Merricks Jessica

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 February 2016 23 March 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 reflective and continually looks for ways to improve her outstanding practice even further. She very carefully takes the views of parents and children into account when planning improvements.  The childminder provides an exceptionally welcoming and stimulating environment for all children. This helps them feel extremely safe and secure, and they consistently thrive in their learning and make excellent progress.  There are excellent partnerships with parents. For example, they receive extremely good information about their children's development and next steps in learning. This thoroughly enables them to support their children's progress at home.  Children demonstrate exceptional levels of good behaviour. They develop a highly positive level of emotional well-being and are very well supported through the childminder's consistently warm and encouraging interactions.  The childminder uses highly effective monitoring systems to identify learning needs and

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This provision is outstanding

plan suitably challenging activities to extend children's skills and knowledge.  The childminder enthusiastically promotes healthy lifestyles through the provision of nutritiously balanced home-cooked meals. Children have an excellent understanding of effective hygiene routines. For example, they eagerly talk about the need to wash the mud and germs off their hands before eating.

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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 the ways that enable all children to clearly know about the full range of resources available to them.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's play both indoors and outdoors.  The inspector sampled documentation and discussed this with the childminder.  Available parent comments and testimonials were taken into account by the inspector.  The inspector reviewed the childminder's systems for assessing and monitoring children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent knowledge of child protection and is exceptionally clear about how she would report any concerns. Continually striving for excellence, the childminder regularly attends training to further her already exemplary teaching and extend her extensive knowledge. She has excellent links with parents and other early years professionals, which help her gain an even greater understanding of children's progress and interests. This enables the childminder to plan highly effective activities that consistently promote children's learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Excellent assessments of children's learning and progress enable the childminder to identify very accurate next steps in their development and plan suitably challenging and stimulating activities. The childminder uses her excellent knowledge of child development and each child's interests to promote all areas of learning exceedingly well. For example, as children engaged in role-play post offices, the childminder extends their mathematical learning as they decide if the parcels are too large for the 'post box'. She also thoroughly encourages their early writing skills and number knowledge as they address envelopes and parcels before posting them in the 'post box'. The childminder is highly adept in changing the way she talks to children to reflect their age and level of understanding. This ensures all children are included and highly engaged in their play.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are highly cooperative as they play and show great respect for others, valuing their choices and contributions. For example, they readily offer toys to other children to share and ask if they would like to join in with their play. The children's welfare and personal development are key to all that the childminder does. Comprehensive and regular risk assessments, supported by excellent hygiene practices, help keep children safe. Children eagerly and independently access resources that interest them. The childminder recognises the need to make it clearer about the availability of a few resources that are out of reach for safety reasons.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children enthusiastically engage in their play and become extremely confident and active learners. Children competently use their mathematical knowledge to problem solve. For example, young children are easily able to calculate how many costumes they need to ensure that each child has an outfit. All children make sustained progress, which leads to very high levels of achievement. Children are extremely well prepared for their next stage in learning and for moving on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 507342 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 826175 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 23 March 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1998 and lives in Salfords, in Redhill, Surrey. She provides care from Monday to Wednesday, throughout the year. The childminder receives funding to provide early education for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder holds a suitable level 3 qualification in early years.

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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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