Childminder in Enfield

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 March 2018 Not applicable

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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

 Children are visibly happy. The childminder is immensely caring and establishes extremely positive, warm relationships with children. She is highly responsive to their individual care needs and supports their emotional well-being superbly.  The childminder uses her strong knowledge of how children learn to plan highly challenging activities they respond to excitedly. She is exceedingly alert to children's needs and skilfully adapts activities to follow their interests. Children have high levels of concentration and are always keen to join in.  Children make excellent progress in their language, social, physical and mathematical skills. The childminder plans varied, rich, highly effective experiences for all children. Children are extremely well prepared for their future learning.  The childminder's self-evaluation processes are rigorous and accurate. She reflects on her service, recognises her strengths and incisively targets areas to improve. She

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This provision is outstanding

continuously adapts her practice to ensure children's outcomes reach an outstanding level.  Children are highly confident and behave exceptionally well. The childminder encourages positive behaviour at all times. For example, she always smiles, uses polite language and acts as an excellent role model for children from which to learn.

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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

 continue to build on opportunities for children to use their home languages in the setting, to enhance their experiences further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at a range of documentation, including children's records and the childminder's policies and procedures.  The inspector viewed the parts of the premises used for childminding and talked to children at appropriate times.  The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and the children, and the activities in which they engaged.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder about children's learning and of how she reflects on the quality of her service.  The inspector considered the views of others, including parents and the childminder's development officer in the local authority.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder confidently knows how to recognise and report any signs that indicate a child may be at risk of harm. She is immensely passionate about her role and is extremely eager to develop her expertise. She carefully reflects on her professional development and targets specific areas to improve. She has gained high-level skills and expertise through constant research, which she uses to maintain outstanding levels of care and teaching. The childminder actively seeks and keenly acts on the advice of others, such as parents, to help continuously improve outcomes for children. For instance, she has eagerly adapted the routines for children's outings so parents can join in. She skilfully involves parents in children's learning experiences to help them know how they can support children's ongoing development at home. Partnerships with parents are exceedingly strong.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder knows the children's abilities extremely well and is highly responsive to their individual needs. She brilliantly adapts her teaching to cater for all children's stages of development. For instance, she provides an eye-catching assortment of books in her bathroom to skilfully support children's early self-care skills in context, for example, to expertly deepen their understanding of toilet routines. Children relish playing with electronic resources, such as microphones, and learn to use them with care and control, behaving very responsibly. They excitedly sing rhymes while using technology and enjoy listening to themselves while developing high levels of self-esteem and excellent language skills as they do. The childminder is now considering how teaching can be enhanced to extend the use of children's home languages during learning experiences.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children eagerly play in a very welcoming, extremely well-organised, stimulating environment. The childminder expertly supports children's confidence and independence. For instance, she has conscientiously created a visual catalogue of her resources for children to use to communicate what they want and this contributes to their excellent language development. The childminder aims for the highest standards of care, for instance, she seeks guidance from external agencies to embed exemplary healthy lifestyle practices and ensure children's welfare.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress and are extremely well prepared for their next steps in learning and school. For example, children develop brilliant hand-muscle control and skilfully use tools. Children express themselves very clearly and listen attentively. Children are highly motivated and develop high levels of curiosity.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY496196 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 1037241 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 3 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2016. She lives in Southgate in the London Borough of Enfield. She works each weekday from 8am until 6pm, all year round.

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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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