Childminder EY232405

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 February 2016 11 November 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 drives improvement exceptionally well and provides high quality care and learning experiences to children. She continually updates her skills and knowledge, such as through additional training, to provide an excellent quality of teaching.  Highly effective links with parents ensure that they are kept extremely well informed about their children's progress and next steps in learning. This provides an exceptional shared approach to supporting children's learning needs at home and in the setting.  Children make rapid progress, including those who need extra help to catch up in some areas of their learning. They take part in an excellent range of thought-provoking and highly stimulating activities that motivate their learning extremely well.  Children's behaviour is exemplary. They are supported exceptionally well by the childminder, who provides nurturing, sensitive care. Children feel extremely safe and

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This provision is outstanding

secure.  Children develop an excellent understanding of the world around them. For example, they learn to use technology to find out information and learn to use it for different purposes, such as printing out pictures.  The childminder provides a wide range of meaningful activities, resources and outings to help children learn about the world. Children develop tolerance and respect of people's similarities and differences. For example, they learn about different faiths and places of worship.

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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

 implement plans for children to continue their learning outside, particularly for those who prefer to learn outdoors.

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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.  The inspector took account of parents' comments and testimonials.  The inspector reviewed the childminder's systems for assessing and monitoring children's learning.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of how to recognise any child protection concerns and how to report these. She evaluates her practice highly effectively, taking into account the views of parents, children and other professionals. For example, she reviews the effectiveness of activities she provides to children and identifies potential improvements to these for the future. Through this, she has identified future improvements for children's outdoor experiences to extend their learning even further. The childminder forms excellent links with other professionals. For example, she is proactive in providing a seamless approach to meeting children's specific learning needs, and shares information highly effectively with other settings.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses her expert knowledge of children and their learning needs to plan extremely exciting and imaginative experiences. Children engage in learning experiences extremely well and maintain high levels of interest. For example, they used coloured ice to investigate the effects of colour mixing. Children experimented with different materials to estimate and find out how quickly the ice melted. The childminder uses language and thought-provoking questions highly effectively to extend children's learning extremely well. She completes highly accurate assessments to identify any gaps in children's learning, and ensures that support, including outside professional help, is sought quickly when needed.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children learn about their feelings and how to manage these exceptionally well. For example, the childminder has completed training in using dolls to help children to explore their feelings. She displays pictures of different emotions to encourage children to talk about how they feel. The childminder is highly skilled at managing children's behaviour. For example, she provides a highly consistent and positive approach to develop children's excellent understanding of the behaviour expectations. The childminder teaches children extremely well about using the internet safely to protect their well-being.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children show high levels of concentration and independently identify and find solutions to problems they encounter. For example, a child faced with the problem of how to move a toy car up to a higher level, independently found bricks to build a ramp. Children make excellent and sustained progress across all areas of their learning. They are well prepared for their next stage in learning and for school. For example, the childminder shares excellent information with parents about the skills that children need to develop for school to help them practise these at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY232405 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 826415 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 11 November 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2002 and lives in Horley, Surrey. She provides care from Monday to Friday, throughout the year. The childminder holds a suitable qualification in early years 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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