Childminder in Ealing

Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children are happy, settled and confident. They develop secure and trusting relationships with the childminder and her co-minder. The childminder gets to know children's personalities and individual needs well. Consequently, this helps children to settle in quickly and supports their emotional well-being effectively. The childminder provides children with a varied range of toys and activities which encourage their free play and sense of exploration. She creates opportunities to help build on what children know and can do, and makes their play and learning enjoyable. For instance, the childminder helps younger children learn about mathematical terms such as 'long' and 'short'. Children use precise hand movements to carefully post spaghetti through the holes in a colander. The childminder is kind and caring. She listens to children's needs and interests and provides lots of praise to help them understand what they are doing well. Children

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The provision is good

form good attachments with the childminder and other adults. They follow good hygiene through routine activities, such as handwashing before meals and after using the toilet. This encourages younger children to learn about healthy lifestyles. Children generally behave well. However, on occasions, the childminder does not effectively support some children to manage their own behaviour and take into account and understand the consequence of their actions.

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n Children have lots of opportunities to learn about similarities between themselves and others and to develop their understanding of diverse cultures. For instance, children participate in daily outdoor sessions, such as at the local playgroups, and visit parks, gardens and London museums. Children's speech and language are superbly enhanced. The childminder consistently introduces new words and vocabulary, which she repeats during stories, children's play, and discussions. She waits for children to respond, allowing them ample thinking time. Children also develop good early mark-making and writing skills as they colour in animals associated with the stories they hear. Older children improve their understanding of naming colours, shapes and learn to count. For instance, they learn to thread coloured buttons and progress to counting the buttons and sorting by colour. n Children use their sense of touch to feel the texture of hard and then soft

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cooked pasta. Children enjoy suggesting songs they want to sing and delight in taking part in dance and movement. This helps children develop their movement and physical skills well. Children display high levels of independence and enjoyment in the activities they select for themselves, such as when they take part in imaginative play, and enjoy playing together and take turns. For example, children role played driving a train and other vehicles, and made different vehicle sounds.

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4 February 2020 n The childminder encourages children's early reading skills very well. Books are carefully selected according to children's age and interests. Children turn to books independently and delight in looking through them, as well as listening to the childminder reading to them. The childminder reads with enthusiasm and expression, captivating children's attention and engagement. She uses a range of props to encourage children to join in and uses plenty of repetition of words and phrases to support children's speech and language development skilfully. Children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make good progress, and learn good skills to support their future learning. n The childminder's teaching is of a good standard. She has completed a number of training courses to support her practice further and she is highly committed to continually improve the quality of the provision. She values the views of her co-

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minder and parents in this process, and works well with other professionals to help with the continuity of children's care. In addition, relationships with parents are positive. Parents express good levels of satisfaction with the care and activities their children receive in the childminder's and her co-minder's care. However, strategies to engage all parents in their children's learning and development are not always highly successful to help all children reach their full potential.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder ensures the environment is safe and secure, and supervises children well to help maintain their welfare. The childminder maintains a current paediatric first-aid certificate and up-to date knowledge of safeguarding. As a result, she knows how to recognise possible signs of abuse, and how to report any concerns she may have about a child. The childminder also has a good understanding of wider safeguarding concerns, such as the 'Prevent' duty.

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should:

n provide young children with more consistent support, to enhance their understanding about what is expected of them and the consequences of their actions n monitor the ways information is exchanged to check that each parent is kept well informed about their child's personal learning and development plans.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY420275 Local authority Ealing Inspection number 10128500 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 to 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 11 Date of previous inspection 14 April 2015

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2010. She works with another childminder from her co-minder's premises in Chiswick, in the London Borough of Ealing. The co-minder operates Monday to Thursday, throughout the year.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector engaged with children and spoke to parents attending the setting and took account of their views. n A learning walk was conducted with the childminder to understand how the early years provision and the curriculum are organised. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching and the impact this has on children's learning. n A joint evaluation of an activity was completed with the childminder. n Relevant documentation was viewed by the inspector, such as training certificates and public liability insurance.

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Inspection activities

We carried out this inspection 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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