Clatworthy, Clare

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 27 July 2017 29 June 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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 Children have good opportunities to develop their creative, communication and language skills. For example, they enthusiastically use the story props they helped to make to retell favourite and familiar stories.  Children feel extremely safe and secure. They enjoy exceptionally positive friendships with other children and the childminder. The childminder is affectionate and caring, and this supports children's exemplary behaviour toward each other.  The childminder is knowledgeable about how children learn and provides exciting, stimulating activities to inspire and challenge them. Children make good progress in their learning and development.  Partnerships with parents are exceptionally strong and have a positive impact on children's well-being. Parents are highly complimentary about the care the childminder gives. They are very respectful of the partnership they share.  The childminder works well with other settings. She shares information about children's

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This provision is good

care and progress to ensure a consistent approach to children's learning and development.  The childminder understands how to support children to reach expected levels of achievement appropriate for their stage of development.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder misses opportunities for children to use and explore technology.

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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

 extend the range of opportunities for children to explore the uses of technology to strengthen their understanding of the world.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching and assessed the impact this has on children's learning and development.  The inspector jointly evaluated an activity with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to parents and took account of their written views received on the day of the inspection.  The inspector looked at monitoring records, planning documents, risk assessments, evidence of suitability and a range of other documentation, including policies and procedures.  The inspector spoke to the childminder at appropriate times during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Good partnerships with parents and others help ensure the childminder has all the information she needs to provide appropriate care to children. For example, she seeks information about children's development and care needs to help her plan effectively. The childminder evaluates and improves her provision well. She has recently developed the outside play space and this has had a positive effect on improving children's enthusiasm, engagement and creativity. For example, children search for 'fairies' in the 'fairy garden', bugs under leaves and twigs, and make lots of 'gooey' mud pies for their tea. The childminder regularly updates her skills. Recent training on early years matters has helped to ensure her knowledge is relevant to secure improved outcomes for children. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder is clear about what to do if she has a concern about children's welfare. She is clear about her responsibility to protect children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder is ambitious for children and has a clear understanding of how they learn. She provides suitably challenging problem-solving activities to improve learning. For example, children experimented with pasta, rice and lentils and predicted which would go through the funnel to make a wheel turn. Children make good progress in their learning and development and the childminder measures this accurately. The childminder monitors children's achievement and this enables gaps to be quickly addressed. Parents are very grateful to receive daily pictures and information to celebrate milestones.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children develop excellent attachments with the childminder, who is exceptionally caring in meeting their needs. For example, she praises children and encourages them to communicate their feelings so that she can help to solve any concern they may have. The childminder sets clear boundaries for behaviour and even the youngest children respond positively and behave exceptionally well. The childminder provides enjoyable activities, such as searching for pirate treasure, singing a special song for tidying-up time and making huge bubbles in the garden to enthuse learning. Children learn about their community and develop their physical skills from frequent visits to play events, parks and dance clubs.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop exceptionally good social skills as they engage in a wide range of exciting learning experiences. This significantly boosts their self-esteem and readiness for school. All children make extremely good progress in their personal, social and emotional development. For example, the youngest children learn to share toys, take turns and play together well. Children are exceptionally confident and self-assured. For example, they rode their bicycles competently in the garden and independently selected the story boxes they wanted to read and re-enact at story time.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 137935 Local authority Merton Inspection number 1089570 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 29 June 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1998. She lives in New Malden in the London Borough of Merton. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year- old children. She is available Monday to Thursday all year round, excluding bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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