Childminder 146948

Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

The childminder has built close relationships with the children in her care, and they demonstrate through their interactions that they feel safe and secure in her home. The childminder is loving and caring, which helps children new to the setting to settle well. The childminder promotes positive behaviours and supports children to resolve minor differences. She is a good role model, and children learn to play alongside each other. Children are happy in her care.

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The provision requires improvement

The childminder uses observation and assessment to track children's progress. She has some understanding of where they are in their learning. The childminder sets out activities that she knows interest children. She supports their play, sitting at the table or on the floor directly with them, promoting their communication and language skills through encouraging conversation and introducing words into their vocabulary. However, less thought is given to truly providing an ambitious curriculum that is effectively planned and sequenced. The activities on offer are mainly adult led, and the childminder does not ensure that the activities have a sharp focus on what the children need to learn and sufficiently challenge them to reach their full potential. This means that children do not consistently benefit from meaningful experiences across all areas of learning.

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need to do better?

n The childminder occasionally observes children's play to track their learning and to identify what they need to learn next. However, she does not use this information to plan activities that meet the individual learning needs of all the children. For example, some children are offered complex construction toys that they know how to complete, while others lack the necessary physical and communication skills to participate. This results in the children not making the progress they are capable of achieving. n The childminder has not fully considered the sequence in which children learn to plan an ambitious and challenging curriculum that builds on what children already know and can do. She does not always consider the skills that she wants children to learn from the activities that she provides. Subsequently, children do not make as much progress as they could. n Children learn some independence skills, such as feeding themselves at

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mealtimes and tidying away. However, the childminder sets out some resources for children to choose from. She does not organise the resources effectively to allow children to access and freely self-select and make choices in their play. n Children's communication skills are developed effectively through various activities. For instance, the childminder engages children in discussions about baby and mother animals. Young children hear the childminder use new words and name toys and colours during their play. Children enjoy looking through

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need to do better?

12 December 2024 books and listening to stories. They learn to develop counting skills as they sing songs and rhymes. This supports young children's emerging mathematics and communication development well. Children develop some of the necessary skills in preparation for their move to school. n The childminder encourages children to use numbers and size vocabulary in their play. For example, she encourages children to count objects and models number names in the correct order. The childminder asks children to count the number of candles on their cakes made from dough. Children and the childminder count together. Children tell her they have 'three candles'. Children begin to use mathematical language in their play. n Children explore the local community. The childminder provides opportunities for children to visit the local park and library. Children take books they enjoy and read, and they buy foods at the local shops for snack time. These experiences

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need to do better?

help children to develop an understanding of the community in which they live. n Children settle well due to the caring attention they receive from the childminder. The childminder is quick to praise children when they listen and take turns, which helps to build aspects of their confidence. n The childminder has a positive attitude towards improving her practice. For instance, she has undertaken safeguarding and communication and language training. However, there is less focus on strengthening her wider knowledge of teaching and learning and implementing this in her practice. This contributes further to the inconsistencies in the quality of teaching. n The childminder has developed close and long-standing partnerships with parents. Parents praise the good communication between them about their children's daily routines and activities. Parents also note that the childminder's setting feels like a home away from home.

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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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Due date

develop knowledge and understanding of the curriculum intent to ensure that learning is sequenced and builds on what children already know and can do 31/01/2025

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Due date

12 December 2024 ensure that activities are implemented well so that they support children's next steps in their learning and provide them with appropriate levels of challenge to support their progress. 31/01/2025

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should:

n review the organisation of access to a range of resources to enable all children to explore the resources freely and make their own choices in play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 146948 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 10336722 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 5 Number of children on roll 3 Date of previous inspection 23 February 2024

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2008. She lives in Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet. The childminder works Monday to Friday, from 8am to 4.30pm. She operates all year round, apart from bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two and three years.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder and the inspector discussed the childminder's understanding of delivering their early years provision and safeguarding. n The childminder explained how she would ensure children are cared for in a safe and suitable environment. n The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and the children. n The inspector viewed documentation to evidence the childminder's suitability, as well as others who live in the home. n The inspector spoke to parents and took account of their views.

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Inspection activities

12 December 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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