Childminder in Suffolk

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 March 2016 14 July 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 has high expectations for children and an excellent understanding of how they learn and develop. She makes the most of every learning opportunity, which has an exceptional impact on the progress children make. Children are highly engaged in their chosen activities and become thoroughly engrossed in their play.  All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, exude confidence and show great clarity in communicating their ideas and wishes. The childminder is highly skilful in celebrating children's home languages, and supports all children to make rapid gains in developing their speaking and listening skills.  Extensive information is gathered from parents about their children when they first start, and children benefit from superb continuity in their learning. The childminder creates an array of opportunities for parents to share in their children's ongoing

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This provision is outstanding

achievements and to enhance their learning at home.  The childminder forms exceptionally caring relationships with the children. She shows a genuine warmth and fondness for them, which they readily reciprocate. Children feel very happy in the childminder's care and their sense of belonging is extremely strong.  Children's behaviour is highly positive. The childminder plans rich opportunities for them to learn about diversity, the wider world and their local community.  The childminder implements rigorous self-evaluates processes and continuously seeks the views of her assistant, parents, children and local authority advisors. She demonstrates an exceptional drive for continuous improvement to enhance the already first-rate quality provision for children.

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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 make the most of professional development opportunities, in order to refine and maintain the outstanding quality of the provision.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and interactions between the childminder and the children.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder, her assistant and the children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents expressed in written questionnaires and testimonials.  The inspector observed an activity and jointly evaluated this with the childminder.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including the childminder's self- evaluation form and the children's learning records.  The inspector checked evidence of the qualifications of the childminder, her suitability and the suitability of other household members.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder successfully implements many procedures to prioritise children's safety. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has a comprehensive knowledge of what to do if she has concerns about a child. She enhances her understanding by completing advanced training that focuses on more-specific safeguarding issues. The childminder proactively takes the lead in forming robust links with the local pre-school and school. The purposeful exchange of information with these settings contributes greatly to the excellent continuity in care and learning that children experience. The childminder continuously evaluates the quality of her interactions with children and those of her assistant, ensuring consistency in their approach. She has plans to enrich her vast experience and qualifications by completing extra training. She also shares her outstanding practice with others.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder meticulously tracks children's progress and the planning for each child's learning is extremely effective. The childminder makes the very best of opportunities to embrace children's individual and spontaneous interests. Children develop an exceptional interest in books and are delighted when the childminder reads with them. They listen attentively and demonstrate excellent understanding, such as when the childminder skilfully challenges them to count and to identify colours. Children encounter a wealth of opportunities to see words written down, including in their home languages, and they understand that print carries meaning. Younger children demonstrate great enthusiasm for solving problems. They delight in manipulating small postcards into envelopes, and persevere with fitting them into a postbox. Children who prefer to learn outdoors have copious opportunities to engage with the natural world. They work together to develop

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

their ideas, for instance, they use pieces of willow to build an arch to crawl under.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is highly attentive to children's needs, and her partnership with parents is particularly successful. From a young age, children are independent and radiate confidence. They eagerly take responsibility for tasks, such as cleaning the construction bricks and hanging up their own personalised towels after washing their hands. The childminder is a superb role model and continually promotes the importance of good manners, sharing and being kind. Children have an excellent awareness of how to keep themselves safe. They intuitively remind each other of how to avoid the risk of choking by not speaking when they have food in their mouths. Children adopt many aspects of a healthy and active lifestyle. They benefit from an abundance of opportunities to learn about foods that are most healthy for them, including those they have not tried before.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children thrive and are highly motivated to learn. They develop great resilience in tackling new skills and experiences, and are extremely well prepared for the next stage in their learning and school. All children, including those who receive funded early education, make exceptionally good progress and become very confident and skilled communicators.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 251106 Local authority Suffolk Inspection number 864441 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 8 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 11

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 14 July 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1987 and lives in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The childminder regularly works with an assistant. She operates all year round from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. She holds an appropriate qualification at level 5. The childminder supports children who speak English as an additional language.

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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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