Childminder in Derbyshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 January 2016 9 November 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 quality of teaching is excellent. The childminder continually checks on children's development and identifies any gaps in their learning. She provides extremely exciting play activities which help to successfully motivate children to learn. Children become very active learners and make rapid progress.  The childminder is exceptionally warm and caring in her approach. Children form very secure attachments with her, her co-childminder and each other. Resources and play environments are extremely attractive and highly stimulating for children. They provide children with challenge and excite them.  Children develop excellent communication and language skills. The childminder interacts expertly and sensitively with the children. Children listen attentively to her and express themselves confidently.  Children's behaviour is extremely good. The childminder provides many opportunities for children to express themselves and learn about their feelings. They are kind and

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This provision is outstanding

respectful to one another, share and take turns exceptionally well.  The childminder has highly effective systems to drive ongoing improvement. She expertly evaluates all aspects of the provision, including seeking views and input from parents and children.  Exceptionally strong partnerships with parents, professionals and other early years settings contribute highly to meeting children's needs. The childminder works closely in partnership with other providers when children attend more than one setting. Systems to share information about children's learning are extremely good.  The childminder continually evaluates practice to help ensure that it meets the highest standards. For example, she has developed outside learning experiences that significantly enhance children's learning.

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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 the robust training and continuous professional development programme to help maintain the high quality of care and education already provided.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children involved in activities and the childminder's interaction with them.  The inspector spoke with the children, the co-childminder and childminder at convenient times during the inspection.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector looked at children's learning records, assessments and planning documentation.  The inspector sampled documentation, including policies, procedures. She also looked at the evidence of the childminder's qualifications and suitability, as well as her self- evaluation documents.  The inspector took into account the views of parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is extremely well qualified. She has a vast amount of experience and is exceptionally passionate about her role. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The childminder has an extensive understanding of her responsibility for safeguarding children and child protection requirements. The childminder, assistants and her co-childminder work exceptionally well together as a team. The childminder has identified that continued professional development is needed, in order to help her maintain the outstandingly high quality of her provision. The childminder completes detailed supervisions and appraisals for her assistants to help ensure the quality of teaching is of a high standard.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has an excellent understanding of child development and uses her knowledge to help promote children's learning exceptionally well. She effectively provides an inspiring range of activities and experiences that thoroughly absorb children's interest. This is extremely successful in helping children learn through exploration and discovery. Her highly reflective approach ensures each child is supported to reach their full potential. Children are continually busy, testing their own ideas and thinking about how to solve problems. Children are fascinated and inspired as they discover they have made two pictures by using carbon paper. They fetch the toy dinosaurs and animals from the drawers. They sort them accurately into families, count them and line them up by size. Children are developing their literacy skills extremely well. They collect a dinosaur book from the shelf. The older children sit and match the toy creatures to the ones in the book.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

They listen attentively as they hear about the characteristics of the dinosaurs and hold extremely good conversations about their findings.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder provides a very nurturing approach and care practices are of a high standard. Children develop an extremely secure sense of belonging through the childminder's consistent praise and encouragement. The childminder uses highly effective teaching methods to teach the children about the importance of good health. Children enthusiastically engage in trips to the park or enjoy visiting places of interest, such as a local museum. These experiences help to enrich children's understanding of the world they live in and the wider community. The childminder supports each child to become independent and take care of their own needs. They develop high levels of confidence and play cooperatively. This helps prepare them exceptionally well to move on to the next stage in their development and school.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children develop extremely good literacy and mathematical skills. They have a very positive attitude towards their learning. This clearly contributes to children successfully acquiring the key skills to help them make a good start at school. Children are enthusiastic and confident learners and develop exceptionally good personal and social skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY357400 Local authority Derbyshire Inspection number 849543 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 10 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 16

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 9 November 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2007. She receives funding to provide free early years education for children aged two, three and four years. She works with a co-childminder and two assistants. The childminder has a degree level qualification. The childminding provision operates Monday to Friday from 7.30am until 6pm, all year round, except for Christmas and bank 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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Telephone number

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