Childminder EY344203

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 25 February 2016 26 January 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 knows the children extremely well and is secure in children's attainments on starting at her setting. She plans a broad range of interesting and challenging experiences to support how children engage with their learning.  The childminder interacts purposefully and is confident in extending the ways that children learn. She uses highly effective teaching skills. Children are making rapid progress in their learning. They have fun and are motivated to learn.  Children have warm bonds with the childminder and are emotionally secure in her care.  The childminder uses her risk assessments, policies and procedures to promote children's safety, health and well-being. She is proactive in evaluating her practice to improve her provision of care and the outcomes for children.  Children behave exceptionally well. They play cooperatively with each other. They understand the routines of the day and the childminder's expectations.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder has positive partnerships with parents; they are extremely positive about the care that their children receive. Parents comment that children make consistent development, particularly in their language.

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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

 help children to understand about time and change, to promote their interests and knowledge of the wider world.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke with the childminder about how she plans for children's learning and how she works with parents and with others sharing the care of children.  The inspector observed children playing indoors and outdoors and during their interactions with the childminder.  The inspector sampled the childminder's documentation and children's records.  The inspector spoke with the childminder about how she updates her skills and knowledge and how she evaluates her practice.  The inspector made an assessment of how the childminder works in partnership with her co-childminder and their assistant.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent knowledge of child protection matters. She is extremely proactive in updating her skills in relation to new legislation and embedding this into her practice. The childminder is keen to improve her knowledge through purposeful training. This has included, for example, courses that support her understanding of how to assess children's attainment and plan for their learning. The childminder is very secure in the understanding of her role and of the requirements for working with an assistant. Partnerships with other professionals are fully established. The childminder maintains highly effective links, for example, with the professionals who work at local nurseries that the children also attend. This means that the childminder can promote consistency in children's development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder makes extremely focused and purposeful observations to help her plan for children's next steps. Her in-depth knowledge of children's attainments and interests supports her knowledge of assessing any minor gaps. Her comprehensive system to monitor and review children's progress ensures that she is confident in her planning. Parents are included, and the childminder encourages them to share observations from home. Parents' feedback is highly valued. The childminder is extremely confident in adapting activities.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder has an extremely warm and approachable manner; children respond to her very well. She promotes equality and diversity, and children are respectful of one another, caring about their environment and toys. The childminder proactively supports children's healthy lifestyles and is exceptionally encouraging of outdoor learning in order to support the different ways that children learn. This highly supportive childminder helps babies and toddlers to try new activities, for example, by joining in with painting activities or promoting confidence in their physical play or when going down steps independently.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children are making excellent progress. They are highly motivated to play and to learn, engage extremely well in their activities, and thrive in the childminder's care. Children are very eager to take part in planned or freely chosen play; for example, when learning to skip in the garden and playing imaginatively as they walk around with dolls in a pram. When creating dinosaur figures in paint or dough, the children can compare them to ones they see displayed and identify whether they eat meat or are vegetarian. Some opportunities are missed to link further in helping children to understand more about time and change. Children are extremely ready for the next stages of their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY344203 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 827527 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 10 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 26 January 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2006 and lives in Yateley, Hampshire. She works with a co- childminder, who is her mother, and with an assistant, who is her grandmother. The childminder is able to provide funded places for children aged three and four years. She works weekdays for most weeks of the year.

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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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