Childminder in Sheffield

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 March 2016 9 March 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 leads with passion, dedication and enthusiasm. She provides an exceptionally high quality, well-structured learning environment. This helps children remain engaged in activities and motivates them to learn new skills and build on their expertise.  Partnerships with parents are exemplary. Parents welcome the collaborative approach to their children's learning. They embrace opportunities to contribute to the detailed action plans the childminder implements. This promotes a shared approach to care and learning and helps children make excellent progress.  The childminder has high expectations in relation to what children can achieve. She meticulously plans a balance of opportunities for independent exploration and adult-led learning. The childminder assesses children's progress rigorously and uses her assessments to plan future learning experiences that challenge children to learn as

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This provision is outstanding

much as possible.  Children have excellent manners. The childminder provides gentle but firm reminders when necessary to consistently reinforce boundaries. This helps children understand how they are expected to behave while in the care of the childminder.  The childminder actively encourages children to keep trying when attempting to communicate. She models language clearly and effectively at all times. This helps support children to overcome any difficulties and make rapid progress in developing their speaking skills.

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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 help children to develop their good skills in knowing when others need time and space to find things out for themselves.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at the rooms used for childminding to assess their suitability.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to a small selection of parents and children during the inspection and took account of their views.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as, the policies, procedures and risk assessments. She discussed the self-evaluation process and checked evidence of the childminder's suitability.  The inspector discussed the quality of the provision with the childminder.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and assessed the impact this had on children's learning.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder puts an extremely strong emphasis on her professional development, in order to extend her vast knowledge base and build on her wealth of experience. Consequently, children benefit from her understanding of new developments and current research into best practice. The childminder gives the upmost priority to children's safety. She promotes a culture of vigilance and has an excellent understanding of how to keep children safe. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder's teaching is inspirational. She listens perceptively to what children say, asking questions that assess their understanding. This helps her refine activities that set challenges and keep children motivated to learn. The childminder presents activities that can be used in a variety of ways and gives children time to investigate. This helps support and develop their natural curiosity as children extend the ideas they are interested in. For example, children concentrate for extended periods of time filling up small buckets and transferring the contents into bigger buckets. This helps them to develop their ideas about volume and capacity. The childminder is relentless in her exemplary approach to extending children's language skills. She provides children with opportunities to express themselves effectively and this forms the basis for future interaction with others. The children enjoy

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

taking part in physical activities. Children are supported to understand the benefits of an active lifestyle. The childminder has identified where children can be given even further support to recognise and respect the learning needs of their friends.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children enjoy a varied and exciting range of activities outside the home where they make friends and meet people from diverse backgrounds. This helps to increase their awareness of individuality and helps to promotes acceptance and respect for others. The childminder carefully creates opportunities for children to play and learn together. This helps them learn to share, take turns and show consideration for others. Children learn how to keep themselves safe. For example, the children take part in sessions to promote road safety. They understand the traffic light system and know they should stop when the light is red. Children eagerly serve each other at mealtimes. They are happy to help to clear away afterwards, which helps to promote independence, raise confidence and teaches children to respect the immediate environment. Children have exceptional social skills.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are making exceptional progress. The childminder is nurturing and gives children confidence to embrace new challenges. They are self-assured, keen to take part and have an extremely positive attitude to learning. They are particularly well prepared for the next stage in their learning, including school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY333893 Local authority Sheffield Inspection number 849163 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 9 March 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2006 and lives in Sheffield. She operates all year round from 8am to 5.30pm, Monday to Thursday, except bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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