Childminder in Worcestershire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 September 2015 19 September 2011

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 Children thoroughly enjoy learning. The childminder and her assistants expertly plan and organise exciting activities. They adeptly build on children's understanding and skills to promote their purposeful learning and rapid progress. Children relish the wealth of stimulating resources that encourage their choices, ideas and sustained play.  The childminder and her assistants are highly skilled teachers who interact extremely well with babies and children. They capture their attention and encourage them so that they eagerly take part and persevere. The childminder and her assistants adeptly promote children's use of increasingly expressive language for describing, asking and answering questions and for thinking.  The childminder expertly promotes the learning, development and well-being of children with developmental delay, disabilities or significant health conditions. She skilfully coordinates decisions from parents, other agencies, health professionals and

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This provision is outstanding

organisations, such as schools, about how best to assess and plan for these children's needs.  The childminder and her assistants have excellent relationships with parents. They welcome parents' views about their children's care and learning and keep parents fully informed about their children's routines, activities and achievements. Parents contribute to developing the childminding provision, such as helping to create a wonderful wildlife and conservation area.  The childminder is extremely passionate about her work and dedicated to offering children and their families an excellent service. She and her assistants thoroughly evaluate their procedures, teaching and children's progress. They astutely plan for improvement, making well-timed changes to resources, the learning environment and their teaching to enhance children's care, learning and attainment.

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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 to give children further opportunities to show care and concern for living things and the environment.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. She carried out a joint observation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder, her assistants and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records and other documentation, including policies and procedures and the childminder's self-evaluation form.  The inspector checked evidence of the training and suitability of all adults working with the children.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to during the inspection and from their written feedback to the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder and her assistants work extremely well together to promote children's health and safety and to offer them rewarding, relevant activities. Arrangements for safeguarding children are effective. The childminder and her assistants thoroughly understand signs of abuse, neglect and other potential risks to children. They attend regular training, monitor children's welfare and swiftly address any concerns about them. The childminder ensures children attend regularly. She conscientiously helps parents to access advice and other services that are available to families with young children. Robust staff performance, training and development procedures ensure the childminder and her assistants are well qualified and highly skilled. Their teaching and care are outstanding.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder and her assistants fully understand children's ways of learning, abilities and future development needs. They thoroughly assess and monitor children's progress and consistently exchange information with parents about their children's learning. Children are highly motivated learners. The childminder and her assistants consistently encourage children and value their efforts, work and achievements. Children are curious, observant and relish being outdoors. They grow plants, investigate changes and explore natural materials. The childminder is further extending children's learning about caring for their environment to include conserving water. Children show high levels of imagination during art and craft activities, when acting out roles and as they play with small-world figures. Children are given an excellent grounding in early mathematics and literacy. They adeptly use and compare numbers, colours and shapes. Children love stories and songs,

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

make marks in relevant contexts and increasingly recognise letters and sounds.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children thrive and soon settle in the exciting, comfortable and well-resourced environment. The childminder and her assistants are extremely attentive and reassuring. They promote children's excellent behaviour and positive relationships, helping them to be kind and tolerant of each other's characters and abilities. Children discover more about similarities and differences when they join in activities in the local community and learn about different celebrations and their own families. The childminder and her assistants expertly teach children how to keep themselves healthy and safe. Children are very well nourished, enjoy regular physical play and become increasingly independent in seeing to their own personal care. They are taught how to safely use utensils and apparatus.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Robust assessments, highly inventive and accurate planning and excellent teaching ensure all children make outstanding progress in relation to their starting points. This includes all children who receive early education funding. The childminder adeptly implements highly effective support and strategies to ensure vulnerable and less-able children make the best possible progress. As a result, all children are very well prepared for their future learning, including starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY424003 Local authority Worcestershire Inspection number 874455 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Age range of children 0 - 11 Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 23

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 19 September 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2011 and lives in Worcester. She operates for 48 weeks of the year from 7.45am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder works with two assistants. She and an assistant hold appropriate qualifications at level 3. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. Support is provided for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The childminder has close links with a local school.

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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

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Telephone number

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