Childminder in Cornwall

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 October 2015 19 December 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 are extremely confident and independent. The childminder has high expectations of them, encouraging their independence while sensitively reassuring them as they deal with separation.  The childminder develops excellent partnerships with parents to ensure consistency of care and learning. She involves parents fully in their children's learning.  The childminder has an excellent understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage and uses this knowledge to assess children's levels of development accurately to help her plan and provide activities that promote their extremely strong progress in learning.  The childminder supports her assistants extremely well in developing their practice and encourages them to attend training. She helps them to increase their understanding of child development and good practice through discussion and the excellent example she sets them.  The childminder constantly strives to maintain her high quality provision, evaluating and

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This provision is outstanding

reflecting on her practice, actively seeking feedback and responding to any suggestions.  The childminder keeps up to date by attending training and meetings with other providers. She uses this knowledge to continually extend and develop her practice, especially in children's speech development.  The childminder accurately identifies when children have additional needs and works extremely well with other agencies to meet them, adapting her practice to support their progress and welfare.

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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

 develop ways to involve older children in their next steps for learning and in planning activities to help them achieve.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector took account of the views of parents recorded in the childminder's feedback records.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector observed activities in the childminder's home and the outdoor play area.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder and her staff.  The inspector checked documents relating to the suitability and qualifications of staff and sampled documentation regarding planning and children's progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The qualified childminder is very knowledgeable about the Early Years Foundation Stage. She attends a wide variety of training to refresh her knowledge. The childminder uses this training highly effectively, especially in promoting children's communication. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder ensures that she and her assistant have a secure understanding by attending regular safeguarding training. The childminder continues to improve her effective observation and planning, accurately identifying gaps in her curriculum and closely monitoring children's progress.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder knows the children very well and uses this knowledge extremely effectively to plan highly challenging activities that children enjoy. Although she does not encourage older children to help plan for their learning, she promotes their development extremely well. She encourages them to solve mathematical problems, such as adding and subtracting during imaginative play. The childminder skilfully adapts activities. For example, young children register themselves using photographs, while older children recognise and find their names. The childminder speedily identifies any children who have difficulties and rapidly takes steps to help overcome them. This swiftly closes gaps in development, to prepare children well for school. Her extremely strong partnership with parents ensures that they have an accurate awareness of children's developing skills. Children develop strong social and very good physical skills. They enjoy attending toddler

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are extremely confident and secure in the childminder's home. The childminder and her staff give children individual attention, supporting them as they learn to separate from their main carers. The childminder has highly effective links with the local school, sharing information and preparing children for their move into school. Children behave extremely well. The childminder uses praise and celebrates children's achievements and good behaviour, so they understand what they have done well. Children feel safe and secure in the childminder's home, approaching her and her staff very happily. The childminder diligently caters for children's good health and dietary needs. She provides them with well-balanced, home-cooked and nutritious meals.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make significant progress from their starting points. Older children are familiar with letters, numbers and mathematical language. These skills prepare them well for future learning and moving on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY430378 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 822794 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 12

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 19 December 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2011. She works with assistants from the home of her parents, in the village of Mullion, near Helston in Cornwall. She provides funded education for children aged three and four years old and her service is open Monday to Friday for 47 weeks of the year. The childminder and one of her assistants hold National Vocational Qualifications to level 3 in Early Years.

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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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