Childminder in Barking and Dagenham

Inspection date 25 January 2019 Previous inspection date 27 November 2015

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This inspection: Good 2

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

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This provision is good

n The childminder provides a warm and nurturing environment where children settle quickly. She is sensitive and supportive, promoting their independence and valuing their contributions and opinions. n The childminder completes thorough risk assessments and ensures that the safety of the children is her highest priority. She provides the children with many opportunities to take risks and teaches them how to keep themselves safe at all times. n The childminder supports and extends children's language and communication development well. She initiates meaningful and respectful conversations with them and gives them the time and space they need to respond to questions. n The children are extremely happy and well behaved. They have formed strong attachments with the childminder, and this is down to her caring and enthusiastic personality. n The childminder has high expectations of children's abilities and helps children to

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This provision is good

become confident learners. They make good progress and are well prepared for the next stage in learning. n The childminder evaluates her practice regularly. However, she does not make the best use of this self-evaluation to identify professional development opportunities aimed at raising the quality of her practice even further.

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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 use self-evaluation further, to include identifying opportunities for training and development that will help to develop teaching skills to a higher level.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the children during their activities, as well as during their snack time. n The inspector sampled various documents, including children's learning records and a selection of policies and procedures. n The inspector took account of the views of the parents through written feedback provided. n The inspector spoke to the childminder at appropriate times throughout the inspection.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent knowledge of child protection and is extremely vigilant in keeping children safe. She knows the potential signs and symptoms and is clear on what her roles and responsibilities are with regards to keeping children safe. She completes regular safeguarding training and uses regular and concise risk assessments to maintain the safety of the environment. The childminder uses an effective system when monitoring the children's progress. This enables her to quickly spot any gaps in their learning and provide them with additional support. The childminder works closely with parents, involving them in their child's learning and development consistently.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder is an excellent communicator and offers the children many opportunities to develop their language skills. For example, she asks them for their opinions on what they would like to do next and engages in meaningful conversation with them. The quality of the childminder's teaching is good at times. She has an in-depth knowledge and understanding of how to promote learning and development, and she knows how to interlink activities into all areas of the curriculum. For example, during a creative activity using scissors and glue, the childminder encouraged children to count as they cut and stuck the paper down, which the children showed great determination in doing. She also used this as an opportunity to teach the children about how to keep themselves safe while using the scissors.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The children are happy, secure and confident in the childminder's care. They feel welcomed and valued because the childminder frequently praises their efforts and shows a deep interest in them. The children's personal development and happiness are central to everything the childminder does, and she has created a highly stimulating environment for them to explore and discover in their own individual ways. She is clear about helping children to become independent learners, and they showed great delight in buttering their own toast at snack time and wiping their trays when they had finished. The childminder takes the children on a wide range of trips and excursions within the community, including to playgroups and local parks. This enables the children to socialise and interact with a number of other children on a regular basis.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are highly motivated and eager to join in activities. They make good progress from their starting points and they are developing the key skills that are needed for the next stage in their learning, such as starting school. Children show a keen interest in books and they showed a great deal of enthusiasm when reading along with the childminder and making the different sounds the animals in the story make.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 504285 Local authority Barking and Dagenham Inspection number 10061354 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 3 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 1 Date of previous inspection 27 November 2015

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The childminder registered in 2001. She lives in Dagenham in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The childminder operates her service on weekdays through the year.

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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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