Childminder EY345867

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 30 March 2016 24 May 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 exceptionally well qualified and experienced childminder offers a tremendously rich and varied range of multisensory activities. These enable children to build and extend skills that provide them with a firm base on which to continue exploring and learning through play.  The childminder provides inspirational teaching for all the children. She is committed to planning and delivering a very wide range of innovative and exciting learning opportunities that are worthy of dissemination to other early years settings.  Children make consistently excellent progress, taking into account their age, ability and starting points. The childminder works closely with parents to identify their child's next steps for learning. Pertinent tracking provides precise information to identify each child's development and ensure that any emerging gaps in learning are dealt with promptly.  Children display exceptionally positive behaviour. They learn from the excellent role

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This provision is outstanding

modelling provided by the childminder and older children. Attention to manners and learning how to interact sociably with consideration, are skills the children learn rapidly and demonstrate confidently.  The childminder provides a warm and nurturing environment where children settle and quickly become eager to join in. They interact with very high levels of confidence. Their developing communication skills are fostered exceptionally well, helping them to feel understood and valued.  All children make excellent progress securing an excellent level of skills for future learning and their eventual move on to school. Their outstanding achievements are celebrated.

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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

 enhance opportunities for children to become more familiar with expressive arts.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector observed and discussed a planned activity with the childminder.  The inspector checked relevant documentation, including the suitability checks of all household members.  The inspector took account of the childminder's self-evaluation record along with written feedback from parents and older children.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Relevant records are accurately checked to identify any emerging areas of concern. The childminder uses a wide range of highly effective communication methods to engage parents. Where children attend other settings, she works closely with staff to efficiently support the sharing of information. All adults work together to promote children's excellent progress. The childminder pays exceptional attention to her professional development, further enriching her already excellent knowledge and skills. She is committed to providing excellent teaching and learning opportunities. The views of children and parents are listened to and thoughtfully taken into consideration when evaluating her service. This helps to continually improve and meet the changing needs of each and every family.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses her excellent understanding of each child to plan an exceptionally high quality, interactive and purposeful learning environment. Children are motivated to join in and explore freely. The childminder provides plenty of time and encouragement, enabling them to experience first-hand learning opportunities at their own pace. This promotes and extends their language and communication skills superbly. Children learn to interact with each other as the childminder encourages them to share their imaginative ideas. The childminder identifies that refinement of the current explorations of creative activities will strengthen and extend children's growing understanding of expressive art and design. Children communicate positively and increase their physical skills while learning to manage tasks safely, for themselves.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is skilled and sensitive as she supports children's emotional well-being. From initial meetings, she works on developing purposeful attachments to each child. The childminder is attentive, collecting information to help her to support children to feel safe and secure. She encourages open communications, celebrating children's achievements that happen at home and those that occur when they are together. With the childminder's guidance, children's understanding of fair boundaries evolves rapidly. Children quickly become self-sufficient, developing an excellent understanding of how to manage risks relative to their age. The progress they make in relation to their physical skills is excellent. This enables them to manage their personal independence exceptionally well. Self-esteem is high as the children grow in confidence.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children enjoy exceptional learning opportunities organised by the imaginative childminder. They learn about the wider world as they look at, and discuss the programme, embossed golden tickets and Jubilee flags following the childminder's visit to see the royal carriage procession in London. Planting and growing fruit and vegetables, on the childminder's allotment, help them to learn about simple sustainability and where some food comes from. They take part in international research, most recently to plant rocket seeds, returned to earth by a Russian astronaut, from the International Space Station.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY345867 Local authority Cambridgeshire Inspection number 849400 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 13 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 13

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2007 and lives in Lower Cambourne. She operates Monday to Friday 7.45am to 5.45pm, all year round except for bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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