Childminder in Wiltshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 21 March 2016 Not applicable

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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 monitors children's progress rigorously. This means she can quickly identify and address any gaps in their learning. She ensures that children make excellent progress in their learning from their starting points.  The well-qualified childminder has an excellent commitment to continuing her professional development to enhance her knowledge of early years education and development. She pursues training that is relevant to her setting and improves the learning outcomes for children.  There are superb partnerships with parents. The childminder wholly includes them in determining the starting points for their children's learning and keeps them regularly and fully informed of the progress they make. Parents are exceptionally clear about and involved in their children's learning and achievements.  Teaching is of a consistently high quality. The childminder is extremely responsive to children's needs and interests. She supports children to be curious and investigate. She

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This provision is outstanding

skilfully knows when to join in children's play to enrich their learning.  Children are emotionally well prepared for their move to other settings and school. For example, the childminder visits groups in children's own communities so they can develop essential social skills and make friendships with other children in readiness for starting school.

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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 extend the excellent learning opportunities and activities for those children who prefer to be outside.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children engaged in activities and the childminder's interaction with them.  The inspector spoke with the children and childminder at convenient times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled various documents, including children's learning records, the childminder's self-evaluation form, risk assessments and relevant policies and procedures.  The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder evaluates her practice remarkably well and she takes into account the views of parents and children. She identifies priorities to develop her provision further. For example, she recognises the potential to enhance activities for children who prefer to spend time outside. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an extremely secure understanding of how to keep children safe. She completes regular training so she has a thorough understanding of child protection and the procedures to follow to safeguard children from harm. The childminder has robust policies and procedures in place to ensure her assistant fully understands her roles and responsibilities.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder completes robust observations and assessments, and has extremely high expectations of all children. She knows the children well and plans motivating activities that very skilfully extend children's learning and meet their interests. For example, children's interests in planets were extended through an imaginary rocket journey to the moon. The childminder provides a very stimulating environment with a vast array of high- quality resources which spark children's imaginations and motivate them to learn. For example, children were helped to understand how the air they pumped into a rocket made it launch into the air and release bubbles.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children have extremely secure relationships with the childminder. They are exceptionally motivated with high levels of independence and self-esteem, and show immense confidence in asking adults for help. Children's behaviour is exemplary. Young children develop an incredibly strong understanding of sharing, turn taking and respect for each other. The childminder uses risk assessments highly effectively to provide a safe and secure environment. She teaches children to take small risks in their play and keep themselves safe, for example, to take care when pushing a large toy car down a small step. The childminder provides superb opportunities for children to be physically active and learn about keeping healthy. For example, they play outside for the majority of their time and thoroughly enjoy being in the fresh air.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children, including those learning English as an additional language, make outstanding progress. They show high levels of interest and curiosity, become deeply absorbed in activities and are highly motivated to explore their ideas thoroughly. Children use mathematical language spontaneously in their play and are developing good pre-writing skills. Children are extremely well supported to become very independent learners and are exceptionally well prepared to develop the skills for future learning and school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY488642 Local authority Wiltshire Inspection number 1012475 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2015 and lives in Devizes. The childminder holds a relevant early years qualification at level 4. She operates her service all year round, Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder works on an occasional basis 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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Telephone number

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