Childminder EY542440

Inspection date 3 June 2019 Previous inspection date Not applicable

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Not applicable 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 Children are consistently motivated to play and learn from new experiences. They receive the right levels of challenge to support and meet their differing needs. n The childminder regularly reviews her practice. She has good links with the local nursery and school, and uses these to support children's learning. Revisiting learning from the classroom and transferring this to her own setting also supports and enhances her own professional development. n The childminder observes and monitors children's learning precisely. She plans a variety of stimulating and challenging activities that help children to make good progress in all areas of their development. n Children are active and independent. They have the opportunity regularly to explore the indoor and outdoor learning environments. Children are encouraged to pursue their own interests while they are with the childminder. n The childminder is kind and caring. She forms secure relationships with children,

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This provision is good

including those who have recently joined the setting. The children demonstrate that they are settled and emotionally secure. n The childminder does not use an easily understood format when feeding back children's learning and development to parents. The current system requires extensive explanation to see children's progress.

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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 strengthen and simplify methods for feeding back children's progress and tracking so parents can easily understand their children's development.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector looked at a range of documentation, including evidence of training, safeguarding and the setting's policies and procedures. n The inspector spoke to and interacted with children throughout the inspection. n The inspector accompanied the childminder to the nursery. She observed interaction between the childminder and the nursery staff. n The inspector conducted a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder to observe teaching practices at the setting. n The inspector discussed how the childminder observes and monitors children's progress. She sampled children's learning journals and records of progress.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder understands how to keep children safe and knows the action to take if she is concerned about the welfare of a child. The childminder works closely with other professionals, such as early years advisers and the childminding network, to support children to achieve good outcomes. She seeks and acts on their advice to help meet children's individual care and learning needs. She takes part in workshops and training provided by the local authority and keeps up to date with changes in legislation. The childminder has established effective partnerships with parents. She provides a termly newsletter, sends them images of their children on her mobile phone, and communicates information verbally with them on a daily basis. Parents are actively encouraged to contribute through written feedback with regard to their children's learning and towards the improvement of the setting.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The quality of teaching is good. Through observation and monitoring children's progress, the childminder is able to identify gaps in children's learning and quickly fills those gaps with a mixture of strong teaching skills, a good range of resources and well-planned activities. For example, when the children were learning about senses, the childminder provided herbs and other sensory materials to make pictures. Children were able to recall the five senses and use this knowledge to make faces. Children gain a good understanding of the world around them. They have many opportunities to explore their surroundings and learn about similarities and differences between people and places. They make regular visits to the library to support their learning and literacy skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder promotes children's independence. She inspires the older children to encourage and support their physical development and devises fun activities for the younger children to take part in. For instance, she makes obstacle courses and provides outdoor games in the garden to suit all ages and levels of ability. The childminder praises children for their positive behaviour and constantly models good behaviour throughout the session. For example, encouraging sharing, turn taking and working together as part of a team. The childminder supports children with dual language, using sentences and phrases provided by parents and the internet when transitioning from their home language to English. Her kind and gentle approach helps children to feel secure when learning something new.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop a range of skills that prepare them well for the future. They make good progress from their starting points. Children are well behaved and polite. They are calm and show respect towards one another. They display independence and confidence to talk about feelings and events that happen outside the setting, for example a recent holiday or visits to the doctor, and are able to recall these events in detail. Children of all ages mix and play well together. They are well prepared for starting pre-school or school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY542440 Local authority Bexley Inspection number 10090197 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 1 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2017 and lives in Sidcup, Kent. She operates Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6pm, during term time only.

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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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Registers

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