Childminder in Surrey

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 March 2016 13 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 makes precise and detailed assessments of children's progress from which she clearly establishes their unique next steps in learning.  The childminder includes parents exceedingly well in assessing their children's progress. She uses information from parents to plan for children's development and offers them excellent opportunities to be fully involved in her provision.  Children make excellent progress in their learning. They develop great confidence and strong social skills that prepare them for future learning in larger group environments.  Children have exceptional opportunities to learn to make healthy choices. For example, they know what foods are good for them and are fully involved in the process of growing vegetables through frequent visits to an allotment.  Children display the highest levels of independence. For example, they make choices about what they want to play with and engage deeply in their self-initiated play.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder demonstrates an extremely strong drive to maintain her excellent standards. She carries out concise evaluations of her practice and makes continual improvements to enhance her practice even further.  The childminder ensures her assistant has a strong understanding of how to meet the children's needs. She ensures he carries out statutory training and is aware of the policies and procedures in place.

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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

 focus on fewer areas of learning during planned activities to enrich the learning opportunities for children even more.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities indoors and outside.  The inspector talked with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records.  The inspector checked evidence of the childminder's qualifications and her suitability checks.  The inspector observed an adult-led activity and discussed the outcomes for children with the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an in-depth knowledge of the robust procedures she has in place to safeguard children. She follows highly effective steps to teach children to keep themselves safe by being aware of risks. For example, at lunch time, children talk about the danger of choking. The childminder strives to make constant improvements to her practice by developing her knowledge in a manner of ways. She uses her learning with excellent effect to improve the outcomes for children. For example, after learning about the differing needs between boys and girls, the childminder increased the amount of physical play in her provision to help develop the boys' fine-motor skills.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses admirable teaching skills to promote children's learning. These include well-worded, thought-provoking questions, precise explanations and careful modelling. For example, in a conversation about feeding donkeys, the childminder engages children with a story and questions them to develop their thoughts. Children ask the childminder questions, demonstrating brilliant speech and language skills, and deep interest. The childminder is highly skilled at using enjoyable activities to promote learning in many areas. However, on rare occasions, planned activities do not reach their full potential because the childminder tries to covers too many areas of learning. The children have superb opportunities to learn to respect differences between people. They are greatly involved in the community and learn about differences in the lives of people around the world. For example when eating noodles, they ask to use chopsticks.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are very happy in the atmosphere, which oozes with positivity. The high extent to which they engage and focus in play shows how secure and confident they feel. Children love being in the setting. When the childminder suggests an activity, they jump up and down in excitement. Children display excellent social skills. They make rules in their independent play and ensure everyone gets a turn. The childminder teaches children essential skills, such as turn taking and sharing, in preparation for their future education in larger settings. Children have wonderful manners.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children develop an excellent understanding of the sounds letters make. They recognise the letters of their names and those of people close to them begin with. They engage in storytelling with extreme enthusiasm. Children develop essential skills for their future literacy. They recognise numerals with ease and develop excellent counting skills in preparation for their future numeracy.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 507529 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 826179 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 13 July 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2000. She lives in Reigate, Surrey. The childminder's service opens for four days a week, all year round. The childminder has a recognised early years qualification at level 3. She works with an assistant.

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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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