Childminder in Buckinghamshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 May 2016 12 December 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

 Excellent assessment systems and detailed planning ensure children participate in purposeful, highly challenging activities that reflect their interests. The childminder monitors children's progress extremely well from their starting points.  Children respond enthusiastically to the childminder's excellent teaching and demonstrate highly positive attitudes to learning. The childminder uses everyday experiences to stimulate children's imaginations and inspire learning. Children are enthusiastic learners and make rapid progress.  Children thrive in this extremely welcoming and highly inspiring environment. They form strong bonds with the childminder who promptly acknowledges and praises their efforts and achievements. Children develop excellent levels of self-esteem and motivation.  The childminder has developed highly successful partnerships with parents and other professionals, to improve the provision and learning opportunities for children. Parents

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This provision is outstanding

contribute comprehensively to their children's learning from the start.  The childminder is well-qualified and has highly effective processes in place to reflect on her practice and improve her teaching. She is extremely well-organised and proactive. She ensures that she is very well informed and has all appropriate documentation in place to support her practice.

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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

 develop even more consistency with explanations given to children as they play, to further enable them to understand and respond to simple instructions and ideas.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector observed a planned activity and jointly evaluated this with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents from written comments they had provided.  The inspector checked evidence of the childminder's suitability, including her qualifications and training certificates, and checked her risk assessments, policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder is highly vigilant about the children's welfare and safety. She has a comprehensive understanding about her role in child protection and what to do if there are any concerns. Rigorous self-evaluation and a well-established programme of professional training and development help to ensure continuous improvements are made. The childminder carries out meticulous observations and assessments of children's learning, to plan highly motivating experiences that quickly help them to learn. She uses her thorough monitoring processes to swiftly recognise any gaps in children's learning. She works with other professionals and parents to address and narrow these gaps rapidly.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has high expectations of what children can achieve. She engages in high- quality interactions with children and promotes excellent learning. Overall, the childminder promotes children's communication and language abilities extremely well as they play and learn. She uses highly effective questioning to build on their experiences and the things that interest them. However, very occasionally, she does not take all opportunities to offer explanations to take their understanding and learning to an even higher level. Children enthusiastically explore the wide range of attractive and stimulating resources that fully extend their learning. They are highly engaged and learn through exciting and challenging activities that extend their learning extremely well.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder supports children exceptionally well to become independent and to develop excellent social skills. Children demonstrate increasing confidence and self- esteem. For example, older children proudly demonstrate their expertise as they help younger children to cut their fruit. They share very close relationships with the childminder. Her home is a highly stimulating and has a positive environment where children are valued. This has a very positive impact on children's physical and emotional well-being. The childminder is a highly positive role model who sensitively encourages children to share and to be tolerant of each other. Children quickly learn how to resolve any disagreements amicably.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children are highly motivated and develop exceptionally positive attitudes to learning. For example, they showed high levels of independence as they engaged in a craft activity where they made a mouth with teeth. They used complex words, such as 'molars', 'jagged' and 'sharp', as they played, and shared their experiences of visiting the dentist and brushing their teeth. They show increasing confidence in their own abilities and are extremely well-prepared for the next stages of their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY352319 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 1040507 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 12 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 12 December 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2007. She lives in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. She offers care throughout the week and works all year round. The childminder holds an early years 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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Telephone number

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