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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

The childminder visits children at home before they join her provision and gathers lots of information about their individual needs. This enables her to provide a safe and welcoming learning environment in which children feel happy and settled. The childminder's nurturing and sensitive interactions with children promote their emotional security well. Children build strong bonds with the childminder and become secure and confident learners. They thoroughly enjoy exploring the resources and freely experiment using their own ideas. For instance, children fill containers with water and add paint to create a rainbow of different colours.

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The provision is good

The childminder has high expectations for children. She provides an orderly environment and praises children for their behaviour and achievements. This helps children to develop positive attitudes to learning. The childminder encourages children to be independent. For example, children learn how to manage personal care needs, such as washing their hands and feeding themselves. They develop useful skills in readiness for their progression to school. There is a good focus on developing children's communication skills. The childminder speaks clearly and cheerfully. She sings and reads with children often, which helps them to hear and learn new words. Young children speak confidently and have wide vocabularies. For instance, they describe the sound of percussion instruments as 'beautiful, shiny and sparkling'.

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need to do better?

n The childminder evaluates her provision and considers what she needs to do differently to further improve the outcomes for children. She is committed to continuous professional development and attends a wide variety of training. The childminder regularly updates mandatory training to ensure that she knows how to keep children safe and well. n The childminder regularly assesses children's development and identifies appropriate next steps. For instance, she notices when children are ready to start toilet training and discusses with parents and carers the best ways to support this. However, the childminder does not always focus her teaching precisely on what children need to learn next. Therefore, although children enjoy the activities, they do not always receive the best possible support to build on what they already know and can do. n The childminder places a strong emphasis on promoting children's love of

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reading. She selects books that link with children's interests and uses these as the basis for activities. For example, children really enjoy a book about ducks. Therefore, the childminder uses this to enhance children's interest in numbers, providing toy ducks and songs that encourage them to count. The childminder also shares books with parents to help them to continue their children's learning

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10 April 2025 at home. n Children enjoy spending time playing outdoors, and the childminder successfully builds on their knowledge of wildlife and nature. She supports children to watch and listen to the birds that come to her garden and encourages them to water the plants and herbs. Children observe how blossoms on the childminder's fruit trees grow into delicious apples. These experiences help children to appreciate the awe and wonder of the natural world. n The childminder is a positive role model and shows children how to be kind and caring. However, she is not always clear about the ways that she expects children to behave. Therefore, children do not consistently learn about social skills and expectations, such as that some resources need to be shared with others. n The childminder promotes children's physical development well. She has a range of apparatus to promote children's climbing and balancing skills. She also takes

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children to local parks, where they run around and explore the great outdoors. The childminder provides fresh drinking water, along with healthy snacks. She helps children to learn about oral health through fun activities that teach them the importance of cleaning their teeth regularly. n The childminder works closely with parents and maintains a collaborative flow of information. This includes daily updates on children's care and learning via an online messaging service. Parents comment enthusiastically on how supportive the childminder is. They describe how their children's vocabulary and independence have developed since joining the childminder's provision.

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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 focus teaching more precisely on what children need to learn next, to help them progressively build on what they know and can do n strengthen the curriculum for social and emotional development, to help children to learn to manage their behaviour and get on well with others.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY381677 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 10372563 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 4 Date of previous inspection 25 April 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2008 and lives in North Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. The childminder operates her service Monday to Thursday from 8am to 6pm, throughout most of the year. She occasionally works with two registered assistants. The childminder holds a level 3 childcare qualification. She offers government funded childcare for children aged from nine months to four years.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder showed the inspector around the areas of her home used for childcare. She explained how she organises the provision to cater for children's care and learning. n The inspector observed the quality of education provided and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector considered parents' views from their written feedback. She also observed and spoke to children to find out about their experiences in the setting. n The childminder discussed how she manages her provision and ensured that relevant documentation was available for the inspector to view.

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Inspection activities

10 April 2025 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

10 April 2025 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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