Childminder 256482

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 April 2016 24 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 quality of teaching is outstanding. The childminder and her assistants skilfully interact and support children in their learning. Children demonstrate continuous high levels of effective learning and enjoy every opportunity to learn.  Children benefit from a vast range of wonderfully stimulating and engaging activities that have been meticulously planned to target children's next steps in learning and extend their learning. The indoor and outdoor environments are brilliantly utilised by the childminder to provide vast and rich learning opportunities that are based around the children's needs and interests.  Children behave exceptionally well. They show a deep understanding of care and respect for one another and have formed very strong bonds with everyone at the setting. This is due to the nurturing and inclusive environment that the childminder has created where every child is highly valued and differences are embraced.

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This provision is outstanding

 Children thrive in the care of the childminder and are making rapid progress. This is due to the childminder's deep understanding of how to successfully promote learning. She ensures that every child is given exceptional opportunities and support to achieve highly.  Parent partnerships are excellent and there is a real connection between the children's home environment and the setting. Parents are fully engaged and love being part of their child's learning, making regular contributions that the childminder immediately takes on board. The childminder is very sensitive to the needs of the families, who feel fully supported.  The childminder takes on an active role in the local community. She uses every opportunity to instil a sense of self and belonging for the children. They go on outings to local places and use these opportunities for children to learn and understand about their wider community.

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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

 evaluate the impact of the scheme used to track children's progress once it has been fully implemented.

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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 held a meeting with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the childminder's self-evaluation and evidence of the suitability of staff.  The inspector spoke to a small selection of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is extremely committed to providing high-quality care. This drive for excellence, and a passion for ongoing professional development ensures that the childminder provides outstanding care that is highly adaptive to children's changing needs. The childminder uses her expert knowledge to ensure that continuous improvements are implemented that directly strengthen the outcomes for children. Safeguarding is effective. Children's welfare and safety is of paramount importance to the childminder and her staff. They implement rigorous procedures to ensure that children are safe, feel secure and learn how to keep themselves safe. The childminder closely monitors her two assistants, working with them to lead and model practice. As a result, teaching is consistently exceptional. The childminder has implemented a highly effective scheme to track children's progress that enables her to swiftly identify where gaps in provision may be. However,

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

this still needs time to be able to evaluate the impact on outcomes for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has implemented a highly efficient planning cycle, where accurate in- depth assessments lead to meticulously planned activities that challenge and extend children's learning. The childminder and her assistants skilfully interact with the children, allowing them to direct their own play but using every opportunity to extend their learning. For example, when planting in the vegetable patch, children make connections from a previous activity when they watched a bean sprout. The childminder has formed extremely strong partnerships with parents who make regular contributions to their children's learning. The link between home and the setting is exceptionally strong. The childminder shows a deep commitment to providing very young children with secure foundations in the prime areas of learning and successfully implements strategies to ensure this. For example, she uses the puppets to promote language with a very young

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

child. Children demonstrate exceptional social and communication skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children's health, welfare and well-being are at the forefront of the childminder's practice. The childminder ensures that outstanding standards of care are adopted, based around the individual needs of each child. Children's behaviour is exceptional and they demonstrate a love of learning through their high levels of curiosity, engagement and enjoyment of the wide range of stimulating activities. The key-person system is highly effective and due to the skilful and sensitive interactions of the childminder and her assistants, quieter children flourish. Children demonstrate high levels of confidence and self-esteem, which is due to the strong relationships they make. These enable them to be independent learners who take pride in their achievements.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make consistently rapid progress in their learning due to the outstanding practice and care that they receive. Children are highly motivated and show a thirst for learning. They are extremely well prepared for the next stage of their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 256482 Local authority Norfolk Inspection number 854900 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 15

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 24 February 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1999 and lives in Roydon near Diss. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3 and works with two assistants.

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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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