Childminder in Buckinghamshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 February 2016 7 December 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 childminder is highly successful in maintaining the very highest standards in all aspects of her work. She is a highly reflective practitioner and makes superb use of training opportunities to further improve her already excellent teaching and knowledge.  Partnerships with parents are outstanding. The childminder makes excellent use of information from parents about children's skills and abilities at home. She keeps them fully informed about each child's development and parents fully appreciate her advice.  The childminder's outstanding teaching promotes all children's learning exceptionally well. Her excellent attention to detail means that activities are extremely well-planned and capture all children's interests. Children make excellent progress.  The childminder puts children's safety, health and well-being at the heart of all that she does. She is highly vigilant about ensuring her home is safe and secure. She is very

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This provision is outstanding

knowledgeable about the benefits of a healthy diet and lifestyle and successfully conveys this knowledge to all children. Children thrive in her care.  Children build very close bonds with the childminder. It is clearly evident how much they enjoy her company and being in her home. She creates a very positive atmosphere so that children feel valued and welcome.  The childminder teaches children about kindness, manners, respect and tolerance very successfully. Children are developing into considerate and responsible citizens.

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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 methods for reviewing the progress of different groups of children to enable any gaps in learning to be even more quickly identified.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder and the children.  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

The childminder fully understands the requirements of her role and fulfils them exceptionally well. Safeguarding is effective. She has exceptional procedures for safeguarding children and knows what to do if concerned about a child's welfare. She ensures her assistant shares this understanding. The highly effective partnerships she builds with parents have a very positive impact on outcomes for all children. She fully welcomes their feedback and ideas. The childminder has built equally effective partnerships with other professionals. She organises regular meetings with other childminders so that they can share ideas. She is continuously considering ways in which to improve the already excellent provision and has been highly successful in implementing these ideas; for example, by improving outdoor resources and developing new ways to track children's progress. She recognises she could further improve her method for

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

tracking the progress of different groups of children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is exceptionally skilled at supporting children's learning. She grasps every opportunity to extend their understanding without unnecessarily interrupting their play. She adapts her style to meet the individual needs of each child; for example, by appreciating that quieter children may prefer to watch an activity before joining in. She knows each child exceptionally well and is able to plan activities that children will thoroughly enjoy. She finds interesting ways to teach children about similarities and differences. For example, all children contribute to a book about families and friends and take this home to share with their own families.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children know the childminder is someone they can trust. They delight in her company. She helps them learn to consider the needs of each other and her clear and consistent manner helps children learn about acceptable behaviour. Children behave extremely well for their age. The childminder is especially committed to promoting a healthy lifestyle. She organises her routines so that children have time to rest and to play energetically. She works with parents to establish workable routines for younger children and ensures they get good quality sleep. She plans exciting activities to help children view healthy foods positively; they thoroughly enjoy making fruit smoothies and trying the end results. Children's emotional and physical needs are exceptionally well met.

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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 the next stages of learning. The childminder introduces mathematics and writing into play, and children make excellent progress in developing these skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY345592 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 827554 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 7 December 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2006. She lives in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. She provides care all day Monday to Friday, throughout the year. She occasionally works with her registered assistant. The childminder receives funding to provide free early years education to children aged two, three and four. She holds a relevant level 3 childcare qualification.

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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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