathematical development, such as shapes.

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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

 provide more challenge to extend children's learning even further during activities  build on children's mathematical development to help to support their understanding of shapes.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children in the main play areas.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents.  The inspector sampled documents, including the childminder's self-evaluation and safeguarding policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder clearly understands how to safeguard children and the procedures to follow if she has any concerns regarding children's welfare. The childminder shares her knowledge with other childminders to help to keep children safe. The childminder works closely with other childminders and the local authority to help her to assess the quality of her practice. She attends meetings and forums to help her to keep up to date with new ideas for activities to carry out with the children. This helps to encourage children's learning. The childminder is fully aware of the importance of sharing information with other professionals caring for children to help provide continuity of care.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder works closely with parents to gather children's starting points. She successfully uses these, and her own assessments of children's development, to inform her planning. The childminder takes account of children's interests and plans successful activities which help to nurture their learning and development. For example, at the time of the inspection children were interested in dens. They worked with the childminder to build a den out of cardboard boxes, using their imaginations to work out how to put it together and how to decorate it. Children independently select books and snuggle up to the childminder to read these. This helps to support children's emerging literacy skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder supports children's emotional development well. She teaches children about their feelings, helping them to settle quickly. The childminder successfully teaches the younger children how to feed themselves, helping to support their independence and physical development. The childminder helps children to develop their large muscle control. She makes good use of her garden and local play areas, helping children to explore new ways to move. The childminder plans balanced menus, helping to support children's health and well-being.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop the skills they need to help them with their future learning. Younger children develop the confidence to try new experiences. For example, during the inspection, they explored the feel and texture of real fruits and vegetables. Children showed curiosity as they handled the strawberry and felt the difference between the fruit and its leaves. They also learnt new words to describe this, such as 'papery', 'spiky' and 'soft'. This helps to develop children's emerging language skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY463625 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 1069360 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013. She lives in the London Borough of Bromley. The childminder works Monday to Thursday all year round.

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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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