Norton, Irena

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 May 2017 22 April 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

 The childminder has highly successful partnerships with parents. She works closely with them to meet the individual needs of the children and to share details of their child's progress. Parents speak highly of the childminder and her professional approach to her work.  Children are very settled in the care of the childminder. She is calm, kind and reflective, and offers good emotional security.  Children make good progress in their learning. The childminder skilfully helps the children to develop their language skills. For example, she encourages them to recall past events, such as the colour of the blossom on the trees.  The childminder keeps her premises safe for the children to explore and move around with confidence. Children make choices about their play and receive good support to develop their play and ideas. For example, they create pictures of butterflies after reading a story about the lifecycle of a butterfly.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children have fewer opportunities to strengthen their understanding of their own lives and those of others in the community.  Sometimes the childminder does not make use of all opportunities to strengthen children's understanding of mathematics.

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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

 improve opportunities for children to learn about events in their own family, culture and about other people's lives in the community  review the learning opportunities for children to develop their mathematical skills even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's play and their conversations with the childminder in the indoor and outdoor environment.  The inspector looked at the rooms and resources the children use.  The inspector examined documentation, and discussed the systems the childminder uses to observe and record children's progress.  The inspector discussed how the childminder evaluates her service and her priorities for improvement.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has a good understanding of how to protect children and how to recognise signs and symptoms of any welfare concerns. She knows how to contact the relevant agencies to report these concerns. The childminder monitors her own work and actively seeks ways to make improvements to her service. For example, she attends training, shares practice ideas and reads relevant journals. The childminder values training and uses her newly gained ideas to enhance learning for all children. The childminder assesses children's progress well and uses this information to identify what the children know, how they learn and their interests. Her successful teaching methods help her to close any gaps in the children's learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder makes learning fun and encourages children to enjoy their learning. For example, they are delighted to use marbles and paints to create patterns. Children are pleased to tell the childminder that red and green make purple, and red and white make pink. The children excitedly talk about painting their hands and making hand prints. The childminder encourages the children to develop their physical skills through play. For example, they jump on the trampoline and carefully climb the steps to the play house. The children are delighted to sing familiar songs. For example, children recall their birthdays and start to sing a birthday song, smiling as others join in.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children form secure attachments to the childminder. She is highly sensitive to their needs and meets these very successfully. The childminder helps children to think about their own feelings and those of others. For example, she carefully explains about sharing when they are preparing snack. The childminder uses high levels of praise and encouragement to help the children feel confident about their own abilities. Children have a good understanding of how to keep safe, for example, they know how to zip the net on the trampoline. The children benefit from eating a varied range of good, healthy foods and drinking water regularly. For example, at snack time, children talk about the fruits and seeds they are eating. They know that some fruit is not ripe as it is too hard.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress from their starting points. They develop good communication skills and enjoy problem solving, for example, they think carefully about their own safety and know how to ask for help. Children develop useful skills for their future learning and their move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY429190 Local authority Richmond upon Thames Inspection number 1094906 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 22 April 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2011. She lives in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. She offers care from 8am to 6.30pm, Tuesday to Friday.

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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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