Childminder in Somerset

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 July 2016 1 June 2015

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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

 Children make excellent progress in relation to their starting points. The childminder uses her excellent observations of children very well to make precise assessments of their progress, and to plan for future learning. Her monitoring of the educational programme is extremely effective in helping her identify any gaps in children's needs.  Children have extremely good self-esteem and are highly confident. They have excellent relationships with the childminder and her co-childminders. Children are very emotionally secure and extremely well behaved.  The childminder works very closely with parents and has highly effective systems to share information. Parents routinely provide feedback about children's achievements at home. The childminder uses this information extremely well when monitoring children's progress to gain an all-round picture of their achievements.  The childminder has excellent links with other early years providers children attend.

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This provision is outstanding

These very good systems of sharing information help to develop consistency in planning for children's next steps in learning.  The childminder's self-evaluations are extremely good. She works very closely with her co-childminders to monitor all aspects of the provision. She constantly reviews the effectiveness of her practice to provide consistently high quality 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

 extend children's independent exploration of different media and materials further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder and children engaged in learning activities indoors and outdoors.  The inspector and the childminder observed children during an activity and discussed the learning and progress that children make.  The inspector sampled documents, including safeguarding procedures, and talked to the childminder about how she implements these.  The inspector talked to parents and children.  The inspector discussed the childminder's systems to monitor children's progress, and how she ensures these are effective.  Inspection findings

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder constantly strives to improve her practices. She very securely identifies the effectiveness of changes by observing the impact on children's learning. The childminder implements new skills and knowledge extremely effectively. For example, following training, she has developed more effective use of resources, such as beanbags, to improve children's balance and coordination. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an extremely good understanding of Local Safeguarding Children Board procedures. Her rigorous implementation of these helps her to protect children from harm, should she have any concerns about children's welfare.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder plans highly stimulating and challenging activities that support children's learning extremely well. Her highly effective planning takes excellent account of individual children's learning needs. For example, children thoroughly enjoyed exploring dried beans and rice, and using different utensils. The childminder very skilfully encouraged children's hand-eye coordination by teaching them to use tweezers to move single grains of rice into a pot. For others, the childminder focused extremely well on developing their mathematical knowledge by getting the children to look at the pulses and talk about which would be too big to fit down a funnel, and measure the amounts they could fit in a tin and still close the lid. The childminder brings stories to life superbly and children listen enthralled. For example, she used toy animals to reflect the characters in the story. As she introduced each character, she gave them distinct voices, which kept children highly

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

interested and engaged. The childminder does not always extend opportunities for children to express their creativity and experiment with different media and materials.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are extremely confident and highly independent, taking pride in doing things without adult help. For example, when they spilt rice, they immediately got dustpans and brushes to clear it up, unasked. The childminder supports children extremely well to make excellent use of the large garden for a variety of very strong learning activities, which helps to support children who prefer to learn outdoors. Children are physically active and very aware of how to conduct themselves safely, for example, as they climb and balance, and use resources to build dens together.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children rapidly develop the skills they need for the next stage in their learning, including starting school. They are very enthusiastic learners who are curious and inquisitive, and communicate their needs extremely confidently. Children assuredly talk about their feelings and resolve differences together, supporting their harmonious play very well.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY420215 Local authority Somerset Inspection number 1054470 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 15

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2010. She works at the premises of her co-childminder in the village of Stembridge, Somerset. There are three registered childminders who work from these premises with assistants. The childminder holds a level 3 qualification in childcare. The childminder works Monday to Thursday from 7.30am to 6pm, and Friday mornings, during term times.

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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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