Childminder in Enfield

Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

The childminder provides a welcoming environment where children are happy, safe and secure. Children settle quickly and form strong attachments. The childminder is very sensitive to their individual needs. For example, when children match shapes to a sorting box, she recognises when to step in and offer guidance and encouragement to support their problem-solving skills. This encourages children's persistence in the learning experience. The childminder has high expectations of children's behaviour. She encourages them to use familiar words to express how they feel when they become frustrated. This contributes well to children's ability to manage their own behaviour and feelings.

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The provision is good

Children learn the importance of hygiene as they listen to the childminder talk about cleaning the table before meals. As they sing together, the childminder encourages children to wash their hands before they eat. Toddlers develop independence skills by choosing their own plates to set the table. They use a knife and chopping board to cut up their own fruit for snack. The childminder models using the knife safely, offering individual support where needed.

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n The childminder supports children's language development very well, particularly for children who are learning to speak more than one language. She uses items the children can hold and explore to introduce new words and build on vocabulary they already know. The childminder has introduced number sequencing to the activities for younger children. She counts aloud with the children as they build and transport resources from one place to another while they talk about numbers. n Children make good progress in their learning. The childminder understands their learning and developmental stages when they start at the setting and demonstrates how she builds on these. She explains how toddlers have learned to hold a spoon and use it to feed themselves through activities involving scooping and transporting sand and rice. During mealtimes, children consistently demonstrate this skill. n The childminder provides appropriate challenge to extend children's learning.

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Children take care and focus as they skilfully take out the stacking cups in order and place them on top of each other to make a tower. The childminder mixes up the cups to provide challenge. The children then use trial and error to find which cup fits next in the tower. n Children have good relationships with each other and play well alongside one another. Older children are taught to understand the needs of the younger children and, as a result, are increasingly resilient to challenges that may occur. n The childminder uses children's interests well to plan for the next stages in their

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24 February 2020 learning. The environment is set up to reflect what she knows the children like to do and the skills they are currently developing. n The children enjoy their time at the setting and have developed close, caring bonds with the childminder. They smile, laugh and clap as she praises their effort and achievements in the activities. The childminder is in tune with children's non-verbal communication. For example, she recognises that children want to sing 'Head, shoulders, knees and toes' as they walk over to the speaker while placing their hands on their head. n The childminder has good relationships with the other settings children attend. However, she does not always gain detailed information about their learning at these settings to enable her to extend children's knowledge. n The childminder is aware of her own professional development and routinely attends training to stay up to date with current practice. She has recently

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need to do better?

completed child protection and paediatric first-aid training and is soon to access courses to further support children's speech and language development.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has a secure knowledge of a range of safeguarding issues. She has recently attended child protection training to ensure she has the most up-to- date information. She is confident in recognising the signs that children may be at risk and how to report concerns about their welfare. The childminder's home is safe and secure. She completes effective risk assessment to ensure she is able to keep children safe both in the setting and while out in the community. The childminder has appropriate ways of recording and sharing accidents and injuries with parents.

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should:

n secure a more professional relationship with other settings that children attend, to allow the gathering of more in-depth information about children's learning and development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY410451 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 10132835 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 2 to 2 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3 Date of previous inspection 7 August 2015

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2010 and lives in the London Borough of Enfield. She operates each weekday from 7am to 6pm, throughout most of the year.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector was given a tour of the premises and discussed the curriculum offered to the children. n The childminder and the inspector discussed the play activities and children's learning throughout the inspection and observed children in play together. n The inspector observed the childminder's interactions with the children and assessed the impact of teaching. n The inspector provided the opportunity to take into account the views of the parents via email as none where available during the inspection. n The inspector sampled documentation, including suitability records and a selection of policies.

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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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Inspection activities

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