Childminder 156430

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 April 2016 19 April 2010

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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 continually developing her understanding of child development and providing high-quality care. For example, she has completed training to help extend children's early reading skills and awareness of sounds and letters even further. Young children clearly benefit from the focus on sounds, eagerly copying and very quickly developing their early speech.  Children flourish as the childminder understands their individual ways of learning exceptionally well. She plans innovative and challenging play experiences based on children's interests, which motivate their learning and help them make excellent progress.  The childminder has an extremely caring and reassuring approach. Children often give her spontaneous hugs, showing they feel very safe and thoroughly secure in her care. This significantly supports children's emotional well-being.  The childminder gives significant priority to promoting children's excellent behaviour.

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This provision is outstanding

She is highly effective in using positive reinforcement, giving children frequent praise and encouragement. Children are very polite and learn to respect the needs of others.  Children benefit from the very strong relationships the childminder forms with parents and other agencies involved in their care. The childminder liaises extremely well regarding children's specific needs and routines, promoting a fully consistent approach.

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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 provide opportunities for children to make healthy choices and raise their awareness of foods that are good for them.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's interactions in play and discussed their development with the childminder.  The inspector viewed documentation, such as operational policies, procedures and required records, including those relating to suitability.  The inspector took into account the written and spoken views of parents.  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 an excellent understanding of her responsibilities in protecting children and procedures to follow should concerns arise about their welfare. She is highly effective in keeping up to date on childcare issues. The childminder gives high emphasis to evaluating the effectiveness of her practice and has comprehensive plans for continual improvements. She constantly evaluates the changes she makes to ensure they are beneficial and promote excellent outcomes for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder encourages children's early literacy skills and understanding of the world exceptionally well. For example, children concentrated very well drawing around stencils of sea-life creatures, such as crabs or seahorses. They explored different textures, such as ice and cotton-wool snow. The childminder praised children highly for their efforts to write their names and those of others, and successfully helped them to recognise the initial letter sounds. The childminder frequently introduces new ideas to encourage children's learning further, such as colour-themed days, which work exceptionally well. They learn to recognise different colours more quickly as well as having great fun dressing up in the colour of the day. The childminder monitors children's excellent progress extremely well in liaison with parents to help them achieve high expectations.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children benefit from an excellent variety of opportunities to keep fit and develop very positive attitudes to exercise. They have great fun going through, over and under an obstacle course and quickly progress to climbing safely on more challenging equipment. The childminder is highly effective at teaching children how to keep safe. For example, they regularly practise fire drills and thoroughly enjoyed visiting a local fire station to help them to understand their importance. Children talked about the visit, explaining how firefighters use hoses to put out fires. Children like making pizzas with healthy toppings and taste a variety of foods relating to a favourite story. Occasionally, the childminder misses other opportunities to promote their awareness of healthy eating further still.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children develop extremely good listening and attention skills, and are very confident communicators. They thoroughly enjoy a very wide range of exciting outings, including to local toddler groups, and quickly gain confidence in different social situations. Children interact very positively with their friends and learn to share and play cooperatively. They are highly motivated learners who enjoy initiating their own ideas. All ages are extremely curious and show great interest in how things work and why things happen. They develop excellent independence and are very well prepared for their move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 156430 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 826049 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 6 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 19 April 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2001. She lives in Leigh Park, in Havant, Hampshire. The childminder is available to care for children Monday to Thursday, all year round. She holds a level 3 childcare qualification. The childminder receives funding to provide free early years education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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