Childminder in Hillingdon

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 interacts very positively with children and values each child highly. She greets each child warmly with a smile as they arrive. The childminder ensures that she gets down to the children's level and uses lots of eye contact and a warm tone of voice when talking to them. Children settle securely and are happy and confident. The childminder has high expectations of children and manages their behaviour well. She uses a range of effective strategies and children behave in positive ways.

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The provision is good

The curriculum is interesting and well balanced. This helps all children to make good progress. The childminder helps children to gain good communication and language skills. She makes stories interesting by using props, such as puppets, and children listen attentively. The childminder questions children effectively and teaches younger children the names of common objects.

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The provision is good

The childminder supports children's physical development well. She takes them to the local park each day where they practise a range of skills, such as jumping, balancing and climbing. Children practise their coordination skills during weekly music and movement sessions. The childminder supports children's mathematical development effectively. She takes children on walks and points out patterns in nature. The childminder teaches children the names of different shapes as they place them in sorters. She supports their counting skills by singing number songs and by counting objects with children as they play.

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n Children gain a good understanding of the world. The childminder takes children for regular walks in the woods where they observe and discuss the different seasons and the weather. She teaches them about minibeasts and their habitats and the different names of animals. The childminder plants vegetables with children and teaches them how things grow. n Children learn to do things for themselves. They take off and put away their shoes and coats when they arrive. They fetch tissues, wipe their noses and dispose of used tissues hygienically. The childminder teaches younger children how to feed themselves. Children learn to share, such as when they take turns to choose songs at group time. n The childminder is vigilant about children's safety. She checks all areas, indoors and outdoors, each day to reduce the risk of hazards. The childminder teaches children how to act in safe ways, such as by walking indoors. She teaches

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children about road safety and they act with care and caution. n The childminder works with parents successfully. She gives parents daily feedback on their children's progress and well-being. The childminder helps

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26 November 2024 parents to support children's learning, such as by lending them stories to take home. n The childminder works well with her assistants. They organise activities and discuss children's progress together to promote the best outcomes for children. The childminder observes her assistants at work and offers advice and support where needed. n The childminder is keen to improve her skills and knowledge and attends a variety of courses. For instance, she has just completed an early years development programme to support children's learning further. n The childminder reviews all aspects of practice with her assistants and they set goals to build improvements. For example, she plans to enhance outdoor learning for children to promote the best outcomes for them. n Children gain a good understanding of feelings. The childminder uses a picture chart to talk with children about their feelings. She reads stories to children and

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uses puppets to teach them about different emotions. n The childminder promotes children's understanding of oral hygiene effectively. The childminder reads books and talks to children about how to keep their teeth and gums healthy. Children practise toothbrushing on dolls to enhance their skills. n The childminder provides freshly-cooked and well-balanced meals and snacks for children that meet special dietary needs. She ensures that children have access to fresh drinking water throughout the day. However, at times during lunch, the childminder does not consistently enhance the youngest children's social skills. n The childminder provides a range of opportunities to support children's creative skills. For example, children scoop and pour lentils and rice into different containers and explore sounds as they play musical instruments. However, the childminder does not provide regular opportunities for children to develop their

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mark-making skills freely or enhance their creative development, such as by using different tools and materials.

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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 make the most of opportunities during the daily routine to interact more effectively with younger children to enhance their social skills n provide more opportunities for children to practise their mark-making skills and enhance their creative development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY540826 Local authority Hillingdon Inspection number 10372917 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 18 Number of children on roll 16 Date of previous inspection 13 December 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2017. She lives in Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The childminder provides care for children all year round, from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays. She provides government funded childcare and works with assistants.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder talked to the inspector about how she organises her provision and her curriculum intent while the inspector viewed the premises. n The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector viewed some documentation and held a discussion with the childminder. She read written feedback from the children's parents. n During the inspection, the inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and children and discussed how she meets their learning and development needs. n The childminder carried out an activity and evaluated this with the inspector.

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Inspection activities

26 November 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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