Childminder in Surrey

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 May 2016 1 March 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

 The childminder and her assistant provide a highly stimulating and nurturing environment. Children are fully engaged in their learning as they explore the many interesting resources, particularly in the garden.  The childminder monitors each child's development very carefully and swiftly identifies any potential gaps in their developmental progress. She specifically plans and tailors learning opportunities to meet children's individual needs and build on their interests. Children make outstanding progress in their learning.  The childminder promotes children's health and well-being exceptionally well. She provides a range of exciting opportunities that offers them physical challenges and sensory experiences. Children's meals and snacks are highly nutritious and balanced.  Children benefit from an exceptional range of opportunities that help them learn about the natural world around them. For example, they collect eggs from the chickens and

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This provision is outstanding

help to feed them.  The childminder and her assistant have excellent working relationships with parents and other professionals involved in children's care. They work very closely to provide excellent continuity for each child's learning and care needs.

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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

 help children hear and use more mathematical language in their everyday activities to build on their early mathematical understanding.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector toured the premises and viewed resources with the childminder.  The inspector observed the childminder's and assistant's interactions with children during their play.  The inspector examined records and documents provided by the childminder and observed an activity with her.  The inspector read comments from parents about the childcare provision and considered their views.  The inspector discussed self-evaluation with the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder and her assistant have a very thorough knowledge of the procedures to follow about any concerns they may have to protect children's welfare. The childminder makes excellent use of training opportunities to enhance her provision for children. She supports her assistant extremely well and they undertake training together. This has helped them to provide a wealth of inspiring experiences that engage and motivate children to learn. The childminder involves parents in their children's learning effectively. She takes great interest in what children can do at home and meticulously builds on their achievements to extend their learning. The childminder rigorously evaluates her practice to help her continually improve.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder plans an exceptional range of activities that motivate children's curiosity and eagerness to learn. She skilfully recognises children's developing interests and uses them effectively to extend their learning. The childminder and her assistant encourage children to experiment and talk about what they are doing. For example, they skilfully helped children coordinate movements to balance pipes on stands at different heights and see what happened to the ball. However, they sometimes miss opportunities to extend children's mathematical language further, for example, to help them describe size, position and shape. The childminder helps children develop excellent early reading skills, count and recognise numbers. For example, she skilfully encouraged them to find letters and numbers hidden in a large pile of stones..

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder fosters excellent relationships with parents that help children to feel safe and secure. Children relate positively to the childminder and her assistant and form secure bond. The childminder is a very positive role model. She talks to children calmly about their behaviour to help them understand how to get along, negotiate and share with their friends. The childminder promotes children's physical well-being exceptionally well. For example, she has created a highly stimulating learning environment in the garden for children to climb and balance, discover nature, and to sit quietly.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children gain an excellent range of skills that prepare them exceptionally well for their next stage in their learning. They are confident communicators and have lively conversations as they play. Children are extremely sociable. They share, take turns and show great concern for others. Children demonstrate increasing knowledge as they name the bugs they find outside and understand that the chickens provide the eggs they eat for lunch. Children flourish and are extremely inquisitive learners.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY284371 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 826848 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 1 March 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2004. She lives in Woking, Surrey. The childminder works with an assistant and her service is open from Monday to Friday, all year round. The childminder has a childcare 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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