Childminder in Redcar and Cleveland

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14/10/2014 13/10/2008

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early years provision

This inspection: 1 Previous inspection: 2 How well the early years provision meets the needs of the range of children who attend The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children 1 The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the early years provision 1

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder provides an extremely calm, caring and stimulating environment were children thrive and flourish; this promotes their learning, development and emotional well-being exceptionally well.  The childminder has an excellent understanding of the learning and development requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. She plans extremely stimulating and purposeful play opportunities and a good balance of adult-led and child-initiated activities; as a result children are making rapid progress.  Children are extremely happy, settled and confidently separate from parents on arrival. Links with parents and other providers are exceptional and an extensive range of information is shared to ensure continuity in children's care, learning and development.  Children have exciting daily opportunities to move in different ways. They thoroughly enjoy moving to their favourite action songs, rhymes and regularly visit local parks and

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This provision is outstanding

play areas. This motivates children to be physically active, whilst promoting their very good health.  The childminder has an excellent understanding of her responsibility to protect children. She and her assistant have attended relevant safeguarding training and know who to contact with concerns. This ensures children are extremely safe within her care.  The childminder is extremely motivated and purses excellence for her and for all children. She is committed to continuous improvement and her own professional development to ensure outcomes for children are fully promoted.

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Information about this inspection

Inspections of registered early years provision are:  scheduled at least once in every inspection cycle – the current cycle ends on 31 July

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Information about this inspection

 scheduled more frequently where Ofsted identifies a need to do so, for example where provision was previously judged inadequate  brought forward in the inspection cycle where Ofsted has received information that suggests the provision may not be meeting the legal requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage or where assessment of the provision identifies a need for early inspection  prioritised where we have received information that the provision is not meeting the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and which suggests children may not be safe  scheduled at the completion of an investigation into failure to comply with the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Information about this inspection

The provision is also registered on the voluntary and compulsory parts of the Childcare Register. This report includes a judgment about compliance with the requirements of that register.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector had a tour of the premises and observed children playing.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at children's learning journey records, a selection of policies, children's records and checked evidence of the childminder's suitability and all people living on the premises.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke with the childminder, her assistant and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection and involved the childminder in a joint observation of an activity.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector took account of the information provided in the childminder's self- evaluation document.

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Information about the setting

The childminder was registered in 2008 and is on the Early Years Register and the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. She lives with two children aged 14 and 11 years in a house in Marske. The whole of the ground floor and the rear garden are used for childminding. The childminder attends a toddler group and activities at the local children's centre. She visits the shops, beach and parks on a regular basis. She collects children from the local schools and pre-schools. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm, except bank holidays and family holidays.

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To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

 consider how younger children can continue to further develop negotiating space successfully in the indoor environment, such as, using small pushchairs indoors.

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who attend

Teaching is outstanding. Children are extremely well supported in their learning and development. This is because the childminder has an excellent understanding their individual stage of learning and what they are interested in. She also makes accurate assessments of children's progress and uses this information to plan an exceptional balance of adult-led and child-initiated activities. As a result, children make excellent progress across all areas of learning. There is a designated playroom and the childminder provides an extensive range of high quality resources that are developmentally appropriate. Children's independence is exceptionally well promoted as they are able to access resources with ease and lead their own learning and play in confidence. The childminder has implemented excellent systems for observation, assessment and planning. She works extremely closely with her assistant, parents and other providers to ensure

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who attend

continuity of care learning and development. She uses information collected from parents to provide a challenging learning experience for all children from the start. Children make rapid improvement in their learning from their starting points with gaps rapidly closed. The childminder clearly tracks children's progress and next steps are highlighted and used to plan activities that meet children's interests and engages them in their own learning. She encourages children's independence extremely well and supports them to acquire the skills, attitudes and dispositions they need to be ready for school or the next stage of learning. For example, older children take their own coat and shoes off on arrival and younger children are encouraged to feed themselves with the childminder's and her assistants support. The childminder supports children learning through her understanding of how to ask very good quality questions. This effectively supports children's critical

