Childminder EY335378

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 May 2016 16 October 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

 Children are provided with challenging and exciting learning activities that help them to make rapid progress. Children's communication and language skills are developed extremely well. They are also provided with excellent opportunities to explore and to solve simple problems.  The well-qualified childminder's skilful planning helps children to develop an excellent awareness of a healthy lifestyle from an early age. For example, they learn about healthy eating and good hygiene and benefit from excellent opportunities to engage in physical play.  Children's emotional development and well-being are promoted exceptionally well. Children grow in confidence; they relate extremely well to others and demonstrate very positive behaviour.  Partnerships with parents are exemplary. Parents are fully informed about the educational programme and are actively involved in helping the childminder to assess children's starting points. Ongoing feedback from the childminder helps them to

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This provision is outstanding

support their child's development at home exceptionally well.  The enthusiastic and experienced childminder continually strives to improve her practice and keep up to date with any changes to legislation or new guidance. She attends frequent training courses, such as supporting children's speech and language. This helps her to improve her practice, such as knowing how to help children with delays in their speech.

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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

 extend the excellent opportunities that children have to explore their surroundings.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector toured the premises and viewed resources with the childminder.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector read comments from parents and spoke to them, to take their views into account.  The inspector examined records and documents provided by the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder takes exceptional care to assess and manage risks and knows how to report any concerns about children's welfare. The highly motivated childminder uses frequent and focused reflections on her provision and careful planning to achieve ongoing improvements. She is currently reflecting on how she can make improvements to the outdoor area to encourage children to spend more time outdoors exploring their environment. Children's needs and interests are supported extremely well and they thrive in the stimulating environment. The careful monitoring of each child, in partnership with parents, helps the childminder to target her teaching and care precisely, and any gaps in learning are quickly identified and addressed.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children benefit from the rich learning experiences that enable them to use their senses and build on their skills. Teaching is excellent. The childminder has an insightful manner with children. She talks to babies, makes eye contact with them and is delighted when they babble and chuckle in response. Children enjoy singing familiar rhymes that teach them about numbers. As they get older they start to hear the rhyming sounds in words and with the guidance of the childminder start to say their own words that rhyme. Children's physical skills develop as they learn how to use scissors. The childminder encourages them to cut along lines and introduces numbers, asking children how many they have cut. Children learn about the wider world around them. For example, the childminder uses visual aids to help them gain an understanding of the life cycle of a frog, and children quickly grasp the different stages.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder organises her space and resources exceptionally well. Since the last inspection she has converted her garage into a playroom. She provides a wide range of very good quality and interesting resources, along with exciting play experiences for children. This helps children to make independent choices and initiate their learning, and they thoroughly enjoy exploring and discovering. The childminder is sensitive to the children's individuality and adapts her interaction to their needs. She praises them for their kindness to each other and their efforts. Attendance at community groups and meetings with other childminders and children helps to prepare children for the move to school.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children display high levels of confidence, enjoyment and engagement. They revel in making independent choices in their activities and show great curiosity and enthusiasm as they play and learn. Children become inquisitive learners and are exceptionally well equipped for the next stage in their education.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY335378 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 849185 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 16 October 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2006 and lives in the Penwortham area of Preston, Lancashire. She operates all year round, from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Thursday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 4. She 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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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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