Childminder in Stockport

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 June 2016 17 June 2010

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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 dedicated childminder is extremely committed to providing an exceptional service for all children and families. She actively seeks new information and is committed to continuing to enhance her excellent skills and knowledge, to continue to maintain the outstanding provision.  The childminder is well qualified. She has an excellent understanding of the different ways that young children learn. Teaching is superb. She provides an exciting range of rich and varied opportunities which helps to ignite children's natural curiosity. Children make excellent progress in their learning and development.  The childminder is passionate about providing a home-from-home environment. All children are exceptionally well cared for and are genuinely valued. Children are emotionally secure and develop extremely strong bonds with the devoted and caring childminder. This helps them to develop high levels of self-assurance and confidence.

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This provision is outstanding

 Children's physical well-being is given the highest priority. The childminder actively promotes children's understanding of healthy lifestyles through well-planned activities and embedded daily routines. A particular favourite activity is the regular visit to a local group where children participate in an active play session.  Partnership with parents is outstanding. The childminder understands the vital role that parents play and their contribution is highly valued. The childminder provides detailed and accurate summaries of children's progress and supports parents with ideas to continue learning at home.

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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 the impact of how the introduction of new methods helps to further promote children's communication and language skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector carried out an evaluation of teaching with the childminder.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as, policies and procedures, reviewed the childminder's self-evaluation and checked evidence of her suitability and the suitability of all adults who live or work on the premises.  The inspector took account of the views of a selection of parents through written documentation provided prior to inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder has extremely high standards. She uses robust self-evaluation to identify any opportunities for further development. Her current focus is to find even more ways to support children's communication and language skills and she has recently sourced training on new methods to help her to develop this area further. The childminder provides excellent support to her assistant, in order to maintain the exceptional quality which helps to improve outcomes for children. The childminder also provides support to other childminders in the local community, sharing best practice ideas and providing mentoring and training. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder demonstrates astute awareness about safeguarding issues and she ensures her assistant is suitably trained and knowledgeable about child protection procedures. The childminder's home is extremely well organised. Meticulous records are maintained and detailed risk

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

assessments are completed which help to keep children safe. Children participate in a mock emergency evacuation which supports their awareness of risk and safety.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Older children are wonderfully supported to develop their interest in early reading. The childminder provides audio books and asks open questions to encourage them to recall the story. The childminder capably extends this to support children's thinking and speaking skills. She asks purposeful questions about the story and listens intently to their responses. All children delight in recognising animals and colours on picture cards. The childminder animatedly repeats the sounds and words so that younger children hear the correct pronunciation. Children capably thread pebbles onto laces and create rubbings using stencils and crayons. This helps to develop small-muscle skills in preparation for early writing. Creativity is promoted very well. Children's enthusiasm is evident as they delight in making marks using paint, cotton wool and pegs. Even the youngest children persevere as they are given tasks, such as opening and squeezing paint and pinching wool

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

with the pegs. The childminder praises them when they succeed, which children happily acknowledge.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder has a friendly and jovial nature and is an exceptional role model. Children's behaviour is admirable. They play cooperatively and have a truly wonderful time together. Children benefit from excellent outdoor play opportunities in the recently enhanced garden. They tend to the vegetable patch and use an excellent range of equipment. Transition arrangements are highly effective. The childminder shares a wealth of information with other settings that children attend. This helps to provide consistency in meeting their care and leaning needs.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent and sustained progress from their starting points. Children develop a superb range of skills which helps to prepare them for the next stages in learning and the move to school. Children are highly motivated to learn. They develop high levels of independence and wonderful social skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY346659 Local authority Stockport Inspection number 849417 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 10 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 12

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 17 June 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2006. She lives in the Gatley area of Stockport. The childminder operates Monday to Thursday, 7.30am until 6pm, all year round. The childminder works with an occasional assistant and holds a holds a recognised 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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