Childminder in Essex

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 December 2015 20 January 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 qualified childminder has an excellent knowledge and understanding of how children learn and develop. These, along with his exemplary teaching practice, help children to be extremely well prepared for school or the next stage in learning.  Children are extremely happy, relaxed and confident. They have excellent relationships with the childminder, his co-childminder and each other. These help to support children's emotional well-being very well.  Children's behaviour is exemplary. The childminder is an excellent role model. He is polite and respectful to the children, who are encouraged to use good manners and be kind and caring to each other.  The childminder works very closely with parents to gather high-quality information about children's current development before they start with him. He uses this extremely effectively to plan activities that greatly interest children straight away.  The childminder is constantly striving to improve his skills and knowledge to enhance

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This provision is outstanding

his professional development. He continues to attend extensive ongoing training courses. This has a positive impact on children, who benefit from outstanding learning experiences.  The childminder puts children's safety and well-being at the centre of everything he does. Risk assessment is thorough and the childminder fully understands his role and responsibilities in protecting children. Consequently, children's safety and well-being are promoted to a very high standard.

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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 develop partnerships with all other settings that children attend to promote continuity in learning and development.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder, his co-childminder and the children in the childminder's home and garden.  The inspector spoke with the childminder about the learning that was taking place.  The inspector took account of the written views of parents.  The inspector spoke with the childminder about his understanding of safeguarding and child protection.  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 arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has a comprehensive knowledge of the safeguarding procedures and what he would do if he had a child protection concern. He ensures that his assistants have a thorough understanding of all the policies and procedures. He also checks that their circumstances have not changed and that they remain suitable to care for children. The childminder is highly reflective and consistently evaluates his practice. This helps him to be very effective in identifying areas for improvement, with targeted plans and exciting ideas to address them. He is currently reviewing the use of the garden and hopes to have a covered area to make it more accessible to children at any time. Partnerships have been built with other settings that children also attend.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has extremely effective methods for monitoring the progress that each child is making. He uses this information to plan activities that ensure each child moves forward in their learning and development. The childminder develops children's communication and language skills exceptionally well. For example, he engages them in constant discussion and encourages them to think as he questions them. Children's learning is promoted as they explore sensory materials. This involves them in learning about different colours, sorting water beads into different pots and considering how many they have got. The childminder shares the assessments of children's progress with parents and provides a wide range of information to support their learning at home. Parents feel very involved in the setting and are highly complimentary of the childminder's service.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

There is an excellent focus on play and learning in the garden. The provision of homemade resources, such as chopped wood, encourages children to build towers and use their imagination. Children develop a very strong understanding of the importance of healthy eating. They plant and grow a wide variety of fruit and vegetables before gathering them to eat. They learn where apples come from as they observe them change from a blossom on the tree to the fruit. Children are extremely well prepared for starting school. They show advanced independence when taking off their own coats and shoes and know where to hang them up when they return from the garden. The childminder helps children to understand the world around them and they learn from each other about the similarities and differences between themselves and others.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make rapid progress from their starting points. They are motivated to learn and persist with activities. The childminder knows when to provide additional challenges to extend children's learning or extra support if any gaps in learning are identified.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY420754 Local authority Essex Inspection number 850100 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 11 Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 19

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 20 January 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2011 and lives in Feering, Essex. He works with his wife who is also a registered childminder and two assistants. He operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3.

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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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