Fraser, Katherine Jane

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 May 2015 20 April 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 quality of the childminder's teaching is outstanding. She is highly skilled in promoting children's thinking and learning within all activities and routines. Children always make outstanding progress.  The childminder is well qualified. The impact of her accredited training is evident. She continuously evaluates her provision. She strives to improve her excellent service for children and their families even further.  Partnerships with parents are excellent. Parents contribute to initial assessments of children's development and learning. They are fully involved with the childminder's regular checking of their children's progress. Parents provide examples of things that children have learned at home.  The childminder demonstrates a first class understanding of how children learn. She makes the most of every opportunity to teach the knowledge and key skills that prepare children for moving successfully to school.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder teaches children to be safe. Written risk assessments for outings describe how children are taught to cross the road safely. Children learn rules and behaviour that keep them safe.  Children form exceptional relationships with the childminder. This means that their individual needs are always met extremely well. They confidently and actively play, learn and explore in her company.  The childminder demonstrates a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of what she must do if she is concerned that a child in her care may be at risk of abuse or neglect. She is vigilant in ensuring that she attends all required training, such as a paediatric first-aid course.

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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

 extend the already rich and innovative opportunities for children to practise early reading and writing skills during everyday routines and planned activities, for example, by considering how these might be further enhanced when children play in the garden.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke with the childminder throughout the inspection.  The inspector observed play and learning activities in the childminder's home and garden.  The inspector looked at observation, planning and assessment records and documentation to promote children's health and well-being.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of the childminder.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and carers.

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who attend. This is outstanding

Children make rapid progress in their learning because the childminder provides them with a rich array of stimulating and well-planned activities. Her assessments of children's progress are accurate. She regularly summarises children's achievements. She identifies next steps for their learning that unfailingly promote their rapid progress. The childminder skilfully weaves the next steps for each child's learning into adult-led activities. Children become absorbed in using modelling dough to make caterpillars with the childminder. As they talk and play she supports two-year-olds to practise their early counting skills. This includes drawing their attention to numerals displayed nearby. She teaches older children about the caterpillar's life cycle. They learn interesting words and recall what happens in a popular story. The childminder extends children's early writing when they write their own names on labels for their own caterpillars. She plans to enhance the garden area to

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who attend. This is outstanding

promote reading, writing and maths even further. Children confidently use their knowledge and imagination to initiate and develop self-chosen games. Children playing outside pretend to go to the shops. The childminder sensitively intervenes to help the children to make links between their real and imaginary experiences.

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outstanding

The childminder devotes her time and attention to meeting the individual needs of the children. Children develop close attachments to her. This fully promotes their confidence and well-being. Children become independent because the childminder establishes excellent daily routines. For example, the cups and plates cupboard has a reversible safety catch. This prevents the youngest children from opening it. The childminder reverses the safety catch when she judges that older children are ready to be sent to fetch enough of what they need to lay the table. Children learn to make healthy choices in their diet because the childminder demonstrates that she enjoys tasty, freshly prepared food at mealtimes. The childminder and children talk together about which foods make them strong. The childminder uses home-made resources extremely effectively to promote children's learning. For example, children enthusiastically move their names upwards on

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outstanding

the height chart when they find out that they have grown taller.

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provision is outstanding

The childminder has an exemplary knowledge and understanding of the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. She seeks to extend this even further by attending training courses and linking with other local childminders. She always applies what she has learned to her practice. She attended Early Language Development Programme training. This enabled her to further enhance the quality of her interactions with children, in order to extend their vocabulary and deepen their learning. Partnerships with other settings that children attend are excellent. She takes note of what children are learning at pre-school and builds this into her own planning. She shares observations she makes of children's learning by adding them to the pre-school's online profiles of children's progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY310954 Local authority Cheshire East Inspection number 856685 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 1 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 20 April 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2005 and lives in Knutsford. Her provision operates all year round from 7.45am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3. Her provision provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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

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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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