Childminder in Hounslow

Overall effectiveness Outstanding

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

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder provides an exceedingly warm and welcoming environment for children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. She is highly responsive and focuses on fulfilling the needs of each individual child, constantly offering them reassurance. Children are extremely happy, becoming more self-assured and confident. This is evident from the constant smiles on their faces. Children gain an excellent sense of self-esteem. They persevere and show great determination to succeed at tasks, such as climbing steadily up a slide in the garden. The childminder ensures that she knows the children well, right from the beginning of the childcare arrangement. She has high expectations for all children. She plans stimulating activities which children will enjoy. These experiences support their learning and development so they continually make progress. For example, children became very animated while listening to a music story, joining in

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The provision is outstanding

with the sounds and words. This led on to them dancing to the beat and rhythm of the music and singing along to the song. This helped children remember words to join in with refrains. Children are supported to manage their behaviour and are gradually developing an awareness of other people's feelings. Children have an exceptionally strong bond with the childminder and trust her implicitly.

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n The childminder understands the significance of children's home lives and experiences. Partnership with parents is exemplary and this plays an extremely strong part in the childminder successfully meeting children's individual needs. She works alongside parents in their home to provide support and guidance to manage their children's care and development even more. She shares children's experiences, for example, through digital messaging services and verbal feedback. She also values parents' contributions about what their children are doing at home. Parents praise her highly for the 'wonderful' care and attention given to their children. n Teaching is of an exceptionally high quality. The childminder enjoys having meaningful conversations with the children and her interactions are exemplary. She listens very carefully, repeats words and asks simple questions so children can understand. They constantly enjoy reading favourite books together. She

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uses lots of expression while reading, pointing out words and pictures to the children. The childminder talks to the children about what they remember. This helps them to make links with past events and different experiences. The childminder encourages mark making using a range of materials. She asks the children what they have drawn and listens carefully to what the children say and how they describe family members. She incorporates mathematical learning into activities, for example, as children count their fingers or look at different shapes around the room.

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11 March 2020 n Children love to be physically active. They explore a wide range of activities. Children jump up and down with delight as they shake their musical instruments. They also enjoy visiting parks and gardens. They travel on buses and visit other nurseries and playgroups, which contributes to the social aspect of their learning and enables them to make friends. These activities support children's emotional well-being highly effectively. n The childminder has a clear vision for her provision. Through effective self- evaluation she has maintained the outstanding quality of practice since the last inspection. The childminder identifies any training or support needs quickly and builds on her professional development, according to the needs of the children she is caring for. She meets other care workers and looks online for development opportunities. The childminder listens and watches intently as early

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years care professionals work with the children in their home. She takes their advice on improving children's care and development. She ensures that every learning strategy she uses is tailored to suit the children in the setting. This helps all children to achieve at the highest level. Consequently, children make rapid progress in their development. n The childminder fosters opportunities to promote children's understanding of healthy living. Children enjoy nutritious and healthy meals that the parents provide for their children. Children develop excellent levels of independence according to their ability and they learn how to tend to their self-care needs from an early age.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has an extensive knowledge of how to keep children safe. She uses a range of procedures and knowledge from safeguarding training. She has a secure understanding of what might cause a concern and the procedures she needs to follow to keep children safe. She can clearly identify children who may be exposed to extremism or radicalisation and knows who to voice these concerns to. The childminder fully understands her responsibilities for dealing with allegations and knows the relevant professionals to contact. She implements her policies and procedures extremely well to minimise hazards to children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 510854 Local authority Richmond Upon Thames Inspection number 10138199 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childminder

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inspection

Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 1 Date of previous inspection 8 March 2016

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2000. She lives in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The provision operates Monday to Friday, from 8am to 12.45pm, all year round. The childminder provides funded early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector spoke to parents and children to gain their views on the childminder's provision. n Discussions were held with the childminder about safeguarding and the process of self-evaluation. n Relevant documentation was sampled during the inspection to ascertain how the childminder meets the requirements of the early years foundation stage. n The childminder did a learning walk with the childminder around the home. The childminder talked about the different activities she provides to support children's learning and development and how she monitors their progress. n The inspector observed the childminder interacting with the children. She assessed the impact of the childminder's teaching on what children know and can do.

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Inspection activities

11 March 2020 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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11 March 2020 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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