Childminder in Barking and Dagenham

Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

The nurturing and calm childminder ensures that children are warmly welcomed into a home-from-home environment. She provides children with a fun and enabling environment in which to learn, offering reassurance and comfort as they need it, supporting their self-esteem and confidence. The childminder plans a varied curriculum around children's interests and builds on what they already know and can do. Planned outings within the local community enhance and broaden children's experiences further. For example, children enjoy trips to local parks where they develop their large physical skills, and they go on regular walks for fresh air and exercise. In the childminder's garden, children learn new skills, such as kicking balls and throwing hoops. They also have fun as they socialise with other children at children's centres, developing friendships outside the setting.

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The provision is good

The childminder promotes child-led play, supporting children's curiosity, choices and ideas. She is calm and reassuring in her interactions with children. The childminder is a good role model, and children behave well. The childminder supports children to learn to share and take turns. Children demonstrate they feel safe and secure in her care and have established close and trusting bonds with the childminder.

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need to do better?

n The childminder provides a broad and interesting curriculum for the children in her care. She collects information from parents and uses her own observations to fully understand what children need to learn next. Children demonstrate enjoyment and positive attitudes to learning as they access stimulating resources that are available to them and explore these enthusiastically. However, during some focused activities, the childminder does not follow her curriculum intentions as precisely as possible to ensure that it meets the needs of all children. This does not consistently support children to make the best possible progress. n The childminder consistently talks to children to help expose them to a wide range of conversation skills and vocabulary. She has interesting conversations with the children while she plays alongside them to support their language and communication skills. For example, she names resources as children engage in

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need to do better?

imaginative play. She models language as children play, asking them questions and giving them time to answer, and offers answer choices when needed. This has a positive impact on children's speech and language development. n The childminder supports children to learn how to manage their own self-care and independence skills, such as feeding themselves and putting on their own coats. However, this is not done consistently, and the childminder does not provide enough opportunities through the daily routines to ensure that children learn these skills successfully.

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25 April 2025 n The childminder skilfully teaches children about early mathematical concepts. Children learn about numbers through a range of playful activities and experiences, such as adding beads to make a shaker and comparing who has more. Children recognise shapes and use mathematical language during their play. This benefits children's early sorting and categorising skills. n The childminder strongly supports children's love of books. She ensures that children have regular access to a wide range of traditional and popular children's books as they play. This supports children's early literacy development very well. n The childminder forms good relationships with parents. Parents are complimentary about the childminder. She shares information with them about their children's daily experiences at her setting. The childminder and parents share ideas about how to further support their children's learning at home. This

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need to do better?

supports consistency in children's learning, care and progress. n The childminder reflects on her practice, seeking feedback from parents on how to improve her setting. She looks for ways to improve her skills and knowledge. She accesses training to further her knowledge, such as recent training to support children's language development. This helps the childminder to improve outcomes for children.

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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 planning and implementation of activities to ensure that all children have the best possible learning experience n support children to learn and develop independence skills through daily routines.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY339232 Local authority Barking and Dagenham Inspection number 10380252 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 1 Date of previous inspection 3 June 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2003. She lives in Barking in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The childminder operates from Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm, all year round. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification in childcare at level 3. The childminder offers government funded places for early years children.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder and the inspector discussed how the childminder organises her early years provision, including the aims and rationale for the curriculum. n The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and the children. n The inspector spoke to children during the inspection. n The childminder and the inspector discussed how the curriculum is implemented and the impact on the children's learning. n The inspector reviewed written feedback from parents and took account of their views. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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Inspection activities

25 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

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