Childminder EY333895

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 25 April 2016 22 January 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 qualified childminder has expert knowledge of the early years foundation stage and the children who attend. She uses information from her high-quality observation to plan stimulating and exciting activities for them. All children are making rapid progress.  The childminder has highly effective ways to gather detailed information about children's ongoing learning from parents. She carries out regular and precise assessments of children's progress and uses all the information to sharply focus their next steps for learning.  Children are keen, enthusiastic and highly motivated learners. They are extremely proud of their achievements and show readiness for the next stages in their learning, such as their eventual move to school.  The childminder is an excellent role model for children. She actively promotes positive behaviour and helps them to develop excellent personal, social and emotional skills. All

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This provision is outstanding

children's behaviour is exemplary and they demonstrate high levels of confidence and self-esteem.  The childminder provides stimulating and interesting environments for children indoors and outdoors. Since the last inspection, she has built a dedicated log cabin solely for children and organised resources for them to access independently.  The childminder has worked extremely hard to develop and maintain partnerships with families and all those involved with children, including schools and other professionals. She shares detailed information with them to promote continuity for children.  The childminder demonstrates commitment to providing the highest standards of care and learning for children. She works tirelessly to make continuous improvements to her practice and provision, gathering feedback from parents and children, constantly pursuing excellence.

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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 the ways to monitor the already outstanding quality of teaching through incisive evaluations of the impact of practice for children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder and co-childminder.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as learning profiles for children, the childminder's self-evaluation and evidence of the childminder's, co-childminder's and her assistant's suitability to work with children.  The inspector obtained verbal and written feedback from parents and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder has exceptionally high standards and expectations for her practice and for the children who attend. She attends training to help ensure her teaching is highly responsive to the needs of children. For example, she recently accessed training to help develop children's communication skills. This helped her to develop further activities to promote their language. The childminder monitors the practice of her co-childminder and her assistant through regular supervision. However, there is scope to extend this even further through more robust evaluation of the quality of teaching. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has attended training to help keep children safe online. She is confident to identify, record and report concerns about their welfare. Parents are eager to leave feedback for the childminder. They say they are amazed at the progress their children make and overwhelmed at the amount of effort the childminder puts in.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses every opportunity to help children to learn and make the best possible progress. Her teaching is of the highest quality and inspirational to others. It has a positive impact on the rate at which children learn. For example, children thoroughly enjoy group activities and even the youngest children are able to recognise their names on the laminated cards. The childminder challenges older children to recognise numerals of significance and they talk confidently about the days of the week. She plans focused activities which help children to make specific progress on their individual targets. For example, children are excited to complete a writing activity and enjoy spending one-to- one time with the childminder as she provides words of praise for their efforts.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder has highly effective ways to help children settle in. She offers home visits, flexible visits to the setting and collects a wealth of information in relation to their care needs. For example, the childminder uses an All about me record which she reviews regularly to maintain the most current knowledge of children. This helps her to meet their needs exceptionally well and they have secure bonds with her. The childminder helps children to gain an excellent understanding of how to live a healthy lifestyle. The youngest children are able to help themselves to fresh drinking water and enjoy talking about the fresh vegetables they have planted in the growing patch. Young children are extremely independent and take an active part in their own self-care. For example, they are very proud to collect and display stickers as they use the toilet for the first time.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress in relation to their starting points. The majority of children are working at stages higher than typically expected for their age. For example, children are exceptionally well prepared for school. They are beginning to make plausible attempts at spelling and show confidence in writing their names. Children have excellent social skills and show high levels of independence. They are eager to join in activities and share their achievements.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY333895 Local authority North Yorkshire Inspection number 862585 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 16 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 21

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 22 January 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2006 and lives in Camblesforth near Selby. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3. The childminder works with an assistant and co-childminder. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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