Childminder in Hampshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 25 January 2016 26 April 2010

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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 has highly effective links with parents and other providers to ensure successful continuity of care and learning for all children. She provides an educational programme that is rich, varied and stimulating, and meets the needs of each child extremely well.  The childminder has extremely good relationships with children. She is very sensitive in her interactions with them and they feel secure and safe in her care.  The childminder provides an excellent range of high-quality learning experiences for children, in an exciting and vibrant learning environment. She is a highly effective role model.  Children demonstrate very high levels of confidence and self-assurance and a strong sense of belonging. They are exceptionally eager to learn and very much enjoy meeting new challenges. They make excellent progress in their learning.  The childminder is a very well-qualified and reflective practitioner. She uses extremely

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This provision is outstanding

effective systems to enable her to develop and improve her expertise. Her excellent practice greatly benefits the children.  Children's well-being is significantly improved by the childminder's highly consistent implementation of robust procedures and practice.

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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 a targeted programme of professional development to further improve the already outstanding practice.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke to the childminder at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's learning records, planning documentation, the self- evaluation form and a selection of policies and children's records.  The inspector took account of the views of parents via letters seen on the day.  The inspector observed the childminder interacting with the children.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder has a secure and expert knowledge and understanding of how to promote children's learning in all areas. She fully understands how to safeguard children and the procedures to follow if she has concerns about their welfare. Safeguarding is effective. Her outstanding practice underpins her drive to improve achievement for all children. For example, following training, she immediately updated her policies in line with new government guidance to keep parents fully informed. The childminder has high expectations for what children will achieve and has a robust and well-planned routine. She plans to continue her professional development even further. She has highly effective systems to monitor children's excellent progress to continuously challenge them and improve their outcomes.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has an expert knowledge and understanding of how to promote children's learning highly effectively. She plans exciting activities, clearly linked to each child's interests and the next steps in their learning. These cover all areas of learning extremely well. The childminder places a strong emphasis on the development of children's communication skills and on supporting their physical, personal, social and emotional development. For example, she very successfully questions and encourages children, providing a narrative for what they are doing. Children are highly motivated and fully engaged. For example, when exploring the tray of coloured rice, young children are intrigued and excited as they watch the rice run through the funnel and carefully spoon in more to repeat the experiment. Precise assessments feed into accurate planning for children's future learning to help them make the best possible progress.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder works exceptionally well with parents to ensure that she has an outstanding knowledge of each child's routines and care needs. She provides regular and high quality feedback about each child's experiences. The childminder uses frequent and sensitive encouragement as she interacts with the children, who demonstrate high levels of self-control. They behave exceptionally well. Children clearly understand about healthy lifestyles and keeping safe. For example, they talk about healthy eating as they enjoy their fruit snack. Children learn to respect others and develop an open and positive attitude to people's differences and diversity. These experiences all help to prepare them extremely well for their future.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress from their starting points. They are highly motivated to learn as they develop the key skills that they need for their move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 151042 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 825976 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 26 April 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1995. She lives in Ringwood, Hampshire with her husband. She provides care each weekday throughout the year.

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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

procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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