Childminder in Barnet

Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

The childminder's home is safe and welcoming for children. She gets to know children well and builds positive partnerships with their parents. This promotes a consistent approach to supporting children's care and learning, which helps them to feel happy and secure. The childminder is a good role model. She is clear about the boundaries for behaviour and gives children lots of praise and encouragement. This helps children to understand what is expected of them and their behaviour is very good. For example, children carefully check under the table, to ensure they have tided away all of the toys after play.

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The provision is good

The childminder has high expectations for all children. She provides a varied curriculum, which supports all areas of children's learning in readiness for starting school. For instance, the childminder encourages children to strengthen and coordinate their finger movements, such as by peeling stickers or joining puzzle pieces. This helps to prepare them for learning to write. The childminder provides experiences which engage children and capture their interests. She talks to them and extends their learning, such as by introducing new words and demonstrating new skills. Children are keen to learn and focus on their play for long periods.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has a good understanding of how children learn and develop. She assesses their progress regularly, to identify their next steps in learning. The childminder provides children with a range of activities and learning experiences. She sequences these effectively to help them build on what they already know and can do. Children make good progress from their starting points. n The childminder uses interesting and playful ways to introduce children to mathematical concepts. For example, children thoroughly enjoy creating insects out of dough. As they play, the childminder encourages them to count how many spots the ladybirds have and to compare the length of the butterflies' legs. These opportunities help to support children's understanding of numbers and measurements. n Children benefit from a language-rich environment. The childminder talks and reads to children throughout the day, to help them learn new words. She asks

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questions and gives them time to think and respond. Children demonstrate good language and communication skills. For example, they describe the illustrations in books and retell parts of familiar stories from memory. n Children enjoy daily outings with the childminder, which helps them to learn about their community and the world around them. This includes visits to a library, park and local playgroups, where children socialise with a broader range of people. This supports children to develop their social skills and to learn about their similarities and differences to others.

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24 April 2024 n The childminder promotes healthy lifestyles for children. For example, she ensures that they are active and play outdoors each day, to support their physical development and well-being. Children show a positive attitude to healthy eating as they enjoy the nutritious meals and healthy snacks provided by the childminder. n The childminder provides a good variety of activities and resources for children to select from. She ensures that these reflect children's current interests and provide the right amount of challenge. This helps children to develop positive attitudes to learning. They join in well with adult-initiated activities and are enthusiastic and imaginative in their self-led play. n The childminder ensures that mandatory training, including for paediatric first aid, is up to date. This helps her to keep children safe and well. However, she does not currently focus on a broader range of professional development, to

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enhance her teaching and help improve the outcomes for children even further. n Parents describe how they value and trust the childminder. They state that they work together with the childminder, to support their children's progress. Parents recognise the childminder's positive influence on their children's learning, such as their good language development and love of stories.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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should:

n consider undertaking a broader range of professional development, to further enhance teaching.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY499762 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 10335173 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 6 Number of children on roll 1 Date of previous inspection 6 June 2018

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2016 and lives in the London Borough of Barnet. She operates her service Monday to Friday from 9am until 6pm, throughout most of the year. The childminder offers funded early education for children aged two 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 this into account in her evaluation of the childminder. n The childminder showed the inspector the areas she uses for childminding. They discussed the early years curriculum and how the childminder organises her provision. n The inspector observed the quality of education and evaluated the impact on children's learning. n The childminder ensured that her documents were available for the inspector to view. n The inspector took account of written feedback from parents, she also observed and spoke to children, to find out about their experiences with the childminder.

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Inspection activities

24 April 2024 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

24 April 2024 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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