Ahern, Amanda Mary

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 April 2018 10 November 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 experienced childminder expertly monitors children's progress. She effectively identifies children's interests and meticulously plans learning experiences to motivate and challenge children to learn and make rapid progress from their starting points.  Children are confident and display high levels of self-esteem. They have high regard for themselves and each other and learn to respect others from different backgrounds.  The childminder provides excellent levels of support to extend children's communication and language skills. For instance, she questions children expertly, uses every opportunity to repeat children's communication and introduces new vocabulary.  The childminder continually strives to extend her highly comprehensive knowledge of how young children develop and learn. Her commitment to her professional development is exceptional and she actively pursues training opportunities to

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This provision is outstanding

implement new ideas to enhance children's learning experiences.  The childminder forms highly effective and strong partnerships with parents and staff at other early years settings children attend. She keeps them well informed and ensures that she promotes children's learning and care to the highest level.  The childminder places a high focus on teaching children about healthy lifestyles. For example, they benefit from exceptionally healthy and nutritious food and enjoy an excellent range of exciting play and physical activities outdoors.

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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 the already excellent opportunities offered to children to help develop their early writing skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children engaged in activities, including their interactions with the childminder, and assessed the impact on their learning.  The inspector took account of the written feedback provided by parents.  The inspector looked at areas of the premises used for childminding and sampled relevant documentation, including children's records.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder and evaluated the quality of teaching.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder and spoke with children at appropriate times during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a very secure knowledge of possible signs of concern around a child and is confident about procedures to follow to keep children safe. Children's safety and security are of paramount importance. The childminder is vigilant in recognising potential hazards and is meticulous in taking relevant precautions to ensure children's welfare. She demonstrates a very strong passion for her work and the organisation of her service is excellent. She has addressed the recommendations from her previous inspection extremely well and she precisely reflects and evaluates her provision. For example, highly effective planning is now in place and the childminder recognises how she could develop children's early writing skills even more in their play.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has outstanding teaching skills and plans enjoyable and challenging activities, which capture children's interest and imagination. Children thoroughly enjoy their learning and make excellent progress. The childminder provides children with a very exciting variety of textures and materials to extend their creative skills successfully. For example, children enjoyed scooping the rice to find and identify various animals and objects. The childminder skilfully extended their learning even further by asking them interesting questions to help them think and be creative. Children confidently use numbers and count during activities. They are keen to solve problems and persevere exceptionally well at tasks. For example, they matched and sorted shapes and puzzles. The childminder encouraged them extremely well to compare the different sizes and identify shapes highly successfully.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is an exceptional role model. She is consistently polite, courteous and respectful. Children's behaviour is exemplary and they follow house rules extremely well. They play cooperatively together, share and take turns. The childminder promotes children's confidence, independence and self-care skills exceptionally well. For example, younger children follow extremely high standards of hygiene practices and independently choose from a wealth of resources, which is easily available to them. The childminder expertly and consistently teaches children of all ages how to keep themselves safe. For example, she ensures children are very aware about what to do in an emergency.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children are developing highly effective skills for their future learning and for their move on to school. They make rapid improvement in their communication and language development from their starting points. For example, they talked about stories as they listened to the childminder read and very confidently answered questions. They develop excellent social skills and extremely positive attitudes to learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY330171 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 1129434 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 10 November 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2006. She lives in the London Borough of Enfield. She offers full- and part-time care each weekday from 7.30am to 6.15pm, throughout most of the year. The childminder holds a childcare qualification at level 3. The childminder provides funded early education for children aged two, three and four years old.

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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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