Childminder in Bromley

Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

The childminder has established secure bonds with the children. The children are generally confident and happy as they play. Overall, the childminder is sensitive to their individual needs. For example, routines for eating and sleeping are flexible. Children can rest whenever they wish. The children enjoy the homely atmosphere and love being involved in everyday tasks such as mopping the floor and helping to slice tomatoes to cook for lunch. This helps to boost their self-esteem. Most children express their feelings and seek the childminder for assistance. Children follow simple instructions. For example, they wash their hands and help to push drawers closed when requested. However, there is scope to improve the approach used to support some children who find it difficult to regulate their feelings.

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The provision requires improvement

Parents speak highly of the childminder. They feel well informed about their children's personal care, well-being and progress. The childminder knows the families of the children well and is alert to any issues which may hinder children's learning and development. Parents welcome the exchange of regular updates with the childminder. The childminder uses this information to plan experiences to further extend children's learning and development. For example, ideas are shared to help develop children's physical skills. However, the information she shares is not always an accurate assessment of some children's progress and how they can be best supported in their development.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has successfully addressed the recommendations from the last inspection. Children are happy and independent learners. They move around freely and choose where they wish to play. The childminder provides the children with a curriculum which includes opportunities that are suitably challenging. n The childminder promotes good health practices. Children enjoy eating healthy foods. They help themselves to fruit and like eating pasta with vegetables at lunchtime. Children display good physical skills as they feed themselves with real forks and are confident to fetch their own beakers to drink water when they feel thirsty. The childminder reminds children to wash their hands, and they know where to dispose of their used tissues. n Although the childminder completes the progress check at age two, her assessments of children's development are not always precise. Important information about children's communication skills and toileting is not always

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need to do better?

noted. The childminder is not fully secure in her knowledge of how children develop their speech. As a result, their next stage in learning is not always clearly identified. n The childminder acknowledges and affirms children's attempts to communicate.

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24 February 2020 She responds to the gestures and sounds that they make in addition to the words and short phrases that they use. Younger children try to call her name. Older children like talking to the childminder about the fruit that they would like to eat. n Children develop skills that prepare them for future success. They relish activities which encourage their social development. For example, at fruit time, children enjoy chatting with the childminder and, during story time, they enjoy snuggling together to look at books. Children enjoy trying to cover each other with blankets when having a rest. This helps the older children to build good relationships with each other. n The childminder encourages the children to develop early reading and book- handling skills. For example, younger children delight in turning the pages and looking closely at the pictures. Older children are supported to think about

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events in the story and to connect their own ideas when looking at favourite pages. This also helps to develop their understanding. n The childminder helps children to develop their technological skills. They are eager to operate the remote control for the television and like pressing the keys on the keyboards. Children also enjoy dancing when listening to stories played on the screen. n The childminder supports children to develop their early mathematical skills as they play with puzzles and explore positions such as pulling themselves up onto the sofa and lying down on the mat to rest. Children also develop a sense of capacity and weight as they try to add pieces of pasta to their forks at lunchtime. n There is some inconsistency in the way that the childminder supports children with behaviour. For example, at times, she is successful in distracting them when they are struggling to share resources or when they express their views

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strongly. However, there are occasions when children have difficulty regulating their own feelings and behaviour. Some strategies that the childminder uses to help them to calm down are not effective.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder understands a range of safeguarding matters. She can identify possible indicators of abuse and can explain how she would respond to any concerns effectively. The childminder knows who to contact if she needs to report a concern, and understands the importance of recording information. She keeps her knowledge of safeguarding up to date by attending training. The childminder takes steps to ensure that designated areas of her home are safe for children to play in freely. Any risks to children's safety are dealt with promptly. For example, any spillages are quickly cleared up.

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Due date

use appropriate strategies to manage all children's behaviour, to fully support their personal, social and emotional development. 30/03/2020

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should:

n ensure that all reviews of children's progress between the age of two and three years are accurate, and make use of the information to identify and plan further for each child's specific needs n gain a deeper level of understanding of how children develop their speech through different stages and how to support their progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY470103 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 10061972 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Childminder

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inspection

Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 5 Date of previous inspection 11 January 2016

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2013 and lives in Orpington, Kent. She operates on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 8am and 6pm, throughout the year.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector carried out a learning walk and discussed with the childminder how she organises her home for childminding purposes. n The inspector took account of letters from parents who provided feedback about the quality of the childminder's service. n The inspector observed the quality of activities and interactions between the childminder and discussed the progress of individual children. n The inspector discussed with the childminder how she meets the safeguarding and welfare requirements. n The inspector talked with the childminder about how she plans her curriculum.

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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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