Trethewey, Samantha Jane, Mrs

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 December 2015 6 December 2010

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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

 There are extremely effective partnerships between parents and the childminder, who frequently shares ideas about how they can extend children's learning at home.  The childminder knows the children extremely well. Her conscientious planning, based on her detailed observations and assessment, enables her to provide highly challenging activities that ensure all children make excellent progress from their starting points. The childminder can very quickly identify when children need additional support and make plans to help them catch up.  In her efforts to monitor, maintain and develop her already excellent practice, the childminder seeks and quickly acts on any feedback and suggestions from parents and other professionals. This helps her to make targeted changes that benefit those children attending.  Children develop a very strong awareness of the differences and similarities between themselves and others. The childminder actively teaches them about other people's

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This provision is outstanding

lifestyles and beliefs, and helps them to develop respect and tolerance for each other.  The childminder embraces training and meets with other childminders to keep well informed. This very successfully helps to improve her knowledge, especially in her delivery of mathematics.

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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

 provide more opportunities to extend children's exploration and investigation.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day and those recorded in the childminder's feedback records.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector observed activities in the childminder's playrooms and garden.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder at convenient times.  The inspector checked documents relating to the suitability and qualifications of the childminder and her family, and sampled documentation regarding planning and children's progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is extremely experienced and very familiar with the requirements. She makes full use of knowledge she gains in training, especially developing her behaviour management techniques and championing mathematics. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a very strong understanding of child protection concerns and issues following her recent safeguarding training. The childminder very effectively monitors children's progress. This helps her to take swift action and ensure activities match their learning needs. The childminder's excellent monitoring and reflection of her practice has enabled her to address the recommendation from her previous inspection very well. She very successfully caters for children who prefer to learn outside, having extended the range of activities to ensure they cover all areas of learning thoroughly.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses her extensive knowledge of individual children to very skilfully extend and challenge children. She gives young children time to strengthen their curiosity and work things out, for example, as they post things and pour materials between different sized containers. However, she does not build on this further and provide a wider range of opportunities for them to explore and investigate. The childminder teaches older children the correct names of three-dimensional objects, challenges them to add objects together and to make calculations. The childminder provides excellent opportunities for children to exercise and reinforce their understanding of time. For example, older children thoroughly enjoy creating and completing an obstacle course and using a stopwatch to time themselves. The childminder has very strong partnerships with parents and liaises very effectively with other professionals and providers to help children make rapid

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are very secure, at ease and comfortable in the childminder's home, confidently selecting resources and suggesting future activities. Children's behaviour is exemplary. They are very familiar with, and confidently follow, the childminder's routines and expectations. These include helping to tidy up after activities and following her highly effective hygiene practices. The childminder enthusiastically praises and celebrates children's achievements and helpful behaviour, so they develop an extremely strong sense of pride and self-confidence.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children's social, mathematical and literacy skills are exceptional. They recognise their own names, develop very good pencil control, enjoy counting and simple calculation, and are very emotionally secure. These skills prepare them extremely well for future learning and moving on to school and pre-school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY275800 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 826745 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 10

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 6 December 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2003. She lives in the village of Helland, near Bodmin, Cornwall. Her service is open Monday to Thursday throughout the year. The childminder has a level 3 early years qualification. She receives funding to provide free early education for children aged three and four 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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