Childminder in East Riding of Yorkshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 February 2016 24 May 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 talks and carefully listens to children and their parents to ensure that she has an exceptional picture of children's abilities and their interests. Her thorough observation, assessment and tracking of each child's development contribute towards children's excellent progress.  The childminder provides highly individualised learning opportunities for each child. Children thoroughly enjoy their time exploring and leading their own play using the exceptionally well-organised resources. Children are enthused, motivated and engaged as they make choices in their play and learning.  The childminder's reflective evaluation of her service successfully includes the views of parents and children. Recent developments have enthused and involved all children.  The childminder has high expectations of children's behaviour. She is skilled in helping children to learn about the boundaries that are in place for safety, and children listen

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This provision is outstanding

and respond positively to her. Children are polite and respectful of each other. They remind each other of expectations, such as replacing their chair once they leave the table.  Excellent information sharing takes place between the childminder and parents, as well as the school and other early years settings that children attend. This contributes towards ensuring continuity for children's care and learning needs.  Children make secure attachments with the childminder and her family. She provides a welcoming and extremely stimulating environment where children thrive. Children display high levels of confidence and their well-being is exceptionally well promoted.

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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 access professional development opportunities in line with the evolving needs of children who attend.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during indoor activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector viewed all areas of the home used for childminding and looked at how the play and learning environment is organised.  The inspector viewed a selection of documents, including policies and procedures, children's learning journeys, the self-evaluation and records of training for the childminder and her assistants.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection and took into account the views of parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The organised, experienced and knowledgeable childminder has high expectations of herself and her assistants. She manages her setting extremely efficiently. The childminder identifies the benefit of further professional development to suit the changing needs of the children who attend. For example, she has recently undertaken additional training on the specific safety and welfare needs of babies, and wants to attend further training in readiness for younger children starting in her care. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder demonstrates an extremely thorough understanding of when and how to report any concerns to the appropriate authorities. She ensures her assistants are fully supported and equipped to undertake their role safely and to her very high standard.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has researched the mathematics scheme used by children who also attend another setting. This ensures that she engages children in practical activities which fully complement learning in their other setting. Children who have an interest in spiders are helped to share their knowledge and to develop age-appropriate research skills to develop and explain new knowledge in this area. Children enjoy the wide variety of wildlife they help to attract to the childminder's garden. They engage in meaningful discussions and use a wide vocabulary to describe their favourite birds and the differences between them. The childminder, with one of her assistants, has developed an aquarium as a result of children's interests. Children develop knowledge of the needs of living creatures as they enjoy caring for the different fish, water snails and shrimps. The childminder skilfully uses children's unique interests to make links between different areas of learning. For example,

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

she uses their interest in the natural world as a prompt for developing writing or creative skills. Parents are successfully included and involved in their children's care and learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder demonstrates extremely consistent boundaries and routines. For example, without prompting, children know to wash their hands after playing outside before snack. They also routinely follow the consistently very safe practice when walking and crossing roads to get to the school. The childminder ensures that children listen carefully to her and to each other. This supports children to keep safe and also to develop friendships based on cooperation and respect. Children are encouraged to share with others the special clothes and traditions associated with their different cultures. They enjoy excellent opportunities to develop their physical well-being, particularly as they use the outstanding outdoor learning experiences which the childminder provides.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

The childminder ensures children respect and sensitively appreciate their diversity. Children learn how to listen and behave very well. They make excellent progress. Children are working at, or above, the level expected for their age. Children are very well prepared with all the key skills they need to make a very successful transition into school-based learning. All children receive full, rich and diverse opportunities, which helps them to enjoy and be enthusiastic learners.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 503369 Local authority East Riding of Yorkshire Inspection number 847971 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 4 - 8 Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 6

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered 2001 and lives in Swanland in the East Riding of Yorkshire. She operates all year round, from 8am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder occasionally works with assistants.

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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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