Childminder EY430165

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 June 2016 1 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

 The experienced and well-qualified childminder shows a superb understanding of how children learn and develop. She closely tracks each child's progress. This helps her to swiftly identify and address any areas where children may need additional support or challenge.  Assessments of children's progress are clear, precise and sharply focused. Assessments are based on the childminder's detailed knowledge of the children and her very effective system for evaluating children's learning and progress.  The childminder and her assistant foster children's personal, social and emotional development exceptionally well. They use excellent strategies to support young children to manage their own behaviour. They expertly guide children to give them choices so that they can make decisions for themselves.  The childminder creates an extremely rich and enticing learning environment which children love to explore. This means they are highly motivated to play and learn.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder works exceptionally well with parents and is very successful in engaging them in their children's learning, including when they are at home. Parents are highly complimentary about the service the childminder provides and they value the excellent support they receive. They comment on how much their children enjoy attending and that the childminder goes over and above for them.  The childminder works very closely with staff at the other settings some children attend. She shares comprehensive information about children's interests, experiences, welfare and progress, so that there is a consistent approach to promoting children's learning and development.

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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

 enhance the already excellent programme of professional development, to ensure that the outstanding quality of the provision is maintained.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at the areas of the premises used for childminding and observed children engaged in a variety of learning experiences.  The inspector observed and evaluated a learning activity with the childminder.  The inspector viewed evidence of the suitability of all adults living and working on the premises.  The inspector looked at a sample of policies, training records and children's assessment records and discussed the childminder's self-evaluation.  The inspector spoke to the childminder, assistant and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day and recorded in letters sent to the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder and her assistant receive regular training on how to safeguard children and give high priority to their safety and well-being. The childminder has a robust knowledge of her responsibilities and the procedures to follow should she have a concern about a child. The childminder and her assistant are clear about their role to protect children and take swift action to minimise any potential hazards. This results in children enjoying the freedom to explore, choosing what they want to do and having fun in a safe environment. The childminder regularly evaluates her own practice and that of her assistant to ensure it is of a high quality. This means that she is highly successful in maintaining continuous improvement. The childminder recognises the importance of ongoing professional development and carefully considers the needs of children when identifying her training needs. Her ongoing focus is

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

to explore a wider range of ways to help her sustain and build on her already outstanding provision.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children are provided with vibrant and exciting experiences and challenges tailored to their individual needs. This leads to children making excellent progress. Robust assessments of children's learning help the childminder to successfully identify any gaps in children's learning. This enables her to adapt activities and plan according to individual children's learning needs. For example, she uses visual timetables, routines and a choice book containing photographs of resources to fully support younger children's communication. Children have excellent opportunities for developing early writing skills using paint, felts tips and pencils. They record the fruits they enjoyed during a tasting activity, using a tally chart. Children confidently link sounds to letters as they copy or draw around their name label. The childminder encourages children to explore their emotions and feelings in a positive way. For example, they draw self-portraits and talk about how

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

they are feeling using the emotion cards.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The playroom is vibrant and organised very effectively so that all children can easily access the plentiful resources. These are chosen expertly to support children's independent exploration and individual learning. The childminder encourages children to enjoy a healthy diet, sensitively coaxing them to try new food, such as pickles, pineapple, and cheese. Children use words such as, sweet, sour or yucky to describe how the food tastes. Children are exceptionally well behaved and play incredibly well together. The childminder talks to children in a respectful considerate way, and they follow her example.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make outstanding progress from their different starting points, including those who receive funded education. The childminder expertly weaves in simple mathematical problems and engages children in purposeful conversations, promoting a rich and varied use of language. Children's skills and understanding are refined extremely well, in preparation for the next stage in their learning and in readiness for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY430165 Local authority Worcestershire Inspection number 850188 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 12 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 22

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 1 December 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2011 and lives in Bewdley, Worcestershire. She operates her provision all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder works with an assistant. She provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children and 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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