Childminder in North Tyneside

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 August 2015 23 June 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

 Children play and learn in a highly engaging, fun and stimulating environment. They become deeply involved in rich and varied learning experiences that support their learning exceptionally well across all areas of learning.  Children benefit from the superb quality of teaching from the childminder. She uses a wide range of teaching techniques to consistently support and challenge the children during play. Children are highly driven and enthusiastically join in with all activities. They are capable thinkers who are curious to test and explore their ideas.  Children are confident, articulate communicators, who are able to express themselves exceptionally well. They use a wide vocabulary and invite others into their conversations by asking appropriate questions.  Highly positive and deeply secure attachments with the childminder help children to become extremely confident and display very high levels of self-esteem. They embrace

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This provision is outstanding

change to their usual routine and are relaxed in new and social situations, demonstrating wonderful coping skills.  Children understand, and implement, the guidance they are given about expected behaviour. Their behaviour is extremely good, as a result.  Systems of self-evaluation are rigorous, well documented and inform a detailed and targeted plan of development. As a result, the childminder demonstrates a very strong capacity to maintain her outstanding practice.  Safeguarding children is at the centre of the childminder's practice. She is extremely confident in her role of safeguarding children and the possible signs and symptoms of abuse. She is very clear on the procedure to follow if she has any concerns about the welfare of a child in her care and has attended recent safeguarding training that further supports her in her role.

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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

 consider offering children even more opportunities to develop their interest in reading and books.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities during indoor play, in the garden and during lunchtime.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the childminder and assessed the accuracy of her evaluation.  The inspector viewed children's records, planning documentation and a range of other documentation, including policies, procedures and the self-evaluation document.  The inspector took account of the views of parents from questionnaires and from the letters and cards sent to the childminder.

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who attend. This is outstanding

Children have a tremendous time leading their own play and exploring their ideas. The childminder uses her expert knowledge of the children to reshape activities to ensure children gain the most from their play at all times. Observations are used well to assess children's progress and identify next steps in their learning. The childminder uses this information to inform her individual planning for each child. As a result, children make excellent progress. Children enjoy play with blocks. They use a wide range of skills to group, compare and problem solve and use superb mathematical language to describe what they are doing. Children use wonderful imaginative skills and with excellent support from the childminder, they recall past events and use their own experiences to enhance their role play further. Children write for a purpose and engage in lots of mark-making activities. The childminder is considering ways to support children's literacy skills even

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who attend. This is outstanding

further. The childminder successfully engages parents, finding creative ways to help them continue their child's learning at home. There is a consistent two-way flow of communication and children benefit from the collaborative approach to their care and development.

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outstanding

Children thoroughly enjoy their time with the childminder and regularly invite her in to their play. The childminder has very high expectations of the children. This has a powerful impact, as children develop a wonderful enthusiasm in their approach to everything they do. Children are deeply involved in the routine of the day, enjoying carrying out tasks and showing great independence. Excellent care practices and the high priority that is placed on developing children's independence skills, support children to be ready and prepared for all future moves, in particular, their move to school. Children gain a great insight into leading healthy lifestyles and managing their own safety. They enjoy learning about healthy foods as they grow and tend to fruits and vegetables at their local allotment. Children demonstrate their understanding of important safety issues as they engage in interesting and creative activities and practice staying safe during role play.

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provision is outstanding

The childminder has an excellent understanding of the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. She is entirely committed to her role and demonstrates this through her highly successful and well-documented drive to maintain the highest possible levels of practice. In addition to holding a relevant qualification, she regularly updates her knowledge and skills through available training and seeking out new information from a wide range of media. This helps the childminder to continue to develop and strengthen her skills to support children to make the best possible progress. Close scrutiny of the progress children make over time and the excellent partnerships that are in place, help to ensure children's individual needs are known and particularly well met. The childminder is exceptionally well organised and has all of the required documentation in place.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY314694 Local authority North Tyneside Inspection number 849031 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 17 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 23 June 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2005 and lives in Forest Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne. She operates all year round from 7.15am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds a relevant childcare qualification.

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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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