Childminder 143280

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 May 2016 5 May 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 has an excellent understanding of how young children learn. She skilfully monitors her highly accurate observations and assessments to tailor activities that meet their individual learning needs.  The childminder works extremely positively with her well-trained assistant to provide a high quality service for children and their parents. All children flourish and make outstanding progress in the highly stimulating and welcoming environment.  The childminder provides an exciting and inspiring range of resources and play experiences. She provides children with excellent opportunities to explore and solve problems.  Children have excellent relationships with the childminder, her assistant and each other. Adults know the children exceptionally well and are warm and nurturing. Adults set very clear boundaries and children's behaviour is exemplary.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder has very effective partnerships with parents and other early years professionals. She works very closely with them to promote continuity in children's care and learning. For example, she lends families resources to use at home to build on children's love of reading.  The childminder continues to maintain the very highest standards in all aspects of her work. Both the childminder and her assistant are highly reflective in all they do. Together they search for constant improvement, seeking the views of parents and children to help them.

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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

 continue to build on plans to extend the already excellent knowledge of sounds and letters to support older children's learning even more.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children, the childminder and her assistant during play activities, indoors and outdoors.  The inspector viewed the rooms and outdoor area used by children.  The inspector had discussions with the childminder, for example, about children's learning.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including children's development records, and checked evidence of the childminder and her assistant's safeguarding knowledge.  The inspector took account of the views of parents, as shown in their written comments.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is passionate about providing every child with high quality care and learning. The childminder and her assistant are a highly effective team in bringing about outstanding outcomes for children. The childminder monitors and supports her assistant's professional development extremely well. Her practical advice and regular meetings ensure consistently high standards of childcare. Regular training, for example, for enhancing children's speech and language development, has helped to build on their high quality teaching. They recently received training about how to teach sounds and letters, and have identified the need to extend this further. Safeguarding is effective. Both the childminder and her assistant have an excellent awareness of the processes to follow if they have concerns about children's welfare.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder provides an outstanding environment, which captures children's attention and interest. The childminder and her assistant seize every opportunity to extend children's communication and language skills, such as encouraging children to take an active role during rhymes and stories. For example, as children joined in reciting a favourite rhyme, they acted out the words using a doll for the main character. Adults develop children's mathematical skills excellently. For example, as children play in their pretend greengrocer's shop, they count out and weigh real produce, while the adults encourage them to recognise numerals and toy money. Additional funding is used exceptionally well to support children's outcomes.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder and her assistant support children's emotional well-being very effectively. Children become very confident and show high levels of independence. Adults continually encourage children's excellent physical skills. For example, children benefit enormously from riding their wheeled vehicles in the outdoor area, as they competently negotiate 'coned traffic lanes' and 'traffic lights'. Children develop their understanding of healthy lifestyles extremely well. For instance, they know to wash fruits, such as strawberries, before they eat them.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make outstanding progress and are exceptionally well prepared for school. They enthusiastically investigate the exciting resources as they play. For example, children are fascinated with how the real and toy kitchen gadgets work as they prepare imaginary meals in their toy cafe. They develop exceptional early literacy skills as they develop a love of reading. Children learn to recognise and write their names. They have excellent social skills, and learn to value others and treat them with respect.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 143280 Local authority Portsmouth Inspection number 1036334 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 7 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 11

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1990. She lives in the Copner area of Portsmouth, in Hampshire. The childminder provides care from 7.30 am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, for most of the year, except for family holidays. She offers occasional overnight care. The childminder receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. She holds a relevant early years qualification at level 3. The childminder works with an assistant.

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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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