Yeboah-Hinton, Barbara

Inspection date 5 July 2019 Previous inspection date 8 July 2016

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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 and her assistants keep children safe through effective deployment of staff within the setting. The childminder ensures that her assistants' knowledge is kept up to date by modelling and discussing what she learns through online courses. n Parents are involved in their children's learning. n Children choose their lunch from a variety of salads, vegetables and fruits. They have many opportunities to exercise and particularly enjoy jumping on a mini bouncy castle. However, the childminder does not talk to the children about the benefits of healthy eating or the need for exercise. n Children make good progress. The childminder and her assistant observe the children's interests and plan next steps around these. n While children are given opportunities to develop their self-help skills, they are not given opportunities to take appropriate physical risks.

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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 give children the opportunity to take appropriate physical risks n talk to the children about the values of healthy eating and taking exercise.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The childminder showed the inspector the playrooms, kitchen, children's library, bathroom and garden areas accessible to children. n The children greeted the inspector and sang her two songs they had learnt. n The inspector observed the children playing and preparing for and eating their lunch. n The childminder and the assistant at the setting that day discussed their practice with the inspector. n The inspector checked documents, read emails and talked to parents.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder ensures that she and her assistants regularly attend paediatric first-aid and safeguarding training. She keeps her knowledge up to date through online courses and membership of childminders' associations. The assistants discuss children's progress with the childminder. They share knowledge about children's progress and plan activities that build on what children now. Children are encouraged to support each other in their play and to take turns and share resources. Parents and the childminder share developmental milestones and information about their children during the day and beyond. Parents are given a written summary of their child's progress at age two or as soon as practicable after the child's third birthday.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children's communication skills are developed as the childminder and her assistant listen carefully to them. They encourage young children to make a variety of sounds such as animal and car noises, as well as reading to and singing with them. The childminder plans interventions to help children achieve the next stages of their learning. She involves parents in these plans, sharing achievements and ensuring that parents know how to implement the plan at home. Early mathematical skills are taught through fun activities. The assistant used green plastic balls to represent green and speckled frogs in a song and involved the children in catching and counting these. She repeated children's utterances, gently correcting pronunciation and misconceptions. For example, the children gleefully shouted that a ball was 'orange'. The assistant laughed and said, 'That's red'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The children behave well and clearly trust their carers and feel safe in their care. The childminder calmly repeats requests for older children to wait for their younger peers. Children learn to dress themselves, carry food, wipe tables and clean up spills. They are helped to water plants in the garden. The children listen to each other. They move aside to allow others to have a turn with resources and react positively to their peers' suggestions. The childminder asked when pretend food cooking in the oven would be ready as everyone wanted to try some. This helped children include others in their games and to consider the needs of their peers and carers. Children are given choices as to what they would like to eat and drink. The food offered takes account of children's faiths.

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Outcomes for children are good

The childminder and her assistant observe children when they start at the setting. They plan activities that help children to progress with their learning and development. The childminder and her assistants assess children's progress daily and use this information to inform their interactions with children. This results in the children being happy as they move easily through the stages of learning. Parents are encouraged to join their children's learning journey. For example, children were encouraged to demonstrate the skills they had perfected that day by pouring their parent a drink of water and carrying it over to them.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY417734 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 10061420 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 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7 Date of previous inspection 8 July 2016

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2011 and lives in Mill Hill. She operates from 7.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She works with two assistants.

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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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