Childminder 400808

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 May 2016 15 January 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 childminder is very warm and caring. She gives children her full attention and provides a secure and nurturing atmosphere. Children demonstrate that they are extremely happy and settled in this highly stimulating and interesting learning environment.  The childminder completes thorough observations and secure assessments of children's learning. She uses these to plan exciting and challenging activities that ignite children's natural curiosity and imagination. Children make excellent progress in their learning and development.  The childminder develops highly effective links with other settings that children attend, so they can share what they know about children and ensure consistency in their learning.  The childminder is a very positive role model and has highly effective arrangements for managing behaviour. Children behave extremely well. They understand the boundaries, are kind to one another, use good manners and enjoy each other's company.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder makes excellent use of local and surrounding facilities and areas to promote children's learning. This greatly broadens children's experiences and understanding of the world in which they live.  Children describe the childminder's cooking as amazing. Meals and snacks are highly nutritious and often made with home-grown, fresh produce. Children help out on the allotment and have an increasing understanding of the importance of healthy eating.

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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 explore even more ways of involving parents in the learning provision to enhance the already excellent partnerships.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of household members.  The inspector looked at written feedback from parents and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of child protection issues and of her role in promoting children's safety and well-being. She regularly updates her knowledge of safeguarding and demonstrates a secure understanding of the procedures to follow if she has a concern about a child. The childminder has a strong focus and passionate drive to provide excellent care and inspirational learning for children. She uses various ways to build on her already extensive knowledge. For example, she attends training courses, various workshops and conferences, and reads relevant literature. She also liaises closely with childminding colleagues to share practice and ideas. Parents and children are fully involved in helping her to evaluate her provision and their views are very much valued. The childminder thinks carefully about where she can make improvements. She is currently looking at ways

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

to engage parents even more in the learning provision. Partnerships with parents are extremely positive and they highly praise the childminder.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The quality of teaching is consistently outstanding. As a result, children are extremely motivated in their learning and show high levels of concentration. They join in with an exceptional range of exciting activities, constantly developing new skills in a highly stimulating environment. An example of this is when the childminder hides coloured eggs around the garden. Children have great fun hunting for them and show impressive mathematical skills. They successfully use simple addition and subtraction to count as they work out how many more they need to find. The childminder very skilfully supports children's early literacy skills. Stories are a much loved part of the children's day. The childminder encourages them to join in with the narrative to find and sound out letters in words.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is exceptionally skilled and sensitive in supporting children to form secure emotional attachments. These provide a very strong foundation, enabling them to develop their independence and motivating them to learn because they feel safe and secure. The childminder provides a home-from-home setting and very much views the children as part of her extended family. Children's health is extremely well promoted. A great deal of time is spent outdoors and an excellent range of experiences is provided. Children are very active, they relish exploring the environment and engaging in the many physical activities.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress in their learning and development. They demonstrate high levels of self-control and develop a very strong awareness of the needs of other children. They learn to count, recognise numbers, shapes and letters, and write their name. Their independence and confidence are developing very well. They are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 400808 Local authority North Yorkshire Inspection number 847877 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 12 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 10

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 15 January 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1998 and lives in Harrogate. She operates all year round, from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Thursday. 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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Telephone number

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