Childminder in Bexley

Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

Children are very happy and settled in the childminder's care. They are confident learners and happily talk to others explaining what they are doing. Younger children settle extremely quickly. The childminder is close at hand to offer cuddles of reassurance during new experiences, encouraging children to learn and explore. This helps to build on children's self-esteem and confidence. Children explore messy play. The childminder encourages children to take off their socks to feel the foam between their toes, enhancing their sensory play. Older children enjoy using sticks to make marks in gloop. They learn how to warm the gloop so that it runs between their fingers.

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The provision is good

The childminder supports children's next steps of learning through well-thought-out activities. Older children enjoy developing their small-muscle skills. They learn how to thread cord through apples, keeping to the theme of harvest. Older children take pride in making an apple pastry, using apples they picked when they visited an orchard. They show how they have been taught to follow instructions and use knives to cut up apple pieces. They beam with pride showing the cooked pastry and tasting their work. This supports children's self-esteem and works towards their next steps of learning.

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need to do better?

n The childminder works in partnership with parents. She attends training to aid her practice. Recently, she has received training on how to support children who bite. The childminder works closely with parents to support children's developing communication skills. Together, they use signs and keywords in children's home languages. This also helps to support positive behaviour management. n The childminder does not always fully adapt focus activities for the younger children. Although they enjoy taking part in the activities, they are tailored for the next steps of older children, which means that younger children do not get the most out of them. n The childminder provides good-quality teaching. She identifies children's next steps and what activities to carry out to implement these. Children make good progress from their starting points. n The childminder supports children's communication and language development

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need to do better?

well. During story time, she asks children questions to gauge their understanding and help them to learn new words. For example, the childminder demonstrates hiding her hand behind the child's back so she cannot see it. This helps the child to understand why the hedgehog in the book is unable to see the apple on his back. n Children's individual needs are met well. When children first start to attend the setting, the childminder finds out their likes, dislikes and routines. She uses this

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need to do better?

1 November 2023 information successfully, making sure that children are happy and feel secure. The childminder works with parents to help children settle in. n The childminder works closely with parents to ensure that children receive healthy and nutritious meals. She provides handouts and information for what is suitable for packed lunches. She also teaches children the importance of handwashing before eating. This helps to teach children about their own health and well-being. n Parents' feedback is positive. They explain how compassionate the childminder is and how their children are making good progress with their learning. n In discussion, the childminder explains how she uses nature and the outdoors to teach children. Older children take pride in showing off spiders they have made out of leaves and pipe cleaners. They also talk about leaf kebabs they have made. The childminder explains how they thread leaves onto sticks to support

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need to do better?

children's small-muscle skills. n The childminder works closely with other childminders to review her practice. They help her to identify any training needs to improve outcomes for children.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has a clear understanding of safeguarding and child protection. She can clearly highlight signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect. The childminder has a secure knowledge of local safeguarding concerns and how to keep children safe. She is aware of reporting procedures and which agencies she needs to work with. The childminder is now fully aware of when to report incidents to Ofsted. Daily safety checks help the childminder to identify and remove hazards. All of these procedures help to keep children safe from harm and neglect.

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should:

n review focus activities to ensure that children of all abilities have meaningful interactions.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2615831 Local authority Bexley Inspection number 10281352 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 3 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2021. She lives in Welling, within the London Borough of Bexley. She holds a relevant childcare qualification.

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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 their evaluation of the setting. n The childminder spoke to the inspector about how she organises her early years provision, including the aims and rationale for her curriculum. n The childminder spoke to the inspector about children's learning and development, with a particular focus on communication and language. n The inspector and the childminder discussed outcomes of a focus activity and evaluated how successful it was. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request. n The inspector reviewed feedback from parents about the childminder's practice.

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Inspection activities

1 November 2023 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

1 November 2023 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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