Childminder in Hampshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 21 March 2016 3 May 2012

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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 evaluates her practice thoroughly in order to provide the best possible care and learning for children. She includes parents, children, her assistants and other professionals in her evaluation.  Children's behaviour is excellent. They are extremely polite and considerate, and show great care and consideration for each other. They thrive and are very happy.  The childminder has an expert understanding of how children learn. She creates exciting resources to challenge and extend children's learning, especially in their mathematical development.  The childminder has excellent relationships with parents. They work closely together to assess children's learning and ensure that all children make outstanding progress.  The childminder keeps up to date and pays excellent attention to her professional development, such as through researching information and exchanging ideas with others. This develops her excellent teaching skills still further.

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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

 review the implementation of the exciting changes planned for the garden, to evaluate the impact on children's learning and on their early writing skills in particular.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector discussed children's learning and development with the childminder during the inspection.  The inspector observed children playing indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on their learning.  The inspector read letters and feedback from parents to take account of their views.  The inspector sampled policies, recruitment records, safety procedures and self- evaluation documents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder and her assistants provide very high-quality learning experiences for the children. The childminder's commitment to improvement leads to the creation of innovative resources. For example, she creates an exciting game to challenge the older children's counting skills, and to support the younger children's preferred way of learning. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder makes sure that adults prioritise children's safety at all times and she has robust vetting processes for her assistants. Partnerships with other professionals are outstanding and contribute extremely well to the sharing of information. The childminder and her assistants continuously reflect on the quality of their teaching in order to maintain excellent standards. The childminder has recognised some potential to extend opportunities for children to use early writing in their play outside.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder obtains a significant amount of information from parents to enable her to meet children's needs extremely well. Her close monitoring ensures that any gaps in children's learning close quickly. The childminder plans and provides an exciting range of activities and resources to promote all aspects of children's learning. For example, she provides very interesting experiences to promote young children's exploration of sensory play. Children delight in planting and watering seeds as they learn about the natural world. All adults help the children to develop excellent language skills. For example, children spontaneously recall songs, retell stories and are incredibly proud to talk about things they have made. They display their work independently on the childminder's art gallery.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder promotes extremely healthy lifestyles. Children enjoy trying a wide range of tastes and older children competently prepare their own pasta meals. Parents speak very highly of the childminder. They describe how their children have 'come on in leaps and bounds'. The childminder is an outstanding role model to the children. She successfully promotes a culture of mutual respect, where children behave exceptionally well. Children develop an understanding of the wider community and an awareness of the differences between themselves and others. The childminder ensures all children feel emotionally secure and prepares them extremely well for changes, such as moving to a new setting.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children become very independent and enthusiastic learners. They develop superb listening skills, concentrate extremely well, such as when drawing pictures, and have very positive attitudes to learning. Children are highly confident and are very well prepared for the next stage in their learning and for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY439165 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 822881 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 9

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2011. She lives in the Hedge End area of Southampton, Hampshire, and has a level 3 qualification in childcare. The childminder receives funding to provide free education for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder operates her service on weekdays throughout the year.

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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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