Childminder in Leeds

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 February 2016 12 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 holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3. She is fully committed to developing her practice. For example, she undertakes further training, research and reading to deepen her understanding of how children learn. Children benefit from being with a highly effective practitioner who has up-to-date knowledge and delivers a high-quality provision.  The childminder works exceptionally well with parents and other providers where children attend. She extends children's learning achieved in other settings and shares this with parents. This helps to ensure that there is continuity in children's learning between their home and the childminder's setting.  The childminder uses highly effective procedures to help children settle in her care. She promotes children's emotional development exceptionally well. Children establish warm and positive relationships and a very close bond with the childminder.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder uses focused, ongoing observations of children's progress to plan specific activities. She builds on the next steps in their learning highly effectively. Assessment is regular and precise and all children make rapid progress from their starting points.  Children behave exceptionally well. They show enjoyment in what they do and confidence in their own abilities.  The childminder maintains an exceptional culture of reflective practice. She includes the views of parents and children in her highly comprehensive self-evaluation process.  The childminder provides an exceptional range of activities to help children gain an understanding of other people, families and communities beyond their immediate experiences. She teaches children to value a number of other languages and supports children to speak these during everyday routines.

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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 expand on the already exceptional assessments of children's skills to ensure even more detailed information about children's learning and development is obtained from parents when children start.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector had a tour of the premises.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector looked at the childminder's planning documentation, children's learning and development files and children's assessment records.  The inspector observed a planned activity and jointly evaluated this with the childminder.  The inspector looked at the childminder's self-evaluation form and took account of the views of parents through their written feedback. She also looked at a selection of risk assessments and policy documents, including the safeguarding policy and procedures.  The inspector checked evidence of the childminder's qualifications and training certificates, including evidence of the childminder's suitability and the suitability of all people living and working on the premises.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder is extremely vigilant in keeping up to date with ways in which to keep children safe. She shares information with parents and they work together to protect children. The well-qualified childminder recognises the importance of continually developing her teaching skills, in order to ensure that all children reach their full potential. This conscientious approach has enabled the childminder to sustain the highest possible standards in care and education for children. The childminder monitors and evaluates the progress of individual children. This helps her to identify and address any gaps in their learning. In addition, she obtains information from parents about children's interests and preferences on entry. However, there is capacity to obtain even more detailed information about children's skills to enhance their already excellent initial assessments.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The quality of the childminder's teaching is outstanding. She has an exceptional understanding of children in her care and how they learn. She uses every opportunity to extend children's language and understanding. During activities, the childminder skilfully asks children open-ended questions. Children explore their thoughts and ideas as they respond to the childminder. This helps to successfully build on their vocabulary. In addition, the childminder reads popular stories with related props and puppets to engage children in purposeful story sessions. Older children confidently recognise letters and discuss rhyming words. Children enjoy using their senses to explore. For example, they experiment with making patterns and marks in foam and arranging natural resources into containers. This approach boosts children's understanding of positional language and numbers and enables them to confidently guide their own learning. The childminder adds

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

labels to encourage children to begin associating written words to different objects.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children form excellent relationships with the childminder in the calm, welcoming environment. Their ideas are always valued and they gain high levels of confidence and self-esteem. The childminder teaches children about healthy food. She provides them with nutritious, home-cooked meals and healthy snacks. The childminder teaches children to respect each other's views and to be kind to each other. They learn to share and take turns during their play. For example, during a rousing music session, children follow simple instructions, play cooperatively as part of the group and listen to each other's ideas. When the childminder introduces musical instruments, children continue to display high levels of self-control and concentration. Children develop their physical skills extremely well. They use a wide range of equipment in the childminder's garden and at the park. She encourages them to be active and energetic, discussing the benefits of

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress towards the early learning goals, clearly embedding the confidence and skills they will need for later learning, including the move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 319852 Local authority Leeds Inspection number 847798 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 12 April 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1992. She lives in Cookridge, Leeds and works alongside another childminder. She operates all year round, from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for family holidays and bank holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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