Childminder in Oxfordshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 21 September 2015 19 March 2012

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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

 The childminder builds exceptionally strong partnerships with parents, who highly value the role she plays in their children's lives. These positive partnerships help ensure all children make the best possible progress.  The childminder fully understands the importance of forging strong links with other professionals, such as the staff at the pre-schools children also attend. She is highly successful in building these relationships, and children benefit from the resulting continuity of care and education they receive.  The quality of teaching is outstanding. The childminder plans a range of inspiring activities that capture all children's interest. She is extremely skilled at ensuring children have the maximum fun while learning the very most. Children make excellent progress, given their starting points.  Children feel safe, welcome and happy in the childminder's home. They know that they are very welcome there. They are taught to be tolerant, patient and fair by the

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This provision is outstanding

childminder who demonstrates all these attributes in all that she does.  The childminder ensures that children are extremely well prepared for their future learning because she equips them so well with the skills they will need to be independent and inquisitive learners.  Children have plenty of time to explore and lead their own play, as well as to take part in the exciting activities the childminder has planned. They play enthusiastically and happily, unaware of just how much they are learning from the encouraging and skilled childminder who plays alongside them.

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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 the opportunities for children to learn about shape and size further, particularly for those children who prefer to learn outdoors.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the children and the childminder during play.  The inspector and the childminder discussed how the childminder evaluates her quality of teaching.  The inspector spoke with the childminder about her understanding of safeguarding, child protection and first aid.  The inspector took account of the views of parents.  The inspector sampled documentation, including children's records, and the childminder's qualifications and policies.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The qualified childminder fully understands the requirements of her role and fulfils them exceptionally well. She is highly reflective about her practice and is continually looking for ways to make her already outstanding provision still better. She gathers the views of parents and children as she plans further improvements. She actively seeks out training opportunities and her improved knowledge has a very positive impact on what she does, especially the quality of her teaching. For example, she has improved further the quality of her story times to ensure she fully captures the attention of all children. This helps her promote children's developing literacy skills exceptionally well. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder is fully aware of the role she plays in ensuring children's safety. She fully understands what she must do if concerned about a child's welfare.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder knows the children she cares for extremely well. She makes excellent use of all opportunities to observe children as they play. She uses the information she gathers to plan a range of activities that meet their needs extremely well. She makes the very best use of opportunities to extend children's learning, both indoors and outdoors, and recognises where she could enhance their skills even further. For example, she recognises that she could further improve the opportunities for children to learn about shape and size, particularly for those children who enjoy playing outdoors. She makes excellent use of children's routines on arrival to help them count and recognise their names.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children clearly love spending time with the childminder. They are happy and relaxed in her home. The extremely warm bonds between the childminder and children are clearly evident from the smiles, laughter and hugs between them. The childminder ensures that all children understand about acceptable behaviour. She helps children to see things from each other's point of view; older children demonstrate huge amounts of understanding and tolerance around younger children who are in the very early stages of learning to share and take turns. The praise and thanks they receive in return boosts their self- esteem and confidence. The childminder provides an extensive range of toys and resources and organises them so that children can easily choose what to use.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress and are extremely well prepared for the move to school when the time comes. For example, they acquire all the numeracy and literacy skills they need and, just as importantly, learn to be independent, considerate and thoughtful. The outstanding quality of all that the childminder does enhances children's learning opportunities exceptionally well.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 133540 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 825559 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 19 March 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1996. She lives in Broughton, near Banbury, Oxfordshire. She offers care all day, Monday to Friday, throughout the year. She 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

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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