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who attend

thinking skills. In addition, learning opportunities are rich, varied and imaginative. The childminder supports children's language and communication skills extremely well. For example, she uses effective questioning to encourage children to tell her about their morning at nursery. They talk confidently about their experience and what activities they have been involved in. The childminder shows great interest in what children say and praises them for their contribution. Children thoroughly enjoying choosing their favourite story and sharing it with the childminder and their peers. They excitedly join in with familiar stories and listen with increasing attention and recall. The childminder skilfully encourages children to predict what might happen next and gives them plenty of time to think and share their ideas. This effectively develops their literacy, listening and attention skills. The childminder provides an extensive range of opportunities for children to

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who attend

recognise and say number names. For example, she uses a wide range of props and puppets to encourage children to join in with number rhymes and songs. This helps to develop their early mathematical skills extremely well and creatively challenges children's learning.

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who attend

The childminder provides rich, varied and imaginative experiences, both indoors and outside, based on children's interests. Consequently, children are exceptionally well motivated and eager to learn. For example, they delight in tending the various vegetables, which they have grown from seed in the garden. They have great fun pulling up the carrots they have grown. They carefully wash them and enjoy tasting them. They are also involved in making soup with them. This develops their awareness of growth and living things and provides exciting opportunities for them to observe and talk about changes over time. Children thoroughly enjoy visiting local parks and soft play areas to develop their physical skills. This encourages them to use large and small equipment and move in a variety of ways. They also have great fun in the easily accessible garden where they are able to run and successfully move direction and adjust their speed to avoid obstacles.

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who attend

Younger children also enjoy confidently manoeuvring small wheeled toys such as, pushchairs. However, opportunities to continue this interest indoors are not always available.

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who attend

Partnerships with parents and other providers are exceptional. Parents comment that their children have made very rapid progress since attending the setting and they are kept very well informed. For example, children's next steps in their learning are shared, through in- depth daily discussions and through the computer system used by the childminder. Parents are able to access this at their leisure, which supports and enhances a two-way flow of communication. This means that parents have excellent opportunities to support their child's learning at home. The childminder has an excellent knowledge of the progress check completed for children aged between two and three years, its purpose and the need to share this with parents.

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The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children

Children have clearly developed exceptionally close relationships with the childminder and her assistant and are extremely happy and settled in their care. The childminder and assistant are very friendly and attentive to the children. This supports their emotional well- being extremely well and results in children who are very active and motivated learners. This is evident as children remain engaged in activities for extended periods of time. The childminder gathers information about their individual needs, routines, likes and dislikes. This helps the childminder to make sure children make the move from home to her care with minimum distress.

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The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children

The childminder has developed exceptional links with local nurseries and schools and she shares information with the staff so that children's needs continue to be met. She takes children to visit their new settings and meet their teachers, as they accompany her to collect and drop off other children. Children play in a very child-friendly, safe environment with clean, good quality, age-appropriate and well-maintained toys and equipment that effectively support their overall well-being, learning and development. The dedicated playroom is set up so children can independently access an extensive range of toys and activities. These are stored in easily accessible storage boxes and include those which reflect positive images of difference and diversity. These are clearly labelled with pictures, as well as words, to assist children in making even more informed, independent choices.

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The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children

The childminder provides a wide variety of healthy homemade meals and snacks for children and they have access to milk or water throughout the day. They feed themselves very well and manage their self-care routines extremely well, so they are ready for nursery and school. They confidently talk about the need to flush and wash and remind each other of why they need to wash their hands. Children have an excellent understanding of the need of physical exercise for a healthy lifestyle. For example, they confidently discuss the need to remove their jumpers when they join in with actions as they become hot and that they need to drink more water when exercising. Behaviour is exceptional and the childminder reminds children to use good manners when they ask for toys or drinks. She teaches them to keep themselves safe on outings and learn to manage risks safely as they use the play equipment at home, in the garden, at the park and on outings.

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provision

The childminder is inspirational and her pursuit of excellence is worthy of dissemination to other providers. Safeguarding arrangements are extremely robust and the childminder understands her role in protecting children from harm. She is aware of what to do should she have a concern about children's welfare. Therefore, children are kept safe. The childminder fully understands the importance of ensuring all adults working with children or living in the childminding premises are vetted to assure their welfare. She and her assistant have a thorough knowledge of the procedure to follow in the event of an allegation being made. Risk assessments are thorough and as a result, children are cared for in a particularly safe and secure environment. Documentation and records are extremely well maintained and reviewed, which firmly underpins children's safety and welfare.

