Chew, Anne Louise

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 April 2016 19 October 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 well-qualified childminder is truly passionate about her role and places children at the very heart of everything she does. Detailed evaluations, regular enhancements and continued training and research are very clearly focused on improving the quality of care and learning for children.  Planned activities are centred around children's interests and next steps in learning and take full account of their learning from home. This contributes towards children making outstanding progress in their learning and development.  Children have access to a welcoming and vibrant learning environment where they are inspired to play, learn and develop both indoors and outside. They are happy and settled with a dedicated and caring childminder who responds to their every need.  The childminder values all children as 'brilliant rainbows' and uses effective techniques, such as focused stories, to enhance children's understanding of difference and diversity.

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This provision is outstanding

This contributes to children respecting and celebrating that everyone is unique.  Partnerships with parents are superb. The childminder uses an excellent range of effective strategies to engage parents in every aspect of their children's learning both within the setting and at home.  The childminder provides a very calm and relaxed environment. She acts as an excellent role model and uses purposeful resources, such as books to strengthen children's understanding of what is acceptable behaviour. This contributes towards children displaying exemplary behaviour.

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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

 give children more time to express their own ideas and thoughts during activities so that they have even more opportunities to direct their own learning

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Inspection activities

 The inspector toured the areas used for childminding.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the childminder during a spontaneous activity.  The inspector observed children during their freely chosen and routine activities.  The inspector examined a range of documents. These included, evidence of suitability, a record of the childminder's qualifications and training, policies and procedures, risk assessments and children's observation and assessment records.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder and children throughout the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents, from comments noted on children's home interest forms and from questionnaires.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder's excellent knowledge and commitment to training ensure that she clearly knows the procedures to follow to protect a child's welfare. The childminder shows a very high regard for children's safety. Thorough risk assessments, effective supervision and safe areas of play help to ensure that children remain safe. The childminder aspires to improve. She values the feedback she receives from parents, children and others and actively uses this to enhance her practice and provision. For example, she listens carefully to children and has used her expert knowledge of their interests to provide investigation areas for them to access all year round. Highly effective monitoring of children's progress helps to ensure that any gaps in learning are swiftly identified and supported.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder provides first-class learning experiences that continually build on children's prior knowledge and skills. Older children are eager to explore sensory resources, such as coloured pasta. They respond well to questions from the childminder. Children quickly recognise that each colour represents the stages of a caterpillar changing into a butterfly, confidently recalling their knowledge from familiar stories. The childminder provides excellent opportunities for children to develop their physical skills. For example, children use tools, such as scissors to cut out stars. The childminder uses this opportunity to help prompt children's superior knowledge of their natural world. Younger children enjoy joining in with actions and words to songs they sing. They confidently imitate what they have seen before when playing with role play resources, such as when pretending to feed a baby. The childminder is occasionally too overly enthusiastic and steps in too

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

quickly to offer children ideas rather than giving them more time to do this for themselves.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder works together very closely with parents when children are developing new skills, such as toilet training, to help maintain a consistent approach. Children's achievements are quickly recognised by both the childminder and children. They are celebrated very well to help children develop high levels of self-esteem and self- confidence. The childminder provides a whole host of opportunities to promote children's good health. For example, children enjoy searching for natural resources in their local environment and bring these back to create exploration areas, such as a bug garden. Excellent links with local schools help to ensure that children are prepared for their move.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make outstanding progress in their learning and development. Young children are fully assured and confident to explore their environments independently. Older children are motivated and enthusiastic learners, who are very keen to tackle new challenges. All children develop excellent social skills, adopting a culture of respect and tolerance for others from a very early age. This prepares children exceptionally well for their next stages in learning, including school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY265940 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 848494 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 19 October 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2003 and lives in Colne. The childminding provision is known as Rainbow Childcare. The childminder operates all year round, from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She holds an appropriate qualification at level 3. 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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