Childminder in Lincolnshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 December 2015 9 November 2009

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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 quality of teaching is outstanding. The qualified and experienced childminder expertly provides stimulating activities which offer appropriate challenge to all children. Children are highly engaged in activities and make rapid progress in their learning and development.  The childminder establishes first-class partnerships with parents. She values their contributions about what their children can do at home and regularly shares information about their children's progress with them. This significantly contributes to the excellent progress children make.  The childminder is a strong role model. She calmly and consistently supports children to behave well and to value and treat each other respectfully.  The childminder establishes strong, respectful attachments with the children. They demonstrate they feel safe and secure. They seek out the childminder for reassurance when they are upset and to share experiences with her.

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This provision is outstanding

 The dedicated childminder is passionate about her work with children. She targets training to enhance and update her knowledge and skills in relation to children's individual needs.  The childminder is highly reflective. She continually evaluates the effectiveness of her practice, seeking parents' views to identify areas for improvement. She has high expectations of herself to provide outstanding opportunities for children to achieve their best potential.  The childminder is highly effective in supporting children's developing communication and language skills. She has an extremely good understanding of how to support children for whom English is an additional language.

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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 make use of professional development opportunities to sustain the excellent teaching and enhance children's excellent progress even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and the children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as the childminder's evidence of self-evaluation, children's learning journeys and evidence of the suitability of other adults living in the childminder's home.  The inspector took account of the written views of parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is professional and dedicated to providing children with first-class care and teaching to enrich their learning experiences. She keenly observes the children as they play and listens to what they say. She skilfully re-shapes activities to respond to children's needs and interests. Supporting documentation is meticulously maintained and demonstrates her persistent drive for excellence. The childminder is keen to enhance her teaching skills further. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder fully understands her role in protecting children from harm. She knows what to do should she have any concerns regarding a child's welfare. Parents are extremely positive about her practice. They state they are fully involved and supported in all aspects of their child's care and progress. The childminder establishes very effective partnerships with other professionals to ensure children benefit from consistency in their care and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is enthusiastic and inspires children to try new activities. She knows the children exceedingly well and plans interesting experiences to support their emerging interests. For example, younger children explore cereals and learn about weight and movements as they blow them with a straw. They develop muscle control as they thread the cereal onto pipe cleaners to later feed the birds. Older children explore mathematical concepts, such as capacity and shapes. They transport the cereals in toy vehicles, recognising when they are full or empty. Children are highly engaged as they explore glue when they stick cereals to paper, exploring shapes, such as squares, circles and triangles. The childminder continually evaluates children's progress and their engagement in activities. She has high expectations of what children can achieve and skilfully promotes learning opportunities which offer challenge and fun. All children make very good progress

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

in developing their language skills. The childminder skilfully ensures younger children's interests and stage of development are promoted alongside the differing needs of older children. She intuitively promotes equality of opportunity, teaching children to share and take turns.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder ensures settling-in arrangements are flexible to meet children's individual needs. She has excellent procedures to gather comprehensive information from parents to establish children's starting points. Children are confident and thrive in the childminder's care. The childminder's calm and sensitive encouragement builds children's confidence so that they eagerly try new challenges. They enjoy doing things for themselves and learn how to play safely. When children build large towers of bricks outside, the childminder supports them to consider the consequences to their safety should the bricks fall.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make rapid progress given their starting points and capabilities. They acquire good skills and attitudes to their future education. Children are active explorers, with a thirst to learn more, and are extremely well prepared emotionally for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 209201 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 854456 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 13 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 11

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 9 November 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1996. She operates all year round from 7.45am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 4. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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