Childminder 204327

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 25 April 2016 9 March 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 childminder provides an extremely warm and welcoming environment for the children. They build strong and affectionate attachments with her and her assistants and they settle well into her care.  Children learn to be independent from a very early age. They enjoy helping out with small routine tasks. This helps them to feel a sense of belonging and raises their self- esteem.  The childminder helps children to feel exceedingly safe and secure. They wear easily identifiable jackets when out and about and she teaches them how to cross the road safely.  The childminder teaches children to respect and care for each other. She teaches them to understand and appreciate each others' differences. They communicate extremely well. They learn words in other languages and use sign language.  The childminder works exceptionally well in partnership with parents. She involves parents fully in their children's learning and provides resources for them to use at

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This provision is outstanding

home. This promotes continuity in their learning.  The childminder gathers extremely useful information from parents to help her to identify children's starting points. This helps her to assess their learning needs and plan effectively for their continued progress and development.  The childminder continually reflects on her practice and she monitors the practice of her assistants exceedingly closely. She uses the skills and knowledge she has gained through her childcare qualification and ongoing training to help her continue to make improvements to her setting and practice.

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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

 strengthen links to all other settings that children attend to ensure that all children receive increased consistency and continuity in their learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector held a meeting with the childminder and spoke to her assistants and children.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as, self-evaluation, suitability and qualifications, children's progress records and policies and procedures.  The inspector took account of the views of parents by speaking with some of them during the inspection and reading testimonials.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is exceptionally well organised and she manages her setting extremely efficiently. Children's progress is exceedingly well monitored. She supervises her assistants extremely well and ensures they understand their roles and responsibilities. Safeguarding is effective. Children's safety is paramount to the childminder and her assistants. They demonstrate a robust knowledge of the procedures to follow if they are concerned that a child may be at risk. The childminder conducts highly effective risk assessments of her premises and on outings. Children and their parents are fully involved in the self- evaluation of the setting. The childminder takes their opinions into account when making changes to her environment and resources. She has a determination to improve the links with other settings that children attend and works hard to achieve this objective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has exceptionally high expectations of the children in her care. She understands thoroughly how children learn. She plans an exceptional programme of challenging and motivating experiences that build on children's interests and capture their enthusiasm for learning. For example, the childminder provides resources that help children to explore and learn about nature. They find small living creatures in soil and learn to handle them gently while learning about their habitat. She employs excellent strategies to enhance children's skills in listening and speech. She engages them in conversation and asks searching questions. She reminds them of times past and asks them to retell their experiences. She incorporates mathematics into everyday tasks. Children learn about colours, shapes and sizes and they weigh and measure ingredients for cooking.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children behave exceptionally well. They learn to take turns and share their resources. They freely choose from an array of high-quality learning resources indoors and in the garden. Children have frequent access to fresh air and exercise and they greatly enjoy climbing and balancing on safe apparatus and pretend cooking in the mud kitchen. Children plant vegetables and flowers and understand how they will look from pictures displayed. Children learn about food that is healthy for them to eat. They are fully involved in the preparation and serving of their meals and snacks and they enjoy serving each other. The childminder and her assistants take children on outings to explore the environment in the wider world. They learn about animals in the wild and a variety of pets in the setting. They learn to be patient and gentle and to treat them with care.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make outstanding progress in their learning. An extensive variety of books is freely available for children of all ages to choose. Resources are clearly labelled in different languages and writing materials are available at all times. This helps children to develop a strong interest in reading and writing. They discover that words have a meaning and this helps them to build skills they need when they attend other settings and school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 204327 Local authority Thurrock Inspection number 854335 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 10 Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 22

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 9 March 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1998. She lives in Chafford Hundred in Essex. The childminder operates from Monday to Friday, from 7am until 7pm, term time only. Her daughter and her husband also work with her as her assistants. The childminder and her daughter hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3.

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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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