Childminder EY439788

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 27 February 2017 17 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 skilfully supports children's communication skills. For example, she asks questions where children learn to recall past learning experiences and use their words to express their feelings. Children are consistently developing their skills and they make good progress from their starting points.  The children are very self-confident and enjoy their time with the childminder. They are busy and enjoy good opportunities to learn and explore.  The childminder fully understands the needs of children and works hard to meet these successfully. Children form strong attachments to the childminder and their friends.  Partnerships with other professionals are effective and help the childminder to meet children's needs well. The childminder shares significant information with other provisions and ensures children's individual learning experiences are continuous and support their progress.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder's evaluation systems are still in the process of development and do not presently include children's or parents' ideas fully, to help improve her service to families even further.  The childminder's processes for maintaining her assistants' practice are still developing and do not fully include preparing them further to extend their own professional skills.

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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

 increase opportunities to include and use parents' ideas to help develop the childcare provision even further  develop further systems to review and check the assistants' practice, and to provide further coaching and support to enhance their teaching skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector completed observations of the children as they engaged in activities with the childminder and one of her assistants.  The inspector looked at the rooms and resources the children use.  The inspector and the childminder discussed the systems she uses to observe and record children's progress, and the documents she uses to support her work.  The inspector discussed the processes used by the childminder to monitor and supervise the work of her assistants.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of how to protect children in her care. She knows the signs and symptoms that may alert her to concerns about a child's welfare and how to report these. The childminder values training opportunities, for example, she researches how to access the most suitable training for her role to provide good learning experiences for children. She shares her learning experiences with her assistants. The childminder observes and assess children's progress. She uses this information well to plan exciting and challenging activities for children and to monitor any gaps in learning and development. Overall, the childminder has successful partnerships with parents, for example, they share the day's activities and their children's progress. Parents share information about home learning, helping the childminder to know about children's interests. In general, the childminder reviews her work and considers

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children enjoy their time in the care of this childminder. They are excited and ready to learn. The childminder uses different teaching styles to extend children's learning, such as introducing a healthy eating topic which leads to a range of learning experiences. For example, the children are delighted to make fruit kebabs, and the childminder uses this experience to encourage the children to use their language to describe the colour, smell and taste of the fruit. The childminder helps children to understand about changes in the weather and talks to them about the correct clothes to wear in cold weather. The children confidently fasten their own coats and shoes ready to play in the garden. The children enjoy outdoor experiences using the space to run, climb and balance.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are secure and happy in the care of this kind, thoughtful childminder. She knows the children well and meets their needs effectively. Children have good opportunities to learn how to keep themselves safe. For example, they know how to use a knife safely to slice their fruit and know their knife is not sharp. The childminder helps children to adopt good personal care routines, for example, they know they need to wash their hands before eating and to drink water after exercise. Children are well behaved. The childminder uses sensitive methods to help children understand how others are feeling.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress; they enjoy learning and playing together. For example, they are intrigued to see how colours change when mixed and talk confidently about the new colours they have made. Children develop the skills needed for their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY439788 Local authority Harrow Inspection number 1069124 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 17 June 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2011 and lives in the London Borough of Harrow. She cares for children all day, Monday to Friday, throughout most of the year. The childminder works with two assistants.

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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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Telephone number

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