Childminder in Oldham

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 February 2016 6 April 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 detailed summaries of children's progress indicate clearly the childminder's excellent understanding of each child's individuality and development. This information, combined with parental knowledge, helps to ensure that all children have the opportunity to make the very best possible progress.  Children thrive in this outstanding setting and thoroughly enjoy the time they spend at the childminder's home. The childminder is highly skilled and sensitive, and helps children to form extremely strong, emotional attachments. Children's self-esteem, sense of belonging and emotional security are effectively promoted to the highest level.  The childminder is dedicated, passionate and totally committed to her role as an early years practitioner. She is well qualified and experienced, and her teaching is of very high-quality and worthy of dissemination to other providers.  The childminder teaches children the importance of adopting a healthy lifestyle.

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This provision is outstanding

Children are provided with an excellent range of well balanced, nutritional meals and snacks, and extensive opportunities for fresh air and exercise. This contributes significantly to children's positive health and well-being.  Highly effective partnerships with parents and other early years providers make an extremely strong contribution to meeting all children's individual needs.  The training the childminder attends is carefully targeted to ensure it has a positive impact on learning outcomes for children.

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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

 enhance the highly effective programme of professional development to consistently drive the already outstanding quality of teaching even higher.

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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 evaluated an adult-led activity with the childminder.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder and her assistant at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as the childminder's self- evaluation, a sample of policies and procedures and evidence of the suitability of the childminder and other adults living and working on the premises.  The inspector took into account the views of parents from written feedback obtained by the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has comprehensive and detailed policies and procedures which are followed meticulously. She ensures that her assistant accesses regular safeguarding training, so that she too is fully aware of her responsibility to protect children from harm. The childminder oversees the educational programme and ensures it is effective, so that children have access to an extensive range of activities and experiences that promotes all seven areas of learning. She successfully monitors observations and assessments, and reviews children's development to make sure that they continue to make good progress. This enables her to quickly identify gaps in children's learning, plan appropriate activities to support them and seek advice and intervention from external professionals if necessary. The childminder recognises the importance of continuous enhancement of her professional development and training, in

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

order to develop her excellent knowledge and skills. She uses her excellent knowledge, skills and expertise to guide, coach and support her assistant, and carries out regular supervisions to manage her performance.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is highly knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and provides a rich learning environment where children's individuality is recognised and cherished. Resources and activities are chosen and creatively used to maximise children's development in all seven areas of learning. The childminder has an excellent understanding of how to capture children's interest and imagination and provides them with new and unusual objects for them to explore. One example of this is when the childminder provides children with pieces of egg-shaped dough of different colours. Children excitedly explore the dough eggs and squeal with delight as they discover the baby dinosaurs hidden inside. They stay at the activity for a long period of time and are fully involved in their play. The childminder teaches more-able children to link letters and sounds, and form letters correctly to extend their early reading and writing skills. This helps children acquire a superb range of skills

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

that prepares them exceptionally well for their future learning and, eventually, school.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are warmly welcomed into this inviting environment. The childminder and her assistant operate a highly successful and well-established key-person system. This helps children develop a strong sense of emotional security and confidence when they experience new situations. The childminder provides children with clear, age appropriate and consistent behavioural expectations. Children are beginning to understand the boundaries of acceptable behaviour as they learn to use kind hands and words and to be gentle.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make rapid progress in their learning, including children whose starting points are below expected levels of development. Several children achieve beyond expected levels of development for their age.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 503849 Local authority Oldham Inspection number 847981 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 11 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 13

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 6 April 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2001. She operates Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6pm all year round, with the exception of bank holidays and family holidays. She holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3. The childminder works with an assistant.

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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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