Childminder in Hampshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 January 2015 10 September 2009

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Good 2 How well the early years provision meets the needs of the range of children who attend Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the early years provision Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

The setting meets legal requirements for early years settings

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder has an excellent understanding of the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Consequently, children receive high quality care and learning experiences that meet their individual needs exceptionally well.  Partnerships and communications with parents and others involved with children's care and learning are outstanding. Children benefit significantly from these highly effective partnerships that promote a fully joined-up approach to their care and learning needs.  Children have excellent relationships with the childminder. Their emotional well-being is extremely well supported through their close attachment to her.  The childminder organises her childminding service extremely well to provide children with a wealth of activities indoors and outside the home. Her use of opportunities to challenge and extend children's learning is excellent, resulting in children making outstanding progress.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder is highly motivated to develop her practice and make changes that will continually improve the outcomes for children. She is committed to ongoing professional development because she is acutely aware of its beneficial impact on her teaching.  The childminder has an excellent understanding of safeguarding procedures. She gives high priority to keeping children safe and sensitively supervises children at all times.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

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

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

 continue with professional development to strengthen existing knowledge and understanding of how children think and learn, to enhance future practice.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector discussed the childminder's practice with her.  The inspector sampled the childminder's documentation.  The inspector observed children engaged in play activities indoors.  The inspector viewed all areas used for childminding.  The inspector took into account the written views of parents.

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who attend. This is outstanding

The childminder has an excellent awareness of the skills children will need for school and she skilfully teaches them to become independent learners. She plans activities so all children can take part, have fun and achieve. During inspection, children had a fantastic time making bird food cakes. Inspired by the childminder's enthusiasm, they absorbed themselves in pouring and mixing ingredients to make the cakes. They developed their communication skills as they talked about the activity, learnt about nature, and looked at shapes within the mixture. The childminder's exceedingly positive interaction with children allows her to assess their learning precisely. She has created an environment rich in print, providing children with excellent opportunities to learn about words and numbers. Children are extremely happy and showed an eagerness to learn as they enthusiastically occupied themselves with play.

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outstanding

The childminder provides children with a secure, stimulating and nurturing environment. Children thrive, and the rich praise and encouragement they receive from the childminder continually boosts their self-esteem and confidence. Children have excellent daily opportunities to play with an extensive range of resources that promote learning in all areas. Their behaviour is exemplary and they show care and consideration for others. For example, older children were seen to eagerly help younger ones to put their shoes on. Parents confirm that the childminder is 'excellent at integrating children together' and that they 'empathise well with each other'. Children's understanding of health and safety is supported effectively by the childminder's care practices. They have healthy meals and daily opportunities for exercise to strengthen their physical skills.

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provision is outstanding

The childminder is extremely enthusiastic and dedicates her time to providing a high quality provision for children. She maintains comprehensive, detailed, documentation and has completed a full evaluation of her practice. The childminder seeks the views of both parents and children and is continually driving forward improvements. For example, since her last inspection, she has successfully introduced a new system for monitoring children's progress in learning, which means she is highly effective in identifying children's specific learning needs and in taking action to meet them. It has also greatly improved parents' access to detailed daily information, to keep them fully informed about their child's development. The childminder attends training to increase her knowledge. She recognises that improving her knowledge of child development will enable her to focus more acutely on targets to enhance her provision.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY291468 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 833802 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 10 September 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2004. She lives with her two children, in Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire. All areas of the property are used for childminding. There is a garden available for outside play. Local parks, shops and schools are within walking distance. The childminder is registered on the Early Years Register and the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. The family has a dog and guinea pig. The childminder works Monday to Friday, for most of the year.

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Telephone number

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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Telephone number

procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. 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, safeguarding and child protection.

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

T: 0300 123 4234 Textphone: 0161 618 8524 E: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk W: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted

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