Childminder 115892

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 March 2016 8 December 2008

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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 is committed to providing high-quality care and learning for children. She continues to attend training to develop her knowledge. For example, this has helped her improve how she supports children's early reading skills and use of phonics.  Children thrive and flourish with the friendly, experienced childminder. She provides an excellent variety of play activities that successfully motivate children's interest and learning. Children make extremely good progress from their starting points.  The childminder has an exceptionally caring and reassuring approach and children respond to her extremely well. This significantly supports their confidence and emotional well-being and they feel safe and secure in her care.  Children's behaviour is exemplary. The childminder acts as an excellent role model and is highly effective in sensitively supporting children to manage their feelings and

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This provision is outstanding

emotions. Children share toys readily, and play exceptionally well together.  Partnerships with parents are extremely strong. The childminder's communication with parents is highly effective and significantly contributes to a successful and continuous approach for children's care and learning needs.  The childminder significantly supports children's awareness of healthy lifestyles. For example, they talk about foods that are healthy and those that are not. They benefit from playing in the fresh air and enjoy a great variety of extremely interesting outings.

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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

 provide even more opportunities for children to develop their independence skills within everyday routines.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's interactions in play indoors and outdoors.  The inspector viewed documentation, such as operational policies, procedures and required records, such as those relating to suitability.  The inspector took into account the written and spoken views of parents.  The inspector discussed children's development with the childminder.  The inspector discussed self-evaluation with the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a very thorough understanding of her responsibilities in protecting children's welfare. She completes higher level safeguarding training and clearly understands procedures to follow should she have any child protection concerns. The childminder is extremely reflective of her practice. She works exceptionally well with her co-childminder to identify areas to develop and makes continual improvements. This significantly promotes excellent outcomes. The childminder has formed very positive links with other settings that children attend. This liaison has been highly effective in working together and preparing children for their move to school.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has an excellent understanding of children's development. She guides children's play sensitively and extends their ideas. She carefully monitors their progress and promotes their achievements further still. For example, children gain an extremely good awareness of the natural world. They see the tadpoles in the pond and learn about life cycles as they see them grow into frogs. The childminder is highly effective at promoting children's creativity and exploration of colour and texture. For example, children enjoy designing and colouring some beautiful Easter eggs. They carefully roll out play dough to make their models or build outside using planks of wood and long tubes.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are very much valued and welcomed. They benefit from frequent and purposeful opportunities to exercise and strengthen control of their physical movements. For example, children developed excellent balance and coordination skills and had great fun following the actions to a favourite dance. They concentrated very well as they hopped, jumped from side to side and turned around in time to the music. Children develop very good self-care skills and know to take off their shoes and hang up their coats on arrival. However, very occasionally the childminder misses opportunities to extend their independence further still, such as within some everyday routines.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children develop exceptionally good self-esteem. They are confident to speak within a larger group, such as in their 'news time' session, and eagerly talk about events that are important to them. They patiently take turns and listen politely to their friends speaking, showing great interest in what happens in the lives of others too. Children play extremely cooperatively and excitedly initiate and develop their imaginative ideas and games. They are curious and learn exceptionally well through exploration and discovery. They gain a clear motivation in their play that fully supports their future learning at school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 115892 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 825111 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 12

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 8 December 2008

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2001. She lives in Sarisbury Green, Southampton, Hampshire and works with her husband who is also a registered childminder. The childminder is available to care for children Monday to Friday, all year round. At times, she is also available to care for children overnight and at weekends. She receives funding to provide free early years education for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder holds a level 5 childcare qualification.

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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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