Rivett, Tracey

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 November 2015 24 May 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

 The childminder provides consistently high levels of teaching during her very positive interactions with children. She talks to them, asking well-placed questions and demonstrating how things work. This highly positive involvement results in children being confident to join in and to try new experiences.  Children's safety is given the highest priority. The childminder maintains very close supervision during activities and carries out thorough risk assessments, taking steps to minimise hazards to keep children safe.  Children make swift progress given their individual age and starting points. The childminder plans activities that build on what the children already know and that provide appropriate challenges to help them continue to make rapid progress.  Excellent communication and sharing of information with children's parents and with other providers who are involved with them results in children receiving a consistent

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This provision is outstanding

approach to their care needs and learning.  Children clearly show that they feel confident in the childminder's home and that they have a secure attachment to her. Children thoroughly enjoy her involvement in their play and she is skilled in anticipating their need for a change to their activities.  Children are extremely well prepared for the next stage in their learning. The childminder enables them to feel confident to make choices about what they do, to consider others, to share and work together.  The childminder has significantly developed her knowledge and practice since the last inspection. She continually evaluates her service and makes adaptations that are necessary to ensure she continues to meet each child's individual needs.

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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

 enrich the already successful ways to promote children's developing communication and language skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector talked to the childminder at appropriate times throughout the inspection. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the childminder's policies and procedures and evidence of the suitability of the adults living in the household.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is skilled in responding to individual children's needs in very sensitive ways. She gets to know them quickly and adapts her provision to support them exceptionally well. The childminder has identified how she can continue to support children to make the best progress they can with their confidence to speak and share their views. Excellent partnership working with parents, including highly effective communication, results in any changes required to children's care routines being managed very well. The childminder has strong partnerships with other providers of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Children receive a very consistent approach to their care and learning through this commitment to working together. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has a secure understanding of how to keep children safe. She has refreshed her knowledge about safeguarding procedures through attending training

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

and the adults in the household have the required checks in place.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

During her interactions with children, the childminder consistently demonstrates her skilled teaching. Children thoroughly enjoy her involvement as she talks to them, showing them what to do, gaining eye contact and giving lots of praise and encouragement. This significantly supports children to develop in their confidence and self-esteem, enabling them to try new experiences. The childminder is very effective in her planning of activities. She ensures that children are challenged suitably to help them continue to make rapid progress according to their individual starting points. She fully values information from parents about children's interests and uses this to inform her planning. She keeps a very close check on what children can do and focuses well on areas where they require extra support.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are able to choose freely from the excellent range of play materials and activities the childminder prepares for them. She enables children to feel safe in her home and this results in their confidence swiftly increasing. Children enjoy her company, particularly during activities and stories where they sit and play or read together. The childminder is an excellent role model. She treats children with great sensitivity and respect, helping them through discussion to share, take turns and to consider others. Children are learning about the benefits of healthy lifestyles as they have daily opportunities to be outside in the fresh air, going for walks and outings, making the most of the rural location the childminder lives in.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are making rapid progress and are learning valuable skills for the future. The childminder supports them to be independent, gradually increasing their choices as they get older. Children are excited to join in with the specifically planned activities that promote their learning and confidence.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY100634 Local authority Northamptonshire Inspection number 855649 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Age range of children 1 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 9

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2002 and lives in Ringstead, near Kettering in Northamptonshire. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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