Childminder in Swindon

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 June 2016 Not applicable

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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 committed and highly organised childminder is well qualified. Children benefit considerably from her many years of experience of working with young children.  The childminder has a comprehensive understanding of how children learn. She is an excellent teacher and role model, has extremely high expectations and is highly responsive to their individual needs. She supports children exceptionally well to help them make rapid progress and prepare them for their next stage in learning.  The childminder builds extremely strong partnerships with parents from the outset to support children's care and learning. She gathers a wealth of information from parents and uses this to plan immediately for children's next steps in learning. Children benefit from an excellent settling-in process to support their emotional well-being.  The childminder enriches children's communication and language highly successfully.

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This provision is outstanding

For example, she asks children skilful questions continually, such as 'How?', 'What?', 'Why?' and 'Where?' to encourage them to think, respond and solve problems. She uses sign language to reinforce babies' understanding and provides the correct words for objects to extend their vocabulary.  The childminder shows a superb commitment to identifying and targeting areas for improvement. For example, she has redesigned her garden to help her provide activities and experiences across all areas of learning.

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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 develop opportunities for children to investigate a wider range of media through sensory exploration, to extend further their curious and investigative nature.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector toured the premises with the childminder and observed the quality of teaching during activities and daily routines, indoors and outdoors.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder throughout the inspection, including about safeguarding, children's learning and development, and the childminder's professional development.  The inspector interacted with children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector sampled documentation, including children's records, risk assessments and a range of policies and procedures.  The inspector read the childminder's self-evaluation and development plan, and written feedback from parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The dedicated childminder has an extensive understanding of child protection and about how to keep children safe from harm. She is extremely proactive at keeping her skills up to date, including through research, training and discussions with other professionals. She uses her observations and assessments, together with information from parents about children's achievements at home, to plan activities and monitor children's progress highly effectively. She recognises the need to provide a wider range of media to encourage children's sensory exploration.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder adapts her teaching seamlessly to provide challenge for the differing needs of children. For example, during water play, she encouraged older children to do things for themselves. They relished squeezing the trigger on the hosepipe to fill the water tray, developing the small muscles in their hands in preparation for early writing. She supported babies to practise their physical skills as they stood and moved around the water tray, filling and tipping containers. The childminder extends children's learning successfully. For example, she encouraged all children to make marks on a mat using different water tools and brushes to support their pre-writing skills. The childminder uses every opportunity to develop children's early mathematical skills. For instance, she encouraged older children to make simple calculations during a singing game, and supported babies to clap their hands, 'one, two, three', in time to the words of the song.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children flourish in this nurturing and vibrant setting. They enjoy nutritious home-made food and regular outdoor play, whatever the weather. They relished exploring wet grass and 'muddy puddles'. Children make decisions about their play and learning. For example, when babies want to go back indoors they crawl to the door, point and babble. Children thoroughly enjoy music and action songs; they choose songs, join in and move their bodies to the rhythm enthusiastically. Children behave impeccably. The childminder teaches children from an early age to listen and respond to instructions, supporting their future learning and physical well-being very skilfully. For example, children and babies had great fun as they eagerly experimented with musical instruments. The childminder held up a red shaker for 'stop and freeze', and a green shaker for 'go and louder'.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are extremely happy and thrive, developing superb attitudes to learning. They show extremely high levels of confidence and remain engaged in activities for long periods. Children develop excellent personal, social and emotional skills, playing harmoniously together, and even babies learn to share and take turns using resources.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY478039 Local authority Swindon Inspection number 1036005 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 1 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 1

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2014. She lives in the Oakhurst area of Swindon, Wiltshire. She offers her service each weekday during school term times. The childminder holds a recognised early years qualification at level 6.

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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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