Childminder EY225321

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 31 March 2016 27 February 2009

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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 expertly tailors her interactions to the children's unique learning needs, ensuring activities constantly challenge and engage them.  Children show a zest for learning and behave impeccably. They make excellent progress, which the childminder shares consistently with parents.  Highly successful self-reflection and drive for improvement year upon year by the devoted childminder ensures excellent outcomes for children. This helps the childminder target training to improve her skills, such as on teaching children aged two years to develop an even greater depth of knowledge and meet their needs even more successfully.  The childminder gives high priority to health and safety, and involves parents fully. For example, she gives parents facts and tips about providing children with healthy lunch boxes in her very extensive and informative newsletter.  Children build extremely strong and trusting relationships with others and the

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This provision is outstanding

childminder. For example, young children show concern when another tumbles. They understand and spontaneously say 'bless you' when a friend sneezes, showing their politeness and good manners.  The childminder establishes highly effective partnerships with parents; working together to promote children's learning and to help them feel secure and confident.

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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 children's early reading opportunities, in particular to link sounds to letters.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's play activities and the childminder's interactions with them.  The inspector undertook a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder about the children and looked at their learning records.  The inspector sampled safeguarding and leadership documentation.  The inspector sampled written feedback from parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The extremely competent childminder is exceedingly well organised and meets children's welfare needs exceptionally well. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder fully understands child protection procedures and her responsibilities. She is constantly looking at ways to improve. She seeks the views of parents, children and others to help her identify areas to extend even further, such as developing the range of music to include different cultures. The childminder establishes excellent communication links with other settings, enabling them to work very successfully together. She tracks children's progress very closely to adapt her teaching and close gaps in learning very quickly.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder carries out meticulous observations and assessments, and plans inspirational activities, which children relish. For example, children are highly engaged in outdoor 'dinosaur world' play, which expertly covers all areas of learning. However, there is slightly less emphasis on some early reading activities for the older and more-able children. Children look at fiction books about dinosaurs, re-enact scenes from them using small toys and talk constantly about their thoughts and ideas. The childminder continuously promotes children's language and understanding. She introduces new vocabulary very effectively, such as 'fossil'. The childminder offers explanations and intuitive questioning. She listens very carefully to children and skilfully extends them to ensure they achieve their next steps.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder provides a vastly resourced learning environment. Children flourish in the exceedingly exciting and stimulating surroundings. The very calm and highly attentive childminder effectively supports all children to develop personal independence. For example, she gives young children time and guidance on how to put on shoes and coats before they go in the garden. Children thrive on the well-deserved praise, attention and fun they have with the childminder. She has a full understanding of their moods, feelings and individual personalities, enabling her to support their emotional development very successfully. The childminder is extremely vigilant and supervises children very well. She explains about how they can keep safe at every opportunity that arises.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are highly motivated and eager learners who are extremely proud of their achievements. For example, they enthusiastically and articulately recall elements of a favourite funny story, explaining the part they like best, such as 'the exploding ice-cream'. All children make great rates of progress, particularly those learning English as an additional language, which highly equips them with the skills needed for future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY225321 Local authority Isle of Wight Inspection number 826385 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 27 February 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2002. She lives in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. She operates her service Monday to Friday, from 7am until 7pm. The childminder holds a level 3 early years 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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