Childminder in Stockport

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 June 2016 26 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 childminder continues to offer outstanding provision. This has further developed since the last inspection due to a continuous search for ever-improving ways to support children's welfare and learning through conscientious monitoring, the use of expert training and continual reflection.  The childminder uses her qualification, wealth of experience and expert understanding of the ways that children learn to view every opportunity as a learning opportunity. Daily routines are filled with purposeful interaction and excellently planned activities which promote children's high levels of achievement and excellent progress.  Children are highly enthusiastic learners and explorers. The fabulously planned learning environment wholly engages children in play and activities which support their development impressively. Their excellent levels of engagement, motivation and problem-solving skills support them to achieve exceptionally well.

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This provision is outstanding

 Relationships are incredibly close. The highly nurturing care that the childminder offers and demonstrates supports children's confidence and their care of others. Children's emotional development is given very high priority. This has a significant impact on their well-being and their impressive behaviour.  The childminder's dedication to meeting every child's individual needs results in the provision of a tailored package of care for every child. Excellent communication with parents and other professionals supports a precise and accurate assessment, enabling incisive planning to support progress and to meet every child's individual needs.  Parents hold the childminder in very high regard and express extremely positive views about the significant support and progress that children make in 'leaps and bounds'.

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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

 consider further ways of helping children develop an understanding of which drinks are more healthy for them and encouraging them to make healthy choices of drink.

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Inspection activities

 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 and discussed the teaching and learning taking place.  The inspector held a meeting with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation, such as self-evaluation, training and evidence of suitability.  The inspector took account of account of the views of parents using the childminder's own records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder manages her provision very securely. Both she and her assistant hold relevant first-aid training. The childminder has a passion for working with children and continually builds on her wealth of experience by seeking out targeted expert learning opportunities. Along with her training and highly reflective approach, she uses the critique of other professionals to evaluate the quality of her provision and find even further ways to improve. Since the last inspection, the childminder has developed an impressive understanding of how to support children's emotional well-being, the preferred learning styles of boys and how to create a communication-friendly environment, rich in opportunities for creative thinking. She has targeted improvements to foster these aspects of teaching within her provision.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses her extensive knowledge of how young children learn to create a highly impressive environment which supports their learning incredibly well. When children are new, she makes full use of what parents tell her to form an early precise assessment of their needs. The childminder builds on this impressively to form a highly detailed view of every child's abilities and next steps for their learning. She skilfully adapts the playroom to reflect every child's needs. One very effective change has been the creation of a den, which has supported quieter children to play and communicate more confidently. High- quality storybooks and non-fiction books are selected carefully. The childminder models how to be a reader and uses every opportunity to teach children the sounds that letters make. Their love of books and stories gives them an impressive start to early reading.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder knows the children so well that she swiftly identifies changes in their behaviour, which leads to a highly accurate understanding of their emotional needs and excellent support. Children benefit hugely from the childminder's excellent, calm modelling of how to play, care and learn happily together. Superbly planned, consistent routines significantly contribute to their excellent behaviour and impressive levels of independence. Children spend their time in richly planned play spaces that motivate high levels of engagement both indoors and outdoors. They have daily opportunities to be physically active and make excellent progress in their ability to handle equipment, control and move their bodies. The childminder shares the most effective activities with parents and has, on occasion, brought in the services of a music and movement provider which enabled parents to take part in a session that their children routinely enjoy. Children enjoy healthy

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

diets and are well nourished, although they do not always choose healthy drinks.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children thrive in the childminder's care. Boys become highly motivated learners who think critically about how to use the many interesting natural materials to enhance their play ideas. All children develop independence superbly. They become confident communicators with an extensive vocabulary. Children rapidly acquire the key skills that they need in readiness for their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 306666 Local authority Stockport Inspection number 855135 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 10 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 7

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 26 March 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1994 and lives in the Woodsmoor district of Stockport. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder occasionally works with her husband, who is her assistant. She holds an appropriate qualification at level 4.

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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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