Childminder EY428487

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 February 2016 11 July 2012

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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 and her assistant devote their time and attention fully to the children in their care. Children feel secure and happy in their company and form exceptional relationships with them. Children's sense of belonging and self-esteem develops rapidly and they become confident learners.  The childminder has high expectations of children. She obviously enjoys her role and is extremely enthusiastic in her approach. She is exceedingly motivated and successfully strives for and achieves excellence.  The childminder encourages parents to actively contribute to initial assessments of children's development and learning. There are regular exchanges of information and the highly effective communication promotes excellent continuity in children's care, learning and development. Parents receive the support and guidance they need to extend their children's learning at home.  The quality of the childminder's teaching is consistently outstanding. She is highly

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This provision is outstanding

skilled in helping children to develop their own ways for doing things as they explore. This promotes children's thinking and learning.  The childminder and her assistant make the most of every opportunity to teach the knowledge and skills that help to prepare children for moving on successfully to the next stage in their learning.  The childminder has an exceptional attitude to how she manages her provision. Excellent policies and procedures underpin her work with children. She has developed comprehensive systems to identify her training needs and those of her assistant. They attend mandatory and additional training and engage with professional support networks to improve their knowledge and teaching skills.

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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

 analyse the impact of supervision, focusing even more on monitoring the quality of teaching.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities, speaking to children at appropriate times while they played.  The inspector discussed children's learning with the childminder following an activity.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and her assistant about the daily routines and children's individual learning and development.  The inspector looked at policies, children's assessment records and a range of other documentation.  The inspector looked at evidence of self-evaluation and took account of the views of parents provided in documentation and by those spoken to on the day of the inspection.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of the childminder, her assistant and other members of the household.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder and her assistant fully understand local safeguarding procedures and how to identify and report any concerns about children. Since her last inspection, the childminder has gained a level 3 qualification and her assistant is currently studying towards a childcare degree. The impact of this accredited training is evident in their exceptional understanding of how children learn. The childminder confidently shares her practice with others. She is providing guidance and support for a new service being developed to enable local childcare professionals to meet and share best practice. The childminder is highly reflective. She is eager to sharpen supervision practices and focus more on the evaluation of teaching, in order to identify very precisely the impact it has on children's learning. The childminder fully understands the value of working together with other childcare professionals. She successfully shares

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

information, so that children's care and learning are significantly enhanced.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has developed a highly innovative way of recording what she knows about children's learning and development. Assessments are rigorous. The childminder and her assistant know and understand how to provide children with optimal challenge in their learning. They are highly skilled in promoting the next steps for individual children's learning as they play and discover together. Babies' developing language skills are nurtured extremely well. The assistant models language, uses gesture and repeats words and phrases, encouraging babies to copy, explore and play. The childminder helps toddlers to understand and name actions as they play with sand. She builds on toddler's interests in filling containers in an expertly planned activity. Toddlers excitedly investigate and begin to work out their own ways for doing things. The childminder asks questions, leaving time for toddlers to think and consider what to do next. They concentrate and are

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

highly motivated to learn and begin to make sense of their own ideas.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The experienced childminder is very knowledgeable about how to keep children safe. She has taken robust steps to manage risks and hazards in her home. She and her assistant are excellent role models. They encourage children's good behaviour superbly well. Children know and respond positively to the daily routine. The childminder is highly skilled in creating an environment that fosters children's interests. She takes every opportunity to weave learning into everyday routines and experiences. Words and numbers are purposefully displayed, helping children to gain an understanding of print. Resources are expertly arranged to help babies to practise their physical skills. They pull themselves up to stand, so that they can reach for and grasp toys. They are extremely motivated to keep on trying with much encouragement and praise from the assistant.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress from their starting points. All children are highly motivated learners who confidently explore and actively develop the skills they need for their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY428487 Local authority Wolverhampton Inspection number 850170 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 3 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 11 July 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2011 and lives in Wolverhampton. She operates all year round from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Thursday, except for family holidays. The childminder works with an assistant and holds an appropriate qualification at level 3.

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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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