Childminder in Bolton

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 February 2016 10 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 continues to offer outstanding provision. This has further developed due to a continuous search for ever improving ways to support children's care and learning through robust monitoring, broad-ranging training and continual reflection.  The childminder uses her expert understanding of the ways that children learn, to view every opportunity as a learning opportunity. Daily routines are filled with purposeful interaction and play which promote children's high levels of achievement and excellent progress.  Children are highly enthusiastic learners and explorers. The superbly planned learning environment wholly engages children in play and activities which support their development impressively. Their excellent levels of concentration, listening skills and understanding, in addition to their refined physical development support them to achieve exceptionally well.  Relationships are incredibly close. The highly nurturing care that the childminder offers

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This provision is outstanding

and models, supports children's confidence and their care of others. Children's emotional development is given very high priority. This has a significant impact on their relationships and their impressive behaviour.  Excellent communication with parents and other professionals supports highly accurate assessment and incisive planning to support children's progress. Furthermore, the childminder successfully provides enjoyable ways to support children's learning at home. Parents hold the childminder in very high regard.

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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

 specifically evaluate the long-term impact of the excellent strategies put in place to improve particular aspects of children's learning and development.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder and discussed the teaching and learning taking place.  The inspector held a meeting with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation, such as self-evaluation, training and evidence of suitability.  The inspector spoke to a small selection of parents during the inspection and took account of all parents' views using the childminder's own records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is highly driven. She has a passion for working with children. She continually builds on her expert knowledge and wealth of experience by seeking out targeted learning and research opportunities. Since the last inspection, she has achieved a childcare qualification. She has also developed an impressive understanding of how emotional intelligence, precise aspects of physical development, and communication and language, underpin further learning. She has specifically targeted improvements to incorporate more ways to foster these skills. The childminder is now considering the longer-term impact of the improvements made and how these have sustained children's high levels of achievement. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder ensures she has the most up-to-date information to help her maintain children's safety at the highest level.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses her extensive knowledge of how young children learn to provide a wide range of interesting activities with great care. For example, a water play activity is exceptionally well planned to skilfully incorporate opportunities to use numbers for counting, capacity and their moving and handling skills. High-quality storybooks and non- fiction books are selected carefully by the childminder. She models how to be a reader and she makes every use of rhymes and opportunities to teach children the sounds that letters make. The teaching of early writing skills is of a very high standard. The childminder has a deep understanding of how to help children to make meaningful marks and learn how to write. Her approaches encourage even the youngest children to want to write their names.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

When young children need to learn how to manage their own feelings and behaviour, the childminder is consistently sensitive and highly positive with them. Children benefit hugely from her excellent modelling of how to play, care and learn happily together. Superbly planned, consistent routines significantly contribute to children's excellent behaviour. They use their manners impeccably and understand how to safely use equipment. The quality of equipment and displays to support learning is excellent. Children spend their time in richly planned play spaces that motivate high levels of engagement and concentration. They have daily opportunities to be physically active, including wonderful opportunities to learn outdoors. Children make excellent progress in their ability to control and move their bodies, handle equipment and develop their large and small muscles.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

The outstanding quality of teaching, the superb resources and the excellent relationships between children and the childminder, all make a huge difference to children's learning. Children thrive in the childminder's care. They develop independence superbly and develop self-care skills exceptionally well. They become confident communicators with an extensive vocabulary. Their love of books and stories gives them an impressive start to early reading skills. Children rapidly acquire the key skills that they need in readiness for their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY271005 Local authority Bolton Inspection number 848554 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 10 January 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2003 and lives in the Kearsley area of Bolton, Greater Manchester. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder 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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