Childminder in Bromley

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 March 2018 Not applicable

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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 provides good-quality activities to help to support children's learning and development. Children of all ages make good progress from their starting points.  The childminder is consistent in her approach to behaviour management. She takes time to talk to the children about their feelings and children behave well.  The childminder works closely with parents to find out about the children's backgrounds. She successfully uses this information to carry out a good range of activities to teach children about different festivals and celebrations from around the world.  The childminder evaluates her practice well. She can identify areas to improve within her practice and works on these. Recent training has helped her to improve the quality of observations, helping her to clearly identify individual children's next steps of learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not fully build on children's interest in activities to support their curiosity in understanding the world and nature.  The childminder effectively assesses the progress of individual children. However, she does not use this information to monitor the impact of her teaching across groups of children, to help her to target her teaching as sharply as possible.

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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 activities further to develop children's natural curiosity in the world around them  review tracking to help identify any learning gaps as promptly as possible to help progress children's learning further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children in the main play areas and garden.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector took into account views of the parents.  The inspector sampled documents, including children's files and self-evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder has a clear understanding of her role in keeping children safe and following her safeguarding policies and procedures. She works closely with the parents to identify pre-existing injuries, noting these down to help to keep children safe. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder works in good partnership with parents to improve the service she provides. Recent changes have been to the type of art activities carried out. The childminder used their suggestions and the children involved now carry out these art activities, supporting them to progress with their area of learning. This helps to provide good continuity of care and learning for the children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder identifies children's starting points. She uses these successfully to inform her planning, helping her to support children's learning. The childminder identifies individual children's next steps of learning and uses these, alongside their interests, to plan enjoyable and exciting activities to support their learning and development. The children enjoy gardening with the childminder. They learn the different names of the herbs and talk with the childminder about how different herbs feel. For example, they describe the thyme as feeling 'fluffy like a cat' and compare the soil falling from a bucket to a waterfall. They confidently compare totally different types of resources and how they look similar as they fall. This helps to support children's language development.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children develop good self-help skills and are skilled in putting their boots on ready to play outside. They eagerly learn how to put on their gardening gloves, learning how to move their fingers around to fit into the gloves. This also helps with their small-muscle development. Children learn new skills in digging holes to plant the herbs and move the soil between containers. This helps to support their physical development well. The childminder works closely with parents to progress children's independence, including sensitively coordinating toilet training to reflect children's individual emotional and developmental needs. This greatly supports children's self-esteem.

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Outcomes for children are good

The children are well prepared for the next stage of their learning and subsequent move to school. They thoroughly enjoy making cards and using mathematical language to show where they are putting the stickers. For example, they use 'next to' and, when gardening, state that 'this hole will fit the plant as it is the same size', showing that they are progressing with their understanding of mathematics. Children learn early literacy skills and attempt to write their names on their work.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY492328 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 1025875 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 7 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 7

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2015 and lives in Chislehurst, in the London Borough of Bromley. The childminder works each weekday, for 48 weeks of the year.

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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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Telephone number

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