Childminder EY403920

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 31 March 2017 13 January 2015

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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

 Children make good progress from their starting points. The childminder makes accurate assessments about children's learning needs, and fully involves parents. She identifies gaps in learning promptly, which she targets well in her planning.  Children have fun opportunities to learn about different cultures and traditions, such as how Easter and Christmas are celebrated differently in England and Poland.  The childminder provides parents with a great deal of information and guidance to explain the assessment processes and how to support children's progress at home.  The childminder gives high priority to children's well-being. She provides a very welcoming, stimulating and safe environment. Play and learning resources are of good quality and interest the children. Arrangements for sleep time are particularly good, and snacks and meals are extremely healthy and enjoyed by the children.  The childminder is professional and well organised. She reflects on her practice well

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This provision is good

and provides her assistant with good mentoring and coaching. For instance, to complete accurate assessments and to support children's language development.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children have few opportunities to hear and use English. They learn to speak Polish articulately, but are less confident to use English.  The childminder misses opportunities for children to engage in experiments and investigations, to learn more about how things happen and why things work.

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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 opportunities for children who learn English as an additional language to regularly hear and use English  plan and provide more activities that encourage children to learn about how things work and why things happen.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector discussed the childminder's practice with her, and that of her assistant, including the impact of their teaching methods, and use of observation and assessment to support children's progress.  The inspector observed the childminder's interaction with children during activities indoors, and looked at the range of resources and equipment available for their use.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation relating to safeguarding, children's progress and well-being, and the childminder's suitability and self-evaluation process.  The inspector sought and took account of the views of parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder ensures her assistant and herself keep up to date on safeguarding issues. For example, they have recently completed child protection training. They have a clear understanding of the procedure to follow if they are concerned about a child's welfare. The childminder is proactive about improving her knowledge and skills. For example, she completed leadership training with a focus on managing staff and completing appraisals, in preparation for taking on an additional assistant. Numerous improvements since the last inspection include promoting children's numeracy further and successfully involving parents more in children's learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder makes good use of observation and assessment to gain a good understanding of children's individual interests and levels of ability, and to identify 'what next' to help them progress further. For example, once children have learned to recognise basic shapes, she introduces them to more complex ones. The childminder supports children well to develop good communication and language skills in their home languages. For example, she speaks to children in both their home language and English. They use their home language very well to engage in deep and meaningful imaginative play together, to express their ideas and to solve practical problems. The childminder encourages children's creativity well. She provides resources, such as boxes and materials, which children use to make 'a cave'. They use pencils and paint extremely well to represent their own ideas, for instance, a roadway, rainbow and sunshine.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children settle very well and have strong emotional attachments to the childminder and her assistant. The childminder and her assistant are kind and gentle in their interactions with children. Children mimic this positively with each other. The childminder successfully helps children to understand emotions and teaches them to recognise expressions, such as sad, worried, amazed and happy. Children engage in a good variety of physical activity and outdoor play experiences. For example, they enjoy outings to parks and soft-play centres, music and movement sessions, and assault-course challenges with the childminder.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children acquire good skills that prepare them well for moving on to school. For example, they have a good understanding of number, quantity and shape. They develop good early writing skills. Children have a keen interest in books and enjoy singing rhymes in English and Polish. They are sociable, confident and manage their own personal care well, such as dressing and using the toilet.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY403920 Local authority Wandsworth Inspection number 1085644 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 13 January 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2009. She lives in Tooting, within the London Borough of Wandsworth. The childminder works Monday to Friday throughout the year and employs an assistant. She has a childcare qualification at level 3. The childminder receives funding to provide free early years education for children aged three and four years.

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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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