Childminder in Harrow

Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder has very high ambitions for the children. She involves parents every step of the way to ensure children are fully supported to achieve. During the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the childminder used creative ways to keep in touch with children and their parents. For example, daily contact by video helped children to continue learning at home. The childminder made doorstop visits to families at home to support children to be ready for their return. Children are thriving, safe and happy. The childminder and her assistants provide sensitive support for children's emotional security. Children are kind and considerate to one another. Their behaviour is exemplary.

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The provision is outstanding

Children love listening to stories and retelling them. They have a wide vocabulary and understanding of some complex words. Children use mathematical language in context when they play. They accurately count, make estimates and sort objects into groups. Children learn to take care of the environment. For example, they fill buckets using the outside tap to water seedlings, fill the bird bath and give 'a little' water to the insects in the 'Bug Hotel'. Children tidy up, working as a team, putting resources away where they belong. Children visit the local community and learn skills they will need in the future. For example, they visit the greengrocer's to choose healthy foods for lunch and visit places of worship to learn about each others' beliefs.

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n The childminder precisely assesses what children know and can do, their understanding and capabilities. She plans exciting activities that provoke children's curiosity. She uses what she knows to set challenges for children's next steps. n The childminder gives excellent support to children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. She works with their parents and the professionals involved in their care. The childminder gives guidance to assistants to help them support children's learning. All children are making very good progress from their starting points. n Children are effective communicators. They enjoy listening to stories and the childminder extends learning in exciting ways to secure their learning. For example, one afternoon a tiger visited the childminder's kitchen and ate all the food. Children explored what should be done, voting for tea in a café. This exciting outing gave children lots of opportunities to embed learning for the

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future, such as safely crossing roads, ordering from a menu, paying for their food and being polite. n The childminder provides effective support for her assistants' development. She has enrolled on an accreditation scheme to review the impact of their teaching

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24 June 2021 on the children. This is helping staff to further strengthen their understanding of what they do and why they do it. Recent training attended reassured the childminder and her assistants that the changes in the early years foundation stage from September 2021 are already securely embedded in their practice. n The childminder and assistant prepare children well for early writing. For instance, children negotiate crisscrossed tape across a tray and reach through using tweezers to pick up different objects. When in difficulty, children give help to others, explaining how to grab the teddy bear by the neck because it is thinner there. Children practise forming letters of their name and writing for a purpose. They send cards to the Queen, Prime Minister and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and take delight in their replying. n The childminder and her assistants are exemplary role models. They provide

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consistent messages to children and give visual warnings, such as a two-minute timer, before tidy time. Children's understanding of right and wrong is excellent. They are thoughtful and kind to each other. n Children develop an exceptional awareness of good health. They learn how to change into PE clothes and plimsoles ready for school. The childminder and assistants explain the importance of warming up with stretches. Children learn the names of muscles to stretch, 'quads', 'deltoids' and 'obliques'. They enjoy races and obstacle courses, learning to negotiate space and balance. At the end of the session, a child drops down with a giggle saying, 'I am sitting on my gluteus medius' and the other children join in the laughter. n The childminder teaches children the importance of cleaning their teeth. Children explain which foods make your teeth go rotten and know they must clean their teeth twice a day for two minutes. The childminder encourages parents to take

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the children to the dentist and sends reminders when the children's next visit is due. n Parents speak highly of the childminder. They comment that, since the pandemic, she has kept them up to date with the Covid-19 risk assessments and the policies and procedures she has put in place to ensure everyone stays safe. Parents have found this extremely reassuring in such an uncertain time. The only area identified by parents to improve on is for the childminder and her assistants to become a primary school so the children do not have to leave.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has effective recruitment and induction procedures to ensure assistants are suitable. She builds assistants' confidence with quizzes to test their safeguarding knowledge. Assistants know the procedures to follow to seek advice and/or report concerns. The childminder is aware of the wider aspects of safeguarding. For example, she is aware of possible signs that school children may have been coerced into criminal activity. Parent's value the priority the childminder gives to safeguarding their children. The childminder pays very close attention to children's safety. She completes thorough risk assessments, both in the setting and for outings. Children learn to keep themselves safe, such as using a pedestrian

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Safeguarding

24 June 2021 crossing. They know to cross when the green man shows and to wait when the light is red.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY560730 Local authority Harrow Inspection number 10190654 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 9 Number of children on roll 13 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2018. She lives in North Harrow, in the London Borough of Harrow. The childminder works with two assistants. She holds a level 5 qualification and one assistant has a qualification at level 3. The childminder is open Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, closing for two weeks in the year and bank holidays. The childminder receives funding to provide free early years education for children aged three and four.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the setting received since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the childminder and her assistants and has taken that into account in her evaluation of the childminder. n The childminder and the inspector completed a learning walk together, they discussed the curriculum for the children. n The inspector carried out two joint observations with the childminder to evaluate the effectiveness of the assistants' teaching. n Children spoke to the inspector about what they are learning and recalled favourite activities and outings. n The parents provided written feedback for the inspector. She took their views into consideration.

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Inspection activities

24 June 2021 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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24 June 2021 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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