Childminder EY355610

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 May 2016 22 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 highly motivated and aspirational childminder uses focused planning to drive ongoing improvements. Children thrive as their needs and interests are supported extremely well. They show great delight in their play activities as they explore, investigate and experiment with confidence.  Excellent partnership working with parents and other providers ensures children benefit from continuity in their care and learning. This significantly contributes towards children's rapid progress. Parents feel fully involved in their children's learning and care and are very happy with the childminder's provision.  The childminder promotes playful learning within a thoughtfully designed, lively and stimulating environment. There is free and independent access for children to the superb range of resources available. There are excellent opportunities for children to learn extensively outdoors. Children thoroughly enjoy their time in this inspirational

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This provision is outstanding

setting.  Children's behaviour is exemplary. They are kind, polite and considerate towards each other and make friends easily. The childminder is an excellent role model for children in her care. She builds wonderfully warm relationships with them. They delight in the wealth of praise, encouragement and recognition they receive from the childminder for their achievements.  Children are highly motivated and enthusiastic learners. They are supported exceptionally well by the superb teaching to develop the necessary skills to help prepare them for their next stages in learning, including nursery and school. Observation and assessment arrangements are of an exceptionally high standard. Gaps in children's learning are quickly identified and rapidly addressed.

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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 extend and review the targeted programme of professional development to ensure that the quality of teaching and learning remains at an outstanding level.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector carried out a tour of the areas of the premises used for childminding.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as the childminder's self- evaluation, policies and procedures, and records of children's progress.  The inspector took account of the views of a small sample of parents.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has an excellent knowledge and understanding of child protection procedures. She has highly detailed policies, procedures and risk assessments in place and these are regularly reviewed and shared with parents. The experienced childminder meticulously follows these to help keep children safe at all times. She reflects incisively on her professional practice and is very responsive to the need for changes that help to improve outcomes for children. The childminder has identified a further qualification to help her maintain and develop her already excellent teaching and learning skills even further. A recent training course about communication and language skills has enabled the childminder to have a precise understanding of how to support particular children in her care.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The experienced childminder's expert knowledge of child development enables her to plan an exceptional range of activities that captures children's interests and keeps them highly motivated to learn. Children concentrate for extended periods of time and have an enormous amount of fun. For example, they enjoy practising their physical and mathematical skills, including counting and measuring, as they make pasta to eat for their lunch. Children show high levels of creative thinking and persistence during their play. The childminder supports the development of children's problem solving and communication and language skills and uses skilful questioning. She seizes every opportunity to extend and build on their learning to achieve the best possible outcomes for children in her care.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder places a high priority on promoting children's robust emotional and physical development and their growing independence skills. Children proudly display their ability to put on their own coats and shoes. They are helped to understand the importance of healthy eating, taking regular exercise and how to keep themselves safe. Children delight in daily visits to a local farm to collect fresh vegetables for their lunch. They learn how to keep themselves safe during cooking. The childminder helps them to understand about the importance of washing their hands before handling food and again after touching raw ingredients. She promotes children's understanding of the living world and their local community extremely well. Children relish bug hunts in the garden and examine creatures closely with magnifying glasses. The childminder provides many opportunities for children to explore the similarities and differences between themselves and others.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are highly sociable and benefit from mixing with others at playgroups and places of local interest.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make exceptional progress across the areas of learning from their individual starting points and are extremely well prepared for school. They form very secure friendships with one another. Children are highly confident, independent and capable learners.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY355610 Local authority East Riding of Yorkshire Inspection number 849513 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 12

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 22 March 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2007 and lives in Pocklington, York. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder 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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