Childminder EY412287

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 May 2017 27 February 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 outstanding. The childminder makes accurate assessments of her children and uses these to plan activities that enhance children's learning. For example, she fascinates young children with interesting facts and vocabulary about animals whilst they make animal shapes with play dough.  The childminder provides an exceptionally caring and warm environment in which children thrive. She takes them out to activities that she knows will interest them and meet their learning styles. For example, some children go to a playgroup for music sessions and others to another childminder’s house to play instruments in a small group. She knows who will respond better in different environments.  The childminder develops excellent links with other agencies to ensure that all children in her care learn exceptionally well.  Children develop excellent social skills and they learn to share. For example, young

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This provision is outstanding

children willingly give another child a turn with a treasured toy. The childminder praises children for their cooperation and develops their self-esteem.  The childminder forges extremely strong relationships with the children. This helps them to be confident to try new activities. For example, children show genuine excitement when they find a box of bangles and bracelets. Young children proudly show their outfits to older children and the childminder.

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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

 further develop the excellent links with parents to enable them to share their views and opinions of the provision even more effectively.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector toured the areas of the premises used by children.  The inspector observed children and the childminder's interaction with them during their play and learning activities.  The inspector reviewed a sample of written policies and other documents.  The inspector read written comments from parents to obtain their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of child protection procedures and what to do if she is worried that a child may be at risk of harm. This helps to support children's welfare extremely effectively. The childminder links with another childminder to review one another's work and share activity ideas. This supports her drive for continuing improvement in her work with children. For example, she has developed an electronic daily diary to share information with parents, to ensure they are well informed of what their child has learned that day. She develops excellent relationships with parents and regularly seeks their views, which are extremely positive. She is developing further ways to encourage even more constructive criticism from parents to feed into her highly reflective self-evaluation process.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has very high expectations for children's achievement. She gets to know their interests well, shares information with parents before children start and attentively observes children in her care. This helps her to provide highly stimulating learning activities that excite the children. For example, a conversation about snails eating the runner beans that are planted in the garden leads to reading a book about a caterpillar. The childminder links in mathematical development appropriate for the children's ages. She encourages older children to count how many pieces of fruit the caterpillar has eaten. With younger children she uses comparative language to describe the growth of the caterpillar. All children delight in the story and talk about what the caterpillar has eaten.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Young children demonstrate exceptionally high levels of self-control and are polite and respectful. For example, they show genuine delight to see one another and independently say 'thank you' when children share resources. The childminder constantly updates her professional development. For example, she now has an exemplary understanding of the requirements to ensure children view themselves as part of a community and develop emotional well-being. Children demonstrate great pride in their physical achievements. For example, a child beams and says, ?I did it? after using the toilet independently.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children, including those who have special educational needs, are reaching or exceeding levels of attainment appropriate for their age in all areas of learning. Children's personal, social and emotional development is particularly strong. Children make rapid progress from their starting and are very well prepared for their next stage in education.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY412287 Local authority Lewisham Inspection number 1094403 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 27 February 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2010 and she lives in the London Borough of Lewisham. She operates all year round from 8am to 6pm.

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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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