Childminder in Southwark

Inspection date 23 August 2018 Previous inspection date 15 July 2014

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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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This provision is outstanding

n The childminder establishes inspirational relationships with children. She gets to know their personalities incredibly well. Children have an exceptional sense of belonging. n The childminder is extremely effective when she monitors and tracks children's individual progress. This supports her to highlight any gaps in children's development rapidly and to provide them with outstanding support to exceed their learning expectations. n Children develop excellent skills to help support them for their eventual move to school. They are exceptionally independent and add their own ideas to activity plans and choose their preferred play with great confidence. n There are outstanding opportunities for children to develop their creative skills. For example, they regularly visit art galleries and learn about different artists, and go on to create pictures of the various artists explored. n Children visit an extensive range of places of interest, such as famous London

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This provision is outstanding

landmarks. The childminder uses trips exceptionally well to build on children's interests, for example, children who are keen to learn about dinosaurs go on to visit a dinosaur expedition. n The childminder establishes outstanding partnerships with parents and keeps them exceptionally well informed. She regularly provides them with activity and healthy recipe ideas, and shares useful early years updates with them, such as the importance and benefits of providing children with good sleep routines.

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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 learn about and respect other people's similarities and differences, outside of their own communities and beliefs.

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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, and policies and procedures. n The inspector spoke to children and the childminder at convenient times.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder evaluates her practice extremely well. For example, she routinely invites other childminders to observe her interact with children and she uses their feedback to enhance her plans. Children have an active role in reviewing practice. For instance, they share their ideas and feedback on activities daily. The childminder ensures that she implements any ideas and wishes children express. This helps keep children extremely motivated to learn. The childminder is keen to extend her already impressive knowledge and skills. She attends highly beneficial training to improve children's experiences. For example, extending children's learning outdoors and introducing exciting opportunities, such as whittling wood. The childminder identifies the need to enhance children's opportunities to develop their understanding of other people's similarities and differences even further. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an outstanding

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

understanding of the procedures to follow to help protect children's safety and welfare. Children learn how to keep themselves safe with excellent levels of maturity. They discuss the roles of the emergency services and how to contact them in an emergency.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder establishes excellent partnerships with other early years professionals. She helps provide children with an exceptionally good consistency to their shared care and learning. For instance, she spends time at the other setting they also attend to share ideas and plan next steps in their learning together. The childminder supports children to develop outstanding communication skills. Children are extremely keen and excited to make up their own stories and enthusiastically tell their friends with exceptional confidence.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are extremely polite and their behaviour is impeccable. They have excellent opportunities to challenge their physical skills. They negotiate complicated equipment, such as rope swings and firefighter poles. Children have excellent opportunities to learn about the importance of healthy eating. They are excited to harvest an extensive range of interesting plants, such as kale, tree spinach and courgettes. Children routinely make their own elderflower cordial to drink and make their own butter.

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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 unusual words, such as lettuce with exceptional confidence. Children are incredibly mature and participate in regular experiments, such as exploring chemical reactions by mixing different liquids together, like acid and alkaline. Children participate in challenging activities that require excellent levels of responsibility to stay safe, for instance, using real tools like hand drills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY390369 Local authority Southwark Inspection number 10060629 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 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3 Date of previous inspection 15 July 2014

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2009. She lives in the London Borough of Southwark. She cares for children Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, all year round. The childminder receives funding to provide free early education for children aged four years. The childminder holds a relevant early years qualification at level 3.

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Registers

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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