Childminder in Plymouth

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 December 2015 7 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

 Partnerships with parents are extremely effective, providing children with exceptional levels of consistency of care. The childminder works very supportively with parents to promote children's independence at home.  The childminder very effectively consults children and parents about possible improvements she can make to her service. She is highly reflective and evaluation systems are exceptionally effective.  The childminder's extremely accurate assessments of children's achievements help her to plan highly challenging, interesting and engaging activities that ensure children make excellent progress from their starting points.  The childminder is extremely committed to providing an inspirational learning environment. She has very skilfully adapted her home to provide children with abundant opportunities to play outdoors in all weathers. Children benefit greatly from observing the changes in the seasons and find out about the natural world through a

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This provision is outstanding

rich range of very well-planned activities.  Arrangements to develop professionally are exemplary. The childminder ensures she attends training regularly, which develops her already excellent teaching skills further. This has helped her to provide a rich range of resources to expertly extend children's exploration and sensory play.

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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

 extend ways to develop children's communication so they become more confident to express their ideas.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder engaged in activities with the children indoors and outdoors.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at a sample of policies and procedures, children's records, and the childminder's self-evaluation.  The inspector took account of the views of parents in written comments.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is extremely thorough and passionate about providing the highest level of care and learning to all children. Her highly effective policies and procedures help her to keep children extremely safe and secure. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a very strong knowledge and understanding of child protection matters, and the procedure to follow if she has a concern. Extremely robust risk assessment underpins all activities and outings to ensure children's safety at all times. The childminder very skilfully identifies and addresses any developmental gaps through expertly monitoring children's learning. Partnership working with outside agencies is very strong, and the childminder provides excellent support to parents to ensure all children receive any extra help.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses her extremely strong knowledge of how children learn to provide an exceptionally wide variety of highly stimulating play experiences. For example, children are extremely captivated as they enjoy familiar stories with the childminder. She supports their understanding superbly by providing an excellent range of resources, which children use to act out the story. They develop excellent early literacy skills to support them in future learning and develop a great love of books. The childminder's extremely positive interactions with children promote their communication and language skills exceptionally well. She expertly and sensitively listens to children, extending their sentences and praising their efforts. However, the childminder sometimes misses opportunities to fully support children in becoming more confident to express their ideas during some activities.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder provides an extremely nurturing and warm environment where children are very happy and secure. She forms very close and caring relationships with children, which develops their well-being and self-esteem enormously. Children's behaviour is exemplary. The childminder expertly encourages them to be highly considerate towards each other, and use good manners. Children begin to manage their own safety exceptionally well. They very effectively learn to take safe risks outdoors using equipment, gaining very strong confidence in their abilities. They have great fun climbing, balancing and improving their physical skills. Children enjoy regular outings and develop an excellent understanding of the local area. The childminder ensures children learn to socialise with a wider circle of other children when out and about, developing their excellent social skills.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress from their starting points. They thoroughly enjoy learning, become independent and develop skills which give them extremely firm foundations for the future and moving on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 117496 Local authority Plymouth Inspection number 825160 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 7 December 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1999. She lives in the St Budeaux area of Plymouth and operates flexible hours throughout the year. She receives funding to provide early education for children aged two, three and four years, and holds a level 3 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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