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provision

The learning and development requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage are extremely well met. The childminder effectively monitors and evaluates the progress of children in her care. She uses both individual learning journals and an on-line tracking system, which ensures that she has an excellent understanding of children's overall learning, development and progress. This information is used to plan a wide range of challenging and enjoyable activities for children across all areas of learning. The childminder uses effective systems for self-evaluation and can clearly identify her strengths and areas for future development. The childminder regularly completes relevant training courses to improve her already outstanding skills, knowledge and understanding. She works extremely closely with her assistant, other childminders and the local authority advisors, to fully support children in their learning and development. This demonstrates

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provision

the childminder has a commitment to her professional development and has capacity to maintain continuous improvement. She also supervises her assistant extremely well; observing and assessing his practice and encourages him to also attend regularly training to further support outcomes for children. All recommendations from the last inspection have been met, for example, a procedure to be followed in the event of a child going missing is now in place and shared with parents.

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provision

The childminder highly values the importance of working with parents. An extensive range of information is shared daily. This creates a highly effective partnership between the childminder and parents as they monitor children's achievements together. Parents are provided with a wealth of information about the setting through a wide range of written policies and procedures and further information is also shared electronically. They state that they are happy with the safe and stimulating environment the childminder provides and are extremely pleased with the care provided. The childminder effectively gathers excellent information about children's individual and changing needs. This enables her to take each child's uniqueness into account when planning activities and providing care. Successful links with other providers are fostered exceptionally well. This means that expertise is shared in order to fully support children's individual learning and development

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provision

needs. Consequently, children experience continuity of care and a smooth transition to their next stage of learning.

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The Childcare Register

The requirements for the compulsory part of the Childcare Register are Met The requirements for the voluntary part of the Childcare Register are Met

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Grade Judgement Description

Grade 1 Outstanding Outstanding provision is highly effective in meeting the needs of all children exceptionally well. This ensures that children are very well prepared for the next stage of their learning. Grade 2 Good Good provision is effective in delivering provision that meets the needs of all children well. This ensures children are ready for the next stage of their learning. Grade 3 Requires improvement The provision is not giving children a good standard of early years education and/or there are minor breaches of the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. We re-inspect nurseries and pre-schools judged as requires improvement within 12 months of the date of inspection. Grade 4 Inadequate Provision that is inadequate requires significant improvement and/or enforcement action. The provision is failing to give children an acceptable standard of early years education and/or

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Grade Judgement Description

is not meeting the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. It will be monitored and inspected again within six months of the date of this inspection. Met There were no children present at the time of the inspection. The inspection judgement is that the provider continues to meet the requirements for registration. Not met There were no children present at the time of the inspection. The inspection judgement is that the provider does not meet the requirements for registration.

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Inspection

This inspection was carried out by Ofsted 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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Setting details

Unique reference number EY369525 Local authority Redcar & Cleveland Inspection number 857947 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 17 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 24

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Telephone number

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Type of provision

For the purposes of this inspection the following definitions apply:

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Type of provision

Full-time provision is that which operates for more than three hours. These are usually known as nurseries, nursery schools and pre-schools and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. They are registered on the Early Years Register and pay the higher fee for registration.

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Type of provision

Sessional provision operates for more than two hours but does not exceed three hours in any one day. These are usually known as pre-schools, kindergartens or nursery schools and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. They are registered on the Early Years Register and pay the lower fee for registration.

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Type of provision

Childminders care for one or more children where individual children attend for a period of more than two hours in any one day. They operate from domestic premises, which are usually the childminder’s own home. They are registered on the Early Years Register and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Type of provision

Out of school provision may be sessional or full-time provision and is delivered before or after school and/or in the summer holidays. They are registered on the Early Years Register and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. Where children receive their Early Years Foundation Stage in school these providers do not have to deliver the learning and development requirements in full but should complement the experiences children receive in school. 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 Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, 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,

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Type of provision

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Type of provision

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