Griffiths, Susan Jane

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 July 2016 24 February 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 works extremely closely with parents and gains detailed information to help her support children's continuity of care and learning exceptionally well. Parents comment extremely positively, for example, they say that they 'have a very good relationship with her and receive regular up-to-date information about the children'.  Children develop an excellent awareness of cultures and diversity. For example, the childminder continuously researches for activities and resources to help support children's understanding of differences in people and families even further.  The childminder is highly skilled at following children's play to help continually extend learning and build on next steps. For example, she uses exaggerated facial expressions to build on young children's early communication skills even further. Children make consistently high rates of progress in their learning from their starting points.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder is extremely calm and caring in her approach and she helps children build extremely secure relationships with others. Children settle very quickly and this has an excellent impact on their positive emotional development.  The childminder meticulously identifies areas for improvement down to the smallest detail. For example, she labels resources in French, German and Polish to provide excellent support for children who speak more than one language and to enhance their sense of belonging even further.

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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

 build on the already excellent opportunities for children to learn more about growing crops and where food comes from, to help develop their understanding of healthy lifestyles even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke to the childminder and interacted with children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled a wide range of policies, procedures and records, including those linked to suitability.  The inspector sampled children's development records and tracked their progress.  The inspector took parents' views into account.  The inspector observed activities in the indoor and outdoor environments and the childminder's interactions with children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder attends regular child protection training and has an excellent knowledge of current procedures. She continually undertakes research to help extend her already exceptional practice. She updates her policies to make sure that they are in line with current guidelines. The childminder maintains excellent partnerships with other professionals to help support consistency of learning exceptionally well. For example, she exchanges her detailed assessments and planning for each child with their pre-school staff. The childminder closely reviews all aspects of her practice. She recognises how she can support children's knowledge of growing and harvesting crops and where food comes from even further.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Since her last inspection, the childminder has simplified her observation and assessment process and now finds this fully effective in helping her to track children's progress. She uses this information alongside details from parents to help plan next steps in children's learning extremely well. The childminder knows the children exceptionally well and understands how to challenge their learning and skills further. For example, when young children are hesitant to crawl and collect the ball that rolled away, she rolls another ball and they are then eager to chase and collect both balls. The childminder supports children's interests extremely well and knows activities that they will enjoy. Young children watch in intense wonder as the bubble machine blows bubbles. They wave their arms to catch them and giggle with anticipation as they burst on their arms.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children become completely engrossed in their play. For example, they squeal with immense delight as they play a game of peek-a-boo with the childminder. She provides an excellent range of toys and resources which are stored very effectively to help enable children to take the lead in their play. Children develop excellent physical skills, for example, they go on exciting outings to watch planes at the local airport. Young children build on their excellent coordination skills, for instance, they use natural resources, such as banging a honey dripper onto a coconut shell. The childminder is highly effective in praising children for their achievements. She uses facial expressions and claps her hands, which helps to support their emotional well-being extremely well.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are extremely motivated in their learning and even young children are able to communicate their desires. For example, they indicate with their eyes or by pointing to the resources they would like to play with. This enables them to explore toys that draw their interest. Children are prepared excellently for the next stage in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 120726 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1055615 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 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 24 February 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2000. She lives in Brookwood, in Surrey. The childminder operates Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm, all year round.

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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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