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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

The childminder and her co-childminder provide a nurturing and welcoming environment for children. Children arrive eager to enter and see their friends. The childminder provides warm and attentive care, helping children to feel happy, safe and secure. Children have strong bonds with the childminder and enjoy the warm interactions that take place. They receive a home-from-home learning experience. For example, the childminder makes mealtimes sociable and exciting events. Children enjoy eating the home-cooked healthy meals that the childminder prepares for them. They learn about the importance of healthy eating and good manners. Children behave well and are polite and kind towards others.

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The provision is good

Children are independent in making choices about their play and confidently explore the rich and inviting learning environment that the childminder provides. They are keen to explore outdoors and show curiosity about the world around them. The childminder knows children's interests well and plans activities based on these to extend children's learning further. For example, the childminder encourages children to handle natural items, such as bird feed when making their bird feeders. She further extends children's learning as she discusses wildlife and their habitats with them. Children feel positive about their learning and make good progress from when they first start.

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need to do better?

n The childminder provides a range of good opportunities to enhance children's communication and language skills, such activities involving songs and rhymes. Children engage effectively in conversations with the childminder, who listens with interest and values what they have to say. Older children talk confidently about their previous experiences and develop good speaking and listening skills. n The childminder monitors children's development and uses this information to swiftly identify any potential gaps in their learning. She shares this information with their parents to support them to extend their children's learning at home. Overall, children are progressing well and are supported for their future learning. n The childminder plans many activities to help children to strengthen their small and large muscles as they play. For example, children enjoy using tweezers and cups to scoop the colourful rice into containers to help with their fine motor

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skills. The childminder extends their learning as she encourages them to feel and smell the textures and learn about colours, measures and space. Children enjoy playing in the childminder's garden daily, where they learn to balance, climb and run. n Overall, the childminder helps children to develop independence in a range of ways. For instance, younger children freely choose toys to play with and learn to feed themselves during mealtimes. However, there are times when the

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1 February 2023 childminder completes tasks for children without encouraging them to try themselves. This includes, for example, putting on their own shoes and washing their hands independently. This prevents children from developing even higher levels of independence in their self-help skills. n Parents speak highly of the care that the childminder provides. They comment that they are kept highly involved in their children's learning, and communication is strong. Parents particularly speak about how caring and nurturing the childminder is and how this has impacted their children. n The childminder is a positive role model. She uses praise to highlight children's good behaviour and support them to develop good manners. Children, including younger children, understand the clear rules and boundaries that the childminder teaches them and show respect towards each other. They learn about difference and their own cultures through the activities the childminder

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plans for them. This helps children to have a positive attitude to the world around them. n The childminder and her co-childminder complete mandatory training. Overall, the childminder works closely with her co-childminder to reflect on their practice. The childminder also uses the feedback from parents to evaluate her setting. However, the childminder is aware that she has not identified training to support her professional development needs in order to help enhance her practice further.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder understands her responsibility to protect children from harm. She has a good knowledge of the potential signs and symptoms of abuse, including those relating to radical and extreme behaviours. The childminder regularly attends training to update her safeguarding knowledge. She is confident about the action to take should she have any concerns about children's welfare or if there is an allegation about her, her co-childminder or other household members. The childminder carries out regular safety checks on her home to minimise any potential hazards, and ensures that children learn about risks from an early age so that their physical health is secure.

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should:

n enhance routines to help children to be as independent as they can be and to make the best possible progress n identify more accurately the professional development opportunities to strengthen skills and knowledge.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 135875 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 10263929 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 7 Date of previous inspection 17 May 2017

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 1993. She works in the London Borough Enfield. The childminder works with her daughter, who is also a registered childminder. She operates her service all year round, Monday to Thursday, 8am to 5pm, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder is in receipt of early education funding for children aged three years.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the childminder received since the COVID- 19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the childminder and has taken that into account in her evaluation of the setting. n The inspector and the childminder discussed the early years provision and the aims of the curriculum. n The inspector and childminder jointly observed children and evaluated an activity together. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including paediatric first-aid certificates and suitability checks for the childminder and other household members. n The inspector spoke to parents and looked at their written feedback to take their views into account.

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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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