Childminder in Sefton

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 May 2016 21 March 2012

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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 clearly driven to provide the best possible care for children and continually strives to improve her service. She actively seeks, and makes very good use of, the views of children and parents in evaluations of her practice.  The childminder takes every opportunity to try out new teaching ideas and makes learning fun. She precisely plans and thoughtfully resources stimulating and exciting activities, which contribute highly to children's outstanding achievement.  Partnership with parents is a major strength. Exceptional information sharing with families and other settings helps to promote continuity of children's care and learning. Parents express how highly they value the childminder's support.  The rigorous monitoring of children's progress enables the childminder to easily identify and support any gaps in children's learning.  Children have many exciting opportunities to learn outdoors in the local area. Outings

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This provision is outstanding

include visits to the meadow and pinewoods, where children exercise vigorously as they run and jump in open spaces. In addition to developing strong physical skills, children learn to keep themselves safe as they manage risks, such as climbing on low-level trees.  The childminder purposefully plans a wide variety of activities to help strengthen the muscles in children's hands and fingers, ready for writing. These include manipulating dough to music and using tweezers to transfer items, such as shiny gems, pine cones and furry balls, from a box to an egg tray.

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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 teaching even more sharply, in order to inform an even more focused programme of ongoing professional development and maintain the highest levels of achievement for children.

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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 observation with childminder.  The inspector talked with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at a range of documentation, including policies, evidence of the suitability of household members, observation and assessment documentation, and the safeguarding procedures.  The inspector spoke to a small selection of parents during the inspection and took account of their views and those of other parents provided in writing.  The inspector talked to the childminder about her self-evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder keeps and uses detailed risk assessments for indoors, the garden and for outings. She exchanges information and discusses topical issues with other childminders and professionals at meetings and training events. This supports her in keeping an updated knowledge of statutory and government requirements. She quickly amends her policies to reflect changes and shares these with parents to keep them very well informed.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder makes excellent use of knowledge gained from training and her qualification to raise the quality of children's learning to a very high level. She has identified some specific professional development opportunities that will further raise the high quality of her teaching. She avidly searches the internet to find fresh activities to precisely match each child's interests and learning needs. The childminder is highly skilled at joining in with what children are doing to provide optimal challenge and enjoyment at all times. She uses every opportunity to encourage children to think and work things out for themselves. Children have very good opportunities to develop an understanding of letters and sounds, including playing a sound version of bingo. The childminder develops children's recognition of written letters and numerals in a wide variety of fun ways, including on trails in the community.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children demonstrate very high levels of independence and an eagerness to take responsibility for themselves. Three-year-old children can be seen confidently changing their boots for shoes, tidying up, cleaning and setting the table for lunch, and helping to prepare meals. Children's behaviour is exemplary. They are extremely good at listening to the childminder and one another, and all children keenly share their views and opinions. Children successfully collaborate and learn together in small groups. They know how to take turns and share resources. The childminder purposefully takes children to local activity groups to help refine their excellent social skills. The childminder has strong relationships with the children and successfully promotes respect and consideration for others. Children gain an early appreciation of life in modern British society. They effectively learn that people have different cultures, beliefs and values that need to be

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

treated with respect. Activities to support their learning include making crowns for the Queen's birthday and decorating monkey-shaped biscuits at Chinese New Year.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

High-quality teaching supports all children to make excellent progress from their starting points. Children are exceptionally well prepared for starting school, both emotionally and in terms of skills. They encourage one another and are able to persevere until a task is finished, for example when completing a puzzle. Every opportunity is taken to develop children's writing and mathematical skills, for example, as they play. This includes making shopping lists in the play kitchen and discovering how shapes fit together when constructing homes for toy people.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 502312 Local authority Sefton Inspection number 847953 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 15

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 21 March 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2001 and lives in Ainsdale, Southport. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. 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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