Childminder EY468116

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 2 March 2017 23 June 2014

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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 is extremely experienced and has very high expectations of herself and all the children. Since the last inspection, she has put her knowledge and qualifications to very good use, to achieve outstanding outcomes for children.  The childminder uses her superb skills to engage all children in meaningful and detailed conversations, supporting their communication and language development extremely well. For example, she uses exceptional questioning skills to challenge children's thinking, reasoning and observational abilities, and to extend their ideas.  All children, including the very young and those who speak English as an additional language, make rapid and sustained progress from their starting points. They have a great 'can do' attitude, testing and improving their impressive skills during activities.  Partnerships with parents are very successful. Parents report that the childminder

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This provision is outstanding

knows their children exceptionally well, which helps their children to feel emotionally secure. Parents are impressed by the different festivals the children celebrate at the setting.  Partnerships with other professionals are highly effective. For example, the childminder works very closely with teachers and staff at schools that children attend, to establish highly consistent support and teaching.  Children gain exemplary skills to keep themselves safe. For example, they are adept at identifying and managing age-appropriate risks to stay safe and secure.

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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 further on the already outstanding knowledge and skills to support children's creative development further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector read the childminder's self-evaluation document and examined how she evaluates the quality of the provision and targets areas for improvement.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records and discussed children's play, learning and progress with the childminder.  The inspector looked at planning documentation and policies, including safeguarding procedures and suitability checks.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder, and discussed children's play, learning and progress with her. She talked and interacted with children at appropriate times.  The inspector read written feedback from parents to obtain their views about the service.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder's arrangements for evaluating what she does are impressive. She actively seeks and acts on the views of parents and children to support the quality of her first-rate practice. For example, following consultations with parents, she has increased her communications with them significantly to benefit their children. The childminder is extremely committed to her own professional development, to extend her already outstanding knowledge and skills. A course on how to support children's health and physical well-being, for example, has secured her understanding more effectively. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder is highly confident of what to do should she have any concerns about a child.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder makes precise observations and assessments, and monitors children's learning rigorously. She makes excellent use of these and actively involves all children in planning for their learning, to keep them highly motivated. For instance, she planned rich and varied learning experiences to build on children's emerging interest in body parts, supporting, for example, their superb thinking and exploration skills. Children were enthused and made thought-provoking comments and questions. The childminder uses her excellent teaching skills, for example, joining in at the right moment to extend children's learning as they made and blew bubbles in the air. Children develop a very strong awareness of early literacy. For example, they are adept at recognising and blending sounds and reading simple words. The childminder has plans to create even more opportunities for children to consolidate their creative skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children lead very healthy lifestyles. For example, the childminder seizes every opportunity to encourage them to test and improve their remarkable social and physical abilities, and children respond with great confidence. Children's behaviour is impeccable. For example, young children show their care for others by readily helping their friends when they face challenges during play. Older children are extremely kind and show great empathy for each other, for example, as they carry out manageable tasks.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make consistently high rates of progress in their learning. Young children become highly independent learners, for example, as they explore and play with puzzles of varying difficulties. Older children have excellent mathematical skills and understanding of the world. For example, during a walk, they enthusiastically discussed the different patterns they observed in the environment, such as the growing daffodils and the 'pink tree.' Children gain extremely strong skills for their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY468116 Local authority Ealing Inspection number 1069708 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 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 23 June 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013 and lives in the London Borough of Ealing. She offers her service from Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, all year round except bank holidays and Christmas holidays.

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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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