Ward, Karen

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 January 2016 27 August 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

 Children receive exceptional support and teaching from this experienced childminder. They benefit immensely from her undivided attention, which consequently advances their knowledge and skills to outstanding levels.  The quality of teaching is excellent. The childminder has high quality strategies in place to monitor and check upon children's development. This enables her to plan meticulously for children's individual learning needs.  Children flourish in a homely and nurturing environment. The childminder is devoted to teaching children to be highly respectful, polite and they play in harmony with each other.  The childminder provides exceptional support to promote children's health, safety and well-being. Children enjoy active and exciting trips out and freshly prepared nutritious meals.  Partnership with parents and others is excellent. First-class communication between parents and professionals helps to ensure that all children's progress is recognised and

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This provision is outstanding

shared to form a united approach to learning.  The childminder has an incredible drive towards improvement. She is fully committed to enhancing and stretching her childminder service and is hoping to complete an early years degree in the future.  The childminder is extremely dedicated to her role and regularly attends forums and conferences to bring about excellent best practice and high quality teaching and care.

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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

 explore further ways to build on children's interest in books to enhance their developing literacy skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children within the home and the childminder's interaction.  The inspector spoke with the childminder at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector sampled children's development files, planning, policies and procedures, and the childminder's self-evaluation form.  The inspector took account of parents' written feedback and comments within the compliments book.  The inspector spoke to children and interacted in their play.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is highly professional and has an excellent knowledge of all legal requirements. She implements these methodically within all her daily records and practices to ensure that all areas are implemented to the highest level. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an exceptionally high regard for her role and responsibility to safeguard children. She completely understands the signs and symptoms that may cause concern for a child's welfare and has an excellent awareness of how to report them. The childminder evaluates her service extremely well and consistently seeks views from children and parents to help build on her first-rate practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children are motivated and absorbed in all activities available, due to the childminder's compassion and vision of making learning highly effective. Children show excellent concentration levels as they play and the childminder is quick to spot how their learning can be extended. For example, as children excitedly play instruments, the childminder adapts her approach to encourage them to think about sounds, mathematical concepts, and questions to advance and maximise their learning. Children show complete delight as they dance and sing to music, showing immense pleasure as they move their bodies in a variety of ways. Children develop an excellent understanding of the world. For example, children learn about the life cycle of living creatures. The children see caterpillars grow, form cocoons and then hatch to butterflies. Children develop their literacy skills and imaginations very well. The childminder uses books to excite and spark their interest,

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

although she wants to develop ways of increasing their enjoyment and interest in books even more.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are very happy in the childminder's care; they show they have a remarkable relationship together. For example, younger children snuggle close to her for comfort and reassurance. Older children share recent events from the nursery, which shows that they trust her. The childminder is gentle and gives admirable attention to promoting children's personal, social and emotional development. For example, children bring in photographs of their families and special people. They talk about differences and similarities and how they are all special. Children behave extremely well and benefit immensely through well- deserved praise. The childminder skilfully promotes children's understanding of a healthy lifestyle. For example, as they wash their hands they talk about good and bad germs to develop the children's awareness of healthy living. Children are skilfully encouraged to think about their safety. For example, the childminder uses fire drills as a way to

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

encourage the children to establish how to be safe.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make rapid progress in all areas of their learning, given their starting points, which provides them with exceptional skills needed for their eventual move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY270073 Local authority Wokingham Inspection number 826687 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 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 27 August 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2003. She lives in Finchampstead, near Wokingham, Berkshire. The setting is open from Monday to Friday, all year round except family holidays. The childminder holds a recognised early years 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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