Childminder in Bromley

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 1 March 2017 8 August 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

 There are inspirational relationships between the childminder and children. This supports children to be extremely confident and happy, and to settle rapidly into their play. Children show an exceptionally high level of self-esteem and self-worth.  The childminder establishes extremely effective partnerships with parents. Exceptionally strong links between home and the setting support children seamlessly. For example, the childminder shares a wide range of information with parents, such as activities to try at home and ideas from training.  The childminder plans extremely exciting activities that engage children highly effectively in their learning. She uses excellent ways to meticulously track children's progress. This enables her to rapidly highlight any gaps in their development and provide individual support to children, to support their outstanding progress.  There is an extensive range of impressive ways to encourage children to challenge their

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This provision is outstanding

physical abilities, such as climbing large trees and learning how to swim.  Children learn complex skills that help prepare them extremely well for school. For example, they learn exceptionally well about processes, and cause and effect, such as mixing different materials to make 'volcanos' erupt.  There are exceptional opportunities for children to develop their creativity. For example, they explore making marks in interesting ways, such as using spray bottles to create large paint-pattern canvases and wall art.

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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 build on the already excellent opportunities children have to learn about technology even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed the areas of the childminder's home that children use.  The inspector observed the childminder interacting with the children.  The inspector sampled written documentation, such as children's progress reports, and policies and procedures.  The inspector spoke to children and the childminder at convenient times.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder supports her assistants' practice extremely well. For instance, assistants undertake initial training as part of their induction. The childminder observes their practice and provides ongoing feedback, and identifies and seeks further training to help develop their skills and knowledge to the highest level. The childminder is proactive in building on her own extensive knowledge. For example, she regularly uses the internet and participates in training, and uses the information she gains to raise the quality of her practice and provision even further. This has an outstanding impact on children's learning outcomes. The childminder evaluates and reviews her practice exceptionally well. For example, she evaluates the day's events with children and expertly includes their ideas into future plans. The childminder recognises the need to continue to build on the opportunities to teach children about technology. She has an exceptional understanding of

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

safeguarding matters, including her own roles and responsibilities and those of outside agencies. The childminder has an extensive knowledge of the safeguarding procedures to follow to help protect the welfare of children. Safeguarding is effective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder builds excellent partnerships with other professionals, which helps to maintain an exceptionally consistent approach to children's learning. For instance, she shares children's achievements in daily emails. The childminder builds on children's play expertly. For example, when a child enthusiastically engaged in a story about a caterpillar, she encouraged them to learn about lifecycles and they discussed symmetry as they made model butterflies. Children develop their communication and language skills exceptionally well. For example, they enthusiastically make up their own stories, using resources such as homemade puppets.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children develop more-complex independence skills, such as tying their shoelaces. Children take turns showing high levels of patience. For example, they enjoy playing more challenging board games, such as snakes and ladders. Children behave impeccably and are extremely polite. They develop an excellent understanding of the importance of healthy lifestyles. For instance, they discuss the benefits of food groups, such as calcium and vitamins being good for healthy teeth, bones and skin.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children of all ages make outstanding progress in their learning. They develop excellent skills to support their future learning. For instance, they engage in activities that help them to gain complex mathematical skills as they learn to do simple multiplication sums. Children learn more complex early reading and writing skills, as they learn how to write their surnames and begin to understand the use of capital and lower-case letters.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY276913 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 1070555 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 8 August 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2004. She lives in West Wickham, which is located in the London Borough of Bromley. The childminder cares for children on Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm, all year round. She receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder occasionally works with an assistant.

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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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