Childminder in Windsor and Maidenhead

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 February 2016 4 July 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

 All children thrive in a highly stimulating home environment. The childminder provides outstanding teaching and exciting learning activities. Children are highly motivated and make exceptional progress in their learning and development.  The childminder has extremely high expectations of herself and the children in her care. She strives to improve her practice. For example, she attends regular training and is taking a higher-education qualification.  The childminder effectively evaluates her practice and provision extremely well. She uses her experience, expertise and training to make improvements and to provide a high-quality service. For example, since the last inspection she has successfully increased parents' involvement in the assessments of children's learning.  The childminder is particularly effective in promoting children's communication, language and mathematical skills. She also provides challenging opportunities for

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This provision is outstanding

children to explore, be imaginative and to solve problems, ready for future learning.  Children's emotional development and well-being are promoted exceptionally well. The childminder has established an excellent rapport with the children.  The childminder keeps parents very well informed about their children's progress and the next stages of their learning. Parents are extremely happy with the childminding service. They make valuable contributions to their children's learning.

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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

 provide even more opportunities to extend children's knowledge and understanding of different places and cultures in the world, to strengthen their awareness of diversity.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector held discussions with the childminder and observed the children participating in a range of activities.  The inspector and the childminder evaluated the effectiveness of an activity together.  The inspector took account of parents' written comments and views.  The inspector examined a range of documentation, including children's learning records and documents relating to safeguarding.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder applies her enthusiastic approach to her role in practice, to provide a high-quality service. Her rigorous evaluations of children's progress are highly effective in driving improvement and supporting children's learning. For example, the childminder identified that children's progress in mathematics was less strong than in other areas. She undertook high-quality training in this area, to improve her teaching and extend the learning opportunities for children. The changes have had a very positive impact on children's outcomes. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder shows a comprehensive understanding of how to keep children safe and help to protect them from the risk of harm. She knows what to do should she ever have concerns about a child's well-being.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children benefit from outstanding teaching and a range of exciting indoor and outdoor activities. The childminder makes accurate assessments of children's skills. For example, she makes careful observations of children while they learn and play. She uses her assessments extremely well to plan challenging activities that are well suited to children's needs. The childminder seizes every opportunity to develop children's language and mathematical skills. For example, children were excited about checking their investigation in the garden to see if water had frozen in their containers. They used words, such as 'frost', 'ice', 'water' and 'cold' to explain their findings. The childminder provides children with excellent opportunities to be creative and imaginative. However, they enjoy slightly fewer opportunities to learn about different places and ways of living around the world.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder's home is a highly stimulating, safe and warm environment. Children thoroughly enjoy their time with her. Outstanding relationships have been established between the childminder and the children. The childminder is highly successful in promoting children's personal development and well-being. She supervises children closely and teaches them how to keep safe. She skilfully encourages children to settle minor disagreements between themselves. Children gain in confidence and become increasingly independent. For example, they are highly confident as they experiment, explore and have a go at new things.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children show enthusiasm and excitement for learning. They make outstanding progress from their starting points. Children develop communication, literacy and mathematics skills extremely well. They are imaginative in their different forms of play and apply their previous learning to solve challenging problems. They show consideration for others, share equipment and toys, and behave extremely well.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY346435 Local authority Windsor & Maidenhead Inspection number 827577 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2006. She lives in Old Windsor, in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. The childminder's service is open each weekday, all year round, apart from family and bank holidays.

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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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