Badu-Kusi, Sheila

Inspection date 1 November 2018 Previous inspection date 26 May 2016

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Good 2 Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1 Outcomes for children Outstanding 1

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The provision is outstanding

n The childminder establishes inspirational relationships with children and gets to know their personalities exceptionally well. For example, she regularly visits children at their home to get to know them in familiar surroundings. Children have an excellent sense of belonging. n Children have extremely good opportunities to develop their early mathematical skills. For instance, they complete multiplication sums with great confidence. n Children have extraordinary respect and understanding for other people's similarities and differences. For example, they learn key words in other languages, such as Greek. n The childminder supports children to develop excellent communication skills. Children are extremely confident to share their ideas and the childminder consistently builds on their vocabulary exceptionally well. n The childminder reviews her practice extremely well. She has daily discussions with children, who have an active role in evaluating her practice and provision. For instance,

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The provision is outstanding

they share feedback about the activities they participate in each day. The childminder uses their comments to enhance her plans. This helps keep children enthralled to continue to learn and make outstanding progress. n The childminder establishes outstanding partnerships with other early years professionals at settings that children also attend. These help provide children with an extremely good consistency to their shared care and learning. For example, the childminder regularly visits staff in the other settings to plan next steps in children's learning together with them.

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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

n enhance children's already excellent opportunities to develop their interest and skills in technology even further.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector viewed the areas of the childminder's home that children use. n The inspector observed the childminder interacting with the children. n The inspector sampled written documentation, such as children's progress reports, policies and procedures. n The inspector spoke to children and the childminder at convenient times. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is extremely proactive in extending her already impressive knowledge and skills even further. She attends highly beneficial training. For example, she learned how to extend children's communication skills and implemented the consistent use of signs to support children's communication. The childminder identifies the need to strengthen children's opportunities to develop their technology skills even further. She establishes incredibly impressive partnerships with parents and keeps them exceptionally well informed. For instance, the childminder shares helpful information with them, such as top tips to help children to sleep well. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an outstanding understanding of the safeguarding policies and procedures to follow to help protect children's safety and welfare. Children learn how to keep themselves and others safe with extraordinary levels of maturity. For instance, they visit the emergency

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

services and they learn how to contact them and carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the event of an emergency.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder monitors and tracks children's individual progress extremely closely, which supports her to highlight any gaps in their development rapidly. She provides children with outstanding support to close any gaps extremely quickly. The childminder supports children to prepare for their eventual move to school exceptionally well. For example, children write their names with great confidence, including their surnames. The childminder extends on children's ideas extremely well. For instance, when children are enthusiastic about animals, they go on to learn about animals in different habitats and visit different animal sanctuaries, such as farms, zoos and pet shops.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are extremely polite and their behaviour is impeccable. Children gain exemplary social skills and build meaningful friendships. For example, they happily play team games together, such as basketball and snooker activities. Children have excellent opportunities to learn about the importance of healthy eating. They are extremely keen to plan healthy items to cook and are excited to find the produce at the shops, such as spinach. Children gain excellent physical skills. For instance, they confidently negotiate more-complicated equipment, for example, climbing walls and rope swings.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make outstanding progress in their learning in relation to their starting points. Children gain excellent writing skills. For example, children write words with exceptional confidence. Children are incredibly mature and learn about the world around them in highly interesting ways, such as discussions on the sunset and sunrise, and learn to use a compass to discuss the directions in which these events happen.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY232125 Local authority Kent Inspection number 10063895 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childminder Age range of children 2 - 10 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 9 Date of previous inspection 26 May 2016

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The childminder registered in 2002. She lives in Dartford, Kent. She cares for children Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm, all year round. The childminder holds a relevant early years qualification at level 3.

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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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