Childminder EY271090

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 27 April 2016 23 May 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

 Children are highly animated, showing exceptional levels of interest and engagement. The childminder creates an accessible, rich and vibrant environment and an extensive range of inspiring and exciting activities. Children's learning and their natural curiosity and inquisitiveness are fantastically promoted by the childminder's first-class teaching and motivational approach.  The childminder is an excellent role model. This contributes significantly to children developing essential social skills and behaving impeccably. Children have built exceptionally strong bonds with the nurturing childminder, who has been caring for them since they were babies.  The childminder has high aspirations for what children can achieve. She undertakes meticulous individualised observation, assessment and planning and builds exceptionally strong partnerships with parents and others. This helps each child make outstanding progress and reach their full potential during their own unique learning

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This provision is outstanding

journey.  High priority is given to keeping children safe. The childminder continually adds to a comprehensive, designated safeguarding file, prioritising related training and subscribing to regular updates. This contributes to her excellent knowledge of child protection issues.  Children are superbly supported in acquiring communication and language skills. The childminder models language wonderfully, including during delightful storytelling. This is reflected in children's extremely significant speech development and understanding of more complex vocabulary and new words.  Children's physical well-being is fostered exceptionally well. Children harvest their own fruit and vegetables in the garden beds and thoroughly enjoy hearty, home-made meals. Their love of the outdoors is facilitated superbly.

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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 outdoor provision so that children who enjoy being outdoors have even greater opportunities to develop their early reading and writing skills.

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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.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as the childminder's self- evaluation, written feedback from children and parents, records of learning and planning and evidence of the suitability of those living on the premises.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. There are meticulous risk assessments and stringent safety practices. The childminder utilises an extensive range of self-reflection tools and sources of information. This helps her to keep up to date with changes and successfully target key areas for development, such as the garden. The childminder attends meetings with other professionals to review and improve provision in her local community. She has secured funding to help set up new initiatives which have enhanced children's experiences. The childminder also disseminates good practice ideas and useful website information. Precisely targeted questionnaires capture the views of parents and children. The childminder completes various training and she has gained a childcare qualification. This has an exceptionally positive impact on children's care and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder's teaching is highly responsive to children's individual needs, interests and what they need to master next. Children contribute to the superb learning environment. They help to create the sensory garden. The older, most-able children price up the fruit and vegetables in the role play shop. This enhances their already excellent mathematical and literacy skills. Consideration is now being given to optimising younger children's early reading and writing skills, where they have a preference for being outdoors. Children show excellent skills, focus and enjoyment as they play. They eagerly explore and investigate the exciting mud kitchen and water wall. They search for insects in the bug hotel and underneath flower pots, using a magnifying glass and bug viewer. They thrive on the childminder's exciting interaction. Her superior questioning and explanations ignite children's thirst for learning and their thinking skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

There is excellent consultation with parents to support children's emotional well-being as they settle. As part of this, parents provide photographs for family booklets. Successful communication continues through daily diaries, displays and progress summaries. Children have high levels of confidence and self-esteem. Their care needs are sensitively met and achievements, such as managing self-care tasks, are celebrated. Children can make choices between indoor and outdoor play and wear all-weather clothing. This means that when it starts hailing they happily continue to play and investigate the hailstones with intrigue. Children play exceptionally cooperatively and the older, most-able children kindly show younger children how to follow their actions.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress, exceeding developmental expectations. They develop an outstanding early awareness of how to be a successful learner and are more than ready for moving on to school. They have high levels of confidence, independence and motivation. Children have extensive opportunities to learn to value and appreciate difference. Cultural celebrations are made relevant to children through themed role play and related foods, for instance.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY271090 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 860771 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2003 and lives in the Thackley area of Bradford. She operates Monday to Friday, term time only, from 7.30am to 5.30pm, except for bank holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification 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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