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 Good

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The provision is good

The childminder provides a welcoming, home-from-home environment to help all children to feel safe and secure. When very young children first arrive, they smile at the childminder, snuggle up to her and settle very quickly. They demonstrate that they feel emotionally secure.

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The provision is good

The childminder builds very positive relationships with all children, and they develop good relationships with each other. They are very happy, behave well and are settled in her care. The childminder encourages all children to share and take turns and to show care and concern for each other. She has high expectations for all children to help them to behave well and to have positive attitudes to their learning. For example, very young children keenly explore the environment, cruise furniture and enthusiastically rummage through boxes to find their favourite toys. The childminder supports older children to keenly recognise colours and shapes, such as semicircles and triangles. Children are motivated and independent learners.

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The provision is good

The childminder has effective systems in place to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). She understands the importance of providing a curriculum that is overall ambitious for all children to help them make good progress.

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need to do better?

n The childminder is committed to her professional development to enhance her knowledge and skills further. For example, she has embarked on lots of training to support children with SEND and to develop the implementation of her curriculum intent for all children well. n Engagement with parents and other professionals is effective. Parents speak highly of the care and support provided by the childminder, in particular, for those children who may need extra help and to help children to settle when they first start. The childminder communicates successfully with parents every day to share children's progress and the skills she wants them to learn next. n The childminder finds out key information from parents before new children start. This helps them to feel safe and secure in her care. For example, she follows very young children's care routines that they have at home. All children show that they are confident in the childminder's home.

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need to do better?

n The childminder supports children to continue their learning at home. For example, she provides all children with a book every week to share with their parents. This helps to support their love of books and early reading skills. n Overall, the childminder's curriculum is varied and ambitious for all children, and generally children benefit from meaningful learning. However, children sometimes find their own learning, and occasionally, the environment becomes

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need to do better?

26 November 2024 messy and some activities lack focus. This means sometimes children are not deeply engaged in meaningful opportunities to enhance their learning. n The childminder knows each child in her care very well and the skills she wants them to learn next to help all children make good progress. She successfully assesses their progress and describes how she plans enjoyable experiences for all children. The childminder focuses weekly opportunities for children to explore shapes, patterns, numbers and colours. This helps develop all children's positive attitudes and interests in early mathematics. n The childminder implements her curriculum for early literacy skills and children's love of books and stories effectively. For example, the childminder and children choose a book of the week to help to develop children's memory and recall. Children thoroughly enjoy sitting together in a teepee. They listen to and recall

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need to do better?

favourite stories read by the childminder, such as 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. n Overall, the childminder supports children's communication and language skills well. For example, the childminder comments on most confident and able children's play, and she models language well. Although, at times, interactions are not always consistent with other children to help to enhance their communication and language skills.

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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 strengthen the curriculum to be more ambitious, help consistently engage all children and deepen their learning n enhance interactions to consistently include all children so that their individual learning needs are always considered.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY542860 Local authority Bexley Inspection number 10363878 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 14 January 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2017 and lives in Sidcup, in the London Borough of Bexley. She operates Monday to Friday, from 8.15am to 5.15pm, for most of the year. The childminder holds a childcare qualification at level 3.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder and inspector discussed what the childminder intends children to learn and how the curriculum supports children's learning. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n Children spoke with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector carried out an evaluation of opportunities and experiences available with the childminder. n The inspector held discussions with the childminder. She reviewed a sample of documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household. n The inspector took account of parents views.

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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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Inspection activities

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