Childminder in Bath and North East Somerset

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 July 2016 Not applicable

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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's interactions with children are consistently outstanding. Children are extremely motivated and interested in the activities on offer. Children behave exceptionally well, and they are happy and content. Children make significant progress.  The childminder uses assessment incredibly well to help children take strides in their development. She uses highly effective systems to track children's progress and targets any emerging gaps in their development very quickly and effectively.  The childminder draws on her experience and excellent qualifications to develop very effective strategies to support children with special educational needs or disability. The childminder has built very positive relationships with parents and other professionals to provide a highly consistent approach to children's learning.  The childminder is excellent at evaluating the quality of her provision. She identifies

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This provision is outstanding

training that has a very positive impact on care and learning outcomes for children. For example, the childminder has significantly improved observation and assessment procedures following recent training and this has helped her to plan precisely and very successfully for children's progress.

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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

 implement plans to build further on the superb support