Griffiths, Emily Jane

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 March 2015 13 November 2009

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Outstanding 1 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 is extremely passionate about her role and places children at the heart of everything she does. The exceptional comfort, reassurance and praise that children receive from the childminder ensures that they are very happy, settled and confident.  Children make rapid progress in their learning and development. The childminder uses the information from her accurate and detailed observations and assessments highly effectively. She plans activities that are specifically linked to children's current interests and next steps in learning.  Children develop exceptional social skills both with their peers and when confidently making new relationships when attending local groups. They learn to value and respect each other, because the childminder encourages them to share information about their own experiences and their family with their friends.  The childminder is truly inspirational and constantly reflects on her practice. She has an

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This provision is outstanding

exceptional targeted programme of professional development in place to further extend her already outstanding knowledge and skills. The childminder applies her learning to ensure that children receive the highest quality of care and learning opportunities.  Partnerships with parents are superb. The childminder keeps parents well informed of what their children are doing during their time at the setting, through very informative diary books and regular theme sheets. These are also highly effective in supporting parents to extend children's learning at home.  The childminder regards children's safety and well-being as a high priority and ensures that stringent daily checks are conducted, so that children are able to play freely and safely. Children learn to keep themselves safe through exceptional teaching practices.

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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

 enhance children's already excellent understanding of good hygiene practices, for example, by continually explaining the reasons why they do tasks, such as washing their hands before food and wiping the table after their snack.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector toured the areas used for childminding.  The inspector observed children during their freely chosen activities.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder and the children throughout the inspection.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the childminder during a focused activity.  The inspector took account of the views from parents and carers noted on the provider's parent reference letters.  A range of documents were examined by the inspector. These included evidence of suitability checks, the childminder's record of training, children's learning files, risk assessment records and the childminder's self-evaluation form.

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who attend. This is outstanding

The quality of teaching is outstanding. Children sustain interest as they engage in imaginative and fun activities. For example, children's love for animals is ignited as the childminder plans a visit to the farm. She engages children in learning about baby animals as part of their spring theme and creates a textured farm play board for children to explore. Children have excellent communication and language skills. They readily make suggestions about what a baby pig is called, confidently suggesting that it is a 'hoglet'. The childminder praises them for having a go, to ensure that they continue to develop high levels of self-confidence, sensitively explaining that it is a piglet. She further extends children's thinking skills as she asks them to talk about what animals eat and drink. Children enjoy grouping similar animals together, such as, ducks, geese and swans. They extend their learning even further when searching for animals in the outdoor environment,

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who attend. This is outstanding

and use a range of positional language to describe where the animals are hiding. This all ensures that children make rapid progress and are ready for their next stages in learning.

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outstanding

The childminder works together with the child and their family from the very onset, to ensure their emotional well-being is exceptionally well supported through secure emotional attachments. The childminder provides information about herself and her family. On occasions she visits children in their own home, so that they feel fully assured in a familiar environment. Children have an excellent understanding of good hygiene practices and readily know that they need to wash their hands before their snack and wipe the table afterwards. There is room to enhance this through further explaining the reasons why they do this. Children are extremely independent in their learning in readiness for school and make many choices for themselves. For example, children select healthy fruits from the choosing bowl for their snack and independently cut up or peel their fruit and help to pour their own milk. Older children competently dress themselves for outdoor play and

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outstanding

younger children put on their own wellington boots.

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provision is outstanding

The childminder has an excellent understanding of how to keep children safe, including what to do if she has concerns about a child's welfare. Risk assessments are constantly reappraised to ensure that accidents are prevented. For example, following an accident the childminder researched the effects of standing up for activities at table height. She concluded that this is good for posture. As a result, the childminder often encourages children to stand when engaging in activities to prevent accidents occurring from swinging on chairs. The childminder is well qualified, and has an exceptional understanding of how children learn. The constant monitoring of children's progress through an extensive range of tracking documents ensures that any gaps in individual or groups of children's learning are instantly identified and swiftly supported. The childminder has excellent links with other local childminder's and regularly meets with them to share practice ideas.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY335386 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 849187 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 17 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 13 November 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2006 and lives in Morecambe. She operates from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday during term time. The childminder holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3.

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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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