Childminder EY356984

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 July 2016 20 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 uses precise assessments cleverly to check children's progress. She includes parents closely in the process. She ensures that she has a very wide understanding of the progress children make and of their specific needs.  The childminder has exceptionally productive partnerships with parents and the staff in the other settings. Her excellent communication skills ensure that children benefit from high levels of continuity in care and can continue learning at home.  Children make excellent progress and behave brilliantly. The childminder strongly supports all children to meet their targets and shows a very strong understanding of how to notice signs that children may have special educational needs.  Children display excellent speech and language skills. The childminder provides fantastic opportunities for them to use and develop language. For example, conversation flows and children have great opportunities to learn new vocabulary.

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This provision is outstanding

 Children have wonderful experiences to learn about healthy practices. They understand that exercise is good for them. They have plentiful opportunities to find out about which foods are good for them through enjoyable and interactive activities.  The childminder has a very strong desire to learn more about her role. She follows highly effective strategies to add to her skills and knowledge in order to improve the outcomes for children.

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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 to enhance their thinking and understanding to aid their learning further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities indoors and outside.  The inspector talked with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records.  The inspector checked evidence of the childminder's qualifications and her suitability checks.  The inspector carried out a joint observation of children's learning with the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder exudes confidence in her knowledge of how to recognise signs that a child's welfare is at risk. She understands the procedures to follow in the event of a concern. The childminder has robust rules and routines in place to ensure children's safety. Children learn how to keep themselves safe; for example, they always zip up the net when they are on the trampoline. The childminder makes extensive evaluations of her provision. She takes strong account of the views of parents and children to make continual improvements to her high-quality provision. For example, she is currently developing her outside area to make it a year-round facility.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children benefit from wonderful experiences, which focus strongly on their individual needs. Children have a great deal of fun as they learn. For example, when foot printing they enjoy sliding feet in the paint and running up and down the paper squealing with delight. The childminder teaches outstandingly well; for example, she has a superb ability to allow children to establish ideas about experiences, before she interacts to extend their learning. The childminder uses highly effective methods to help children to think or solve problems; however, she recognises they could be even better. Children share experiences and cultures willingly, they know that everyone is different and enjoy finding out about differences in lifestyles. Children play games that provide them with an amazing insight into diversity, such as blind football.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The children show great happiness in the setting. They operate with huge amounts of confidence and are very secure in the childminder's care. They select toys and engage themselves deeply in their chosen activities. Children show that they are ready for moving on to larger settings as they complete tasks, such as getting shoes and putting on sun hats, independently. Children play beautifully together; for example, they make pictures together and older children guide younger children around obstacle courses. They show fantastic social skills and lots of kindness. The childminder promotes positive behaviour with great success.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress. They love stories and engage in reading them with great confidence. They show that they understand how stories work by talking about what is happening in the pictures. Children develop their early writing skills; for example, they paint with objects, including broccoli and cars, and assign meaning to the marks they make. Children recognise and use numbers in their play. They are brilliantly prepared for their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY356984 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 827687 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 20 March 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2007. She lives in Crawley, West Sussex. The childminder has a recognised early years qualification at level 3. The childminder accepts funding for early years education for children aged three and four years old. The childminder also cares for older children before and after school.

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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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