Childminder 114060

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 February 2016 2 December 2009

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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 forms superb, warm and caring bonds with children. Children thrive, are very happy and demonstrate that they feel exceptionally secure in her care. For example, children seek out cuddles when they are tired and have great fun with the childminder as they play.  The childminder adeptly exploits the children's own interests to set further challenges. Children show high levels of concentration and perseverance as they take part in activities, such as addition and subtraction. Children gain a very secure understanding of a range of concepts, such as 'big' and 'small' or 'more' and 'less'.  The inspirational childminder works very closely with a network of other childminders to raise the quality of her practice and outcomes for children. She applies learning from training successfully to build further on children's experiences and support.  The childminder places a strong emphasis on children's safety. For example, she

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This provision is outstanding

teaches young children about 'stranger danger' and raises older children's awareness of how to respond to emergency situations.  Partnerships with parents are excellent. Highly successful strategies engage all parents in their children's learning. Parents are very well informed about the outstanding progress their children make and how they can continue to support their children at home.

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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

 make the most of opportunities for children to learn and explore the natural world.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during indoor activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector looked at children's records, observation and assessment files, planning documentation and a selection of policies.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children throughout the inspection.  The inspector took account of parents' views, through their written comments.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder provides high quality learning experiences for children in a friendly and welcoming environment. She has an excellent understanding of how children learn and translates this into practice exceedingly well. The childminder has superb organisational skills and implements her robust policies and procedures diligently. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a robust knowledge of the action to take should she have any concerns about children's welfare. Partnerships with other providers and childminding colleagues are outstanding and contribute well to the sharing of information when necessary. The childminder continually reflects on the quality of teaching and practice in order to maintain excellent standards. She has recognised the potential to extend opportunities for children to learn and explore the natural world further.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Observations and assessments of children's learning are very precise. From this, the childminder ensures that her high quality teaching is specifically targeted at extending learning. The childminder's inspired teaching highly motivates children, extending and reinforcing their learning. For example, children develop strong mathematical skills as they use scales to weigh and compare lengths of pasta. The childminder ignites children's imagination as she brings stories to life, such as using puppets. Children are captivated and excitedly ask questions to develop their ideas. Young children demonstrate their superb control skills, in readiness for writing, as they very carefully thread cereal onto pasta strips. The childminder expertly interacts with children to engage them in meaningful role play based on their own experiences, for example baking cakes.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children build very positive relationships with the childminder. They initiate meaningful conversations with her and she values what they say. This supports children's emotional well-being very well. Parents comment very positively on the care and learning their children receive. Children are extremely confident and have excellent social skills. They have a very good understanding of turn taking and following rules, such as when playing board games with each other. Children are exceedingly independent and know how to look after themselves very well. The childminder knows the importance of providing nutritious meals. She supports children to have a high level of understanding about foods which are good for their health.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children learn actively and rapidly acquire the skills and knowledge they need to prepare them for the next stage in their learning. For example, they develop extensive vocabulary through continuous opportunities to hear new words during discussions.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 114060 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 825058 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 2 December 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1986. She lives with her husband in Horsham, West Sussex. The whole ground floor of the childminder's house is used for childminding and there is a garden for outside play. The family has a dog and a rabbit. The childminder is registered to care for a maximum of six children under eight years at any one time, of whom no more than three may be in the early years age range. She is currently minding five children in this age group. She also offers care to children aged over five years to 11 years. This provision is registered by Ofsted on the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.

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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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