Childminder in Havering

Overall effectiveness Outstanding

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

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder offers outstanding care and support to the children he looks after. He knows children and their individual needs extremely well and through positive and respectful interactions, he develops wonderful relationships with them. Children are secure in his care and confident to let him know of their needs and wishes. He follows their interests and provides a stimulating and exciting curriculum for them. There is a constant flow of conversation between them, so children are continually building on their communication skills and learning new words.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder is highly passionate about outdoor learning for children and plans inspiring and stimulating activities. They grow fruits and vegetables from seed, helping them to learn about plant life cycles. They learn that they are unable to have some plants in their garden as they are poisonous and make them unwell. This learning is further embedded at story time when children read books about planting and what they need to do to help seeds grow. This helps children make connections in their learning, sparking their interest in the natural world around them.

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The provision is outstanding

Children take pride in their environment and in looking after their belongings. They carefully put their shoes on the rack as they arrive and hang their coats up on their hooks. They put resources back after they have used them and tidy up after themselves. Children demonstrate exemplary behaviour, with high levels of emotional security. They are wonderfully respectful of each other, sharing resources and waiting for their turn during activities. Older children show care and consideration towards younger children, patiently including them in activities and respecting their rest times. This contributes to a calm and inclusive environment for all children.

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need to do better?

n The childminder works closely with parents to welcome children as they make the transition from home. He uses the information he collects from parents to ensure children experience incredibly sensitive and individualised settling-in periods. This helps children to settle in with ease and flourish in an environment that caters for their needs, interests and wishes. n Assessment is highly effective and supports children to make excellent progress in their overall development. The childminder provides children with mark- making opportunities throughout the environment. This contributes to children developing excellent hand-eye coordination and a keen interest in writing. Children are fully engrossed as they use chalk to practise writing letters and numbers on the floor, refining their coordination and promoting their early

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12 February 2025 literacy skills. They proudly show off their achievements to each other. n There is a strong focus on celebrating differences and similarities. Children listen to music from different countries and learn basic words in different languages. They share food from around the world and look at world maps together, talking about the countries they see. This helps children learn more about the rich and diverse community in which they live. n Children thrive with the childminder in an environment where they know routines well. They prepare for mealtimes by washing their hands and helping to set the table, showing high levels of independence. The childminder prepares healthy, home-cooked meals for children, offering them choices in what they would like to eat so they are involved in the process. n The childminder uses every opportunity to extend children's learning. He uses paint to make thumb prints on paper, looking at the size differences in adults

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and children. Children look in detail at the prints and learn that they are all 'individuals' and unique' so have different thumb prints. Children eagerly repeat the new words they are hearing, increasing their vocabulary. n The childminder enthusiastically plans inspiring and stimulating opportunities to help children learn more about the food that they eat. Children recall with excitement how they plant seeds and watch them grow. They explain how they shell peas when they are ready and eat them in a healthy lunch, which the childminder prepares for them. They know that seeds need sun and water to help them grow. n Children collaborate and negotiate with each other as they use large soft-play bricks to work together and make an aeroplane. They create a cockpit and large, wide wings as they take their seats ready for take off. The childminder wonders where they will be flying to. 'France', say the children excitedly. He asks them

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what they might see on the way there, helping them to recall some of the pictures they have been looking at. Children learn that a person who flies a plane is called a pilot, broadening their knowledge of the world and making connections in what they have been learning. n Parents are highly complimentary of the service the childminder provides. They share that the childminder caters for all their children's educational and developmental needs. They are deeply appreciative of the family-focused atmosphere the childminder has fostered and explain that the care and nurture their children receive has far exceeded their expectations.

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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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Setting details

Unique reference number EY541470 Local authority Havering Inspection number 10372217 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 14 Date of previous inspection 5 April 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2016. He lives in Hornchurch, in the London Borough of Havering. The childminder works with another registered childminder. The setting is open each weekday, 7.20am to 6pm, including before and after school, all year round.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder took the inspector on a learning walk of his provision and explained his approach to learning. n A leadership discussion was held with the childminder. n The inspector gained some views from parents about the childminder and his provision. n The inspector observed interactions between the childminder and children. n The inspector observed the quality of the education being provided and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

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Inspection activities

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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