Childminder in Enfield

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 May 2017 18 March 2015

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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 quality of teaching is excellent. The childminder and her co-childminder work extremely well as a partnership to provide happy and valuable learning experiences for the children in their care. Children are confident, curious to explore and display a deep involvement in their learning. Children make excellent progress from their starting points.  The childminder expertly adapts her excellent teaching techniques to suit each child. Children eagerly participate in an extensive range of activities that accurately reflects their interests and developmental needs.  Children grow in confidence in the nurturing environment. They enjoy discussing their own recent achievements and eagerly celebrate those of their peers.  All children enjoy exploring the environment and have excellent opportunities to become independent learners. The childminder offers an extensive range of exciting resources for the children to choose from, based on their current interests.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder highly values parents' views. Excellent partnership working enables the childminder and parents to improve the provision and outcomes for children and their families.  The childminder uses thought-provoking conversations exceptionally well to develop children's language and communication 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

 enrich even more the opportunities that support children in understanding the relevance of making healthy dietary choices.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's teaching and its impact on the children's learning.  The inspector checked documents, including the childminder's background and suitability checks, and training certificates.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder about children's individual learning and development.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder regarding a planned activity.  The inspector looked at a range of the childminder's policies and procedures, including those relating to safeguarding.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder has an excellent understanding of her role and responsibility in keeping children safe, including the procedures for reporting any concerns about children's welfare. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder and co-childminder work extremely well together. For example, they closely evaluate each other's work, such as by sharing responsibilities and providing supportive feedback. The childminder continually reviews and assesses her provision to ensure the excellent quality of her service is maintained. She effectively implements policies and procedures, which she uses well to underpin her excellent practice. Equality and diversity are highly celebrated and recognised.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses meticulous observations and assessments to plan precisely for children's future learning. Planning is highly focused on children's individual needs and the childminder continually promotes opportunities for children to develop as independent learners. She stimulates children's curiosity to explore extremely well and plans an interesting range of activities, opportunities and resources. The childminder expertly adapts and widens activities for children and successfully enables children to follow their own lead in learning. For example, younger children with an interest in programmable toys are supported extremely well to use such resources to support communication and language development.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children display exemplary behaviour and respect for others, and the childminder uses situations extremely well to enable children to learn about positive behaviour. She is an impressive role model for the children. The childminder provides a wide range of healthy and nutritious snacks and meals. However, occasionally, she misses opportunities to further enhance children's understanding of the benefits of following a healthy diet. The childminder provides an exceptional learning environment in her extremely well-equipped and spacious garden where children freely exercise, explore and investigate. For example, after a heavy rain fall, children excitedly hunt for snails in the grass and climbing on pots, and discuss their living environment.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make exceptional progress in their learning and development from their starting points and are extremely well prepared for starting school. The activities on offer inspire and excite children, so they are enthusiastic in everything they do. For example, children gleefully talk about the snails they saw in the morning and how they took photographs of them for their scrap books.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 135875 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 1089528 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 18 March 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1993. She works with her daughter, who is also a registered childminder. She operates from 7.45am until 5.45pm on Monday to Thursday, all year round. The childminder receives funding to offer free early education for children aged two, 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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