Childminder in South Gloucestershire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 March 2016 Not applicable

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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 prepares children extremely well for their start through highly effective partnerships with parents. Children are emotionally ready for their transfer to other settings. They gain an excellent range of valuable skills ready for the eventual move to school.  The childminder is an outstanding role model for children and extremely nurturing. She knows children extremely well as individuals. Children settle in quickly and they are exceptionally happy in her care.  Children use an excellent range of high-quality toys and resources, which promote their development successfully. This means that children use resources exceptionally well to lead their own play.  The childminder demonstrates a strong ongoing drive for excellence. She ensures she maintains a rich range of professional development and attends thought-provoking training which enriches her teaching skills and the play environments.

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This provision is outstanding

 Observation, planning and assessment arrangements are extensive, enabling children to make excellent progress in their learning and development.  The childminder has established highly effective partnerships with other settings children attend and effective sharing of information helps ensure children receive effective support and complementary learning experiences.

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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

 foster even greater development for understanding the world by increasing opportunities for children to find out about the wider community and the differences between themselves and others.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed all areas of the home used by the children.  The inspector observed interactions, play and learning opportunities for the children, and sampled documentation records.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took account of parents' views through documentation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The well-qualified and experienced childminder has a comprehensive understanding of her responsibility to ensure that she implements all requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage successfully. There are comprehensive arrangements to safeguard children. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder keeps all parents fully informed of their children's time in her care. Parents are actively involved in children's learning, providing important information to the childminder to influence future planning of exciting activities. The childminder supports parents very well in carrying out complementary activities and play in the home that further extend their children's development. For example, they borrow activity sacks to use at home to teach their children specific skills that help them achieve next steps in their learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder plans exciting experiences that appeal to children; consequently, children are eager to participate and involved in their learning. For example, she adds a range of attractive and interesting wooden, natural and real objects to a basket for babies to explore using their bodies and all of their senses. Babies thoroughly enjoy playing interactively with tunnels and looking for hidden objects in ball pits. The childminder adds new ideas into play to keep children's focus and attention, and this helps to enhance their learning experience. The childminder is extremely skilled in adding challenge and extension as opportunities arise. The childminder effectively teaches children about differences and they learn about a range of people and cultures, for example, by spending time in the local community and celebrating cultural festivals. However, this is not extended to the wider community and further afield.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Resources and play environments are wonderfully attractive and highly stimulating for children and provide children with challenge, and excite them, so they want to learn. The childminder promotes independence excellently in daily routines and during play. The childminder provides children with numerous opportunities to go outside and be active. The childminder makes mealtimes sociable occasions and opportunities for children to be independent. Babies grasp their own bottles to drink from and the childminder teaches children from an early age how to feed themselves using cutlery.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children benefit greatly from an outstanding range of highly stimulating opportunities. They learn to explore, to be curious and to investigate their surroundings. Children are enthusiastic and thoroughly enjoy their learning. Children are exceptionally able to do things for themselves and very confident in their abilities. This prepares them very well for their next stage in learning and eventual move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY476314 Local authority South Gloucestershire Inspection number 981215 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 6 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2014. She lives in the village of Olveston, near Bristol. The childminder operates her service from Monday to Thursday, all year round, and before and after school. She takes holiday between Christmas and the New Year. The childminder has a level 5 foundation degree qualification in early years, a level 3 nursery nursing qualification and has completed a relevant home childcarer course.

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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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Telephone number

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