Childminder in Portsmouth

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 March 2016 9 November 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 exceptionally motivated and knowledgeable. She uses excellent coaching and mentoring skills to inspire and motivate others. The childminder supports her assistants extremely effectively to improve their knowledge, their practice and their skills.  The childminder has built very strong relationships with parents and other professionals. Partnership work is excellent. All those involved with the children are highly informed and work exceptionally well together to support children's learning and development.  Highly accurate monitoring of children's progress enables the childminder to plan well- thought-out, challenging and engaging activities. Children make exceptional progress in their learning and development, and any learning gaps are closing very rapidly.  The childminder provides a very safe and stimulating environment for children to play, learn and explore. The childminder uses her policies, procedures and risk assessments

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This provision is outstanding

to promote a very high level of welfare and well-being for children.  Children form very strong emotional bonds with the childminder and her assistants. They thrive in their care. Children make outstanding progress and are highly self- motivated and very enthusiastic learners. They behave exceptionally well.

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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 strengthen the learning environment to support all children's excellent progress in their learning and development, especially those who like to learn outside.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder, her assistant and children as they played, and spoke to them at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder to assess the quality of teaching.  The inspector sampled documentation, including assistants' suitability checks, children's records and the childminder's written self-evaluation form.  The inspector spoke to some parents and took note of written views of other parents, on the day of inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is inspirational in all she does. Her meticulous attention to detail and exceptional organisational skills help run the childminding setting very efficiently. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder ensures her assistants are very confident about child protection and what action to take if they have concerns. The childminder makes extremely good use of training opportunities for herself and her assistants. She uses her knowledge from training to enhance her practice and inspire other early years settings she works with. The childminder monitors her assistants to ensure they work very effectively together to support children's learning and development. Self-evaluation is precise and highly informative to support the childminder in her plans for ongoing development and improvement.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has extremely high expectations for all children. She makes regular, highly accurate assessments of their learning and development. The childminder plans a very wide range of activities and experiences for children to support and extend their learning and development. For example, children learn about textures and measurements as they make cakes and biscuits for Mother's Day. The childminder and her assistants carefully extend children's learning. For example, they ask questions that challenge them to think, explain and describe similarities and differences. Children have many opportunities to help them develop their communication and language skills. For example, the childminder repeats children's spoken words clearly and adds new words to extend their vocabulary.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children learn to enjoy fresh air and exercise in different environments. For example, they visit the beach, the woods and local play parks. They learn to keep safe and follow simple rules and boundaries. The childminder supports parents extremely effectively to supply healthy meals for children. The childminder's garden, however, is not as rich in learning and development opportunities as the indoor areas.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are extremely well prepared for their move to school. They learn a very wide range of skills to support their future learning. They learn to be independent and highly confident. For example, children tidy away their own shoes, hats and coats. They learn to be very sociable and to share resources. For example, they greet their friends enthusiastically when they arrive at the start of the day, and play happily together. Children make exceptional progress in their learning and development from their starting points.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY263500 Local authority Portsmouth Inspection number 960446 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 8

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 9 November 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2003. She lives in Fratton, Portsmouth. The childminder offers care from Monday to Friday, from 7am to 7pm, throughout the year. The childminder receives funding for free early years education for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder holds a recognised early years qualification at level 3. The childminder employs two assistants, one of whom is qualified to 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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