Childminder in Milton Keynes

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 January 2016 26 March 2012

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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 childminder continues to maintain the very highest standards in all aspects of her work. She forms an extremely effective partnership with her co-childminder. Together, they review all that they do with a view to identifying improvements, where possible, to the already outstanding provision.  The childminder's outstanding teaching promotes all children's learning exceptionally well. She uses her extensive knowledge of each child's current abilities to plan activities that will capture all children's interest and which all children enjoy. Children make excellent progress.  The childminder is fully committed to helping children learn about tolerance and the diverse world in which we live. She ensures they have many opportunities to meet a wide variety of different people and to gain an understanding of their valuable contribution to our society.  Children feel extremely comfortable and secure in the childminder's welcoming home.

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This provision is outstanding

They build close bonds, behave brilliantly, and thoroughly enjoy the time they spend with her.  The childminder has established outstanding partnerships with other professionals. She makes excellent use of these partnerships to seek support for children who are not making expected progress. Any gaps in their learning quickly begin to close.  The childminder promotes the benefits of a healthy lifestyle extremely well. Children are excited to eat her home-cooked meals and gain an excellent understanding of the benefits of good food, rest, and exercise.

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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

 strengthen the partnerships with parents to enable even more information to be shared to enhance children's learning further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder and the children in the home and garden.  The inspector spoke with the childminder about the learning that was taking place.  The inspector took account of parents' views.  The inspector spoke with the childminder about her understanding of safeguarding, child protection and first aid.  The inspector sampled documentation, including children's records and the childminder's policies.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder demonstrates an excellent understanding of her role in keeping children safe. She regularly attends additional training and knows what steps to take if concerned about a child's welfare. She places a high priority on ensuring her skills are up to date, and has attended a broad range of training. She fully reflects on what she learns and uses her knowledge to plan further improvements. For example, working with her co-provider to plan improvements to the outdoor area and considering ways in which to extend children's physical skills and creative development. She regularly reviews each child's progress and shares this information with parents. However, she recognises that this aspect of her contact with parents could be strengthened still further.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is extremely skilled at what she does. She knows the children very well and has a highly accurate picture of each child's abilities and interests. She ensures children have plenty of time to follow their own interests and carefully guides their learning when appropriate; showing children how to fold materials and introducing different mathematical ideas into everyday activities. She ensures young children have lots of opportunities to listen to stories and develop their early language skills. She plans a range of outings that fully support what she does in her own home. Children meet people from all walks of life, and with all different abilities at toddler groups, cafes, and petting farms for example. The childminder's skill is such that children have no idea just how much they are learning. However, they do know that they are having lots of fun.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder meets children's care needs extremely well. She soothes very young children to sleep and ensures all children have quiet times to rest. She provides firm, but caring guidance to children who are learning about managing their emotions. The childminder is very skilled and patient when helping young children to consider the needs of each other. She has excellent arrangements for promoting an interest in healthy food and cooking. Children benefit from regular opportunities for them to cook and they thoroughly enjoy the jolly and sociable meal times where they serve their own food and practise using cutlery. She promotes children's emotional well-being extremely well. Children grow in confidence when helping the childminder with simple tasks. They listen intently at story times and tell visitors how much they love being in her home.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress in all areas of their learning. They are very well prepared for their next stages of learning, including their move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 141709 Local authority Milton Keynes Inspection number 825773 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 2 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 26 March 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1990. She lives with her husband, who is her co- childminder, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. She provides care all day Monday to Friday, throughout the year. The childminder receives funding to provide free early education to children aged two, 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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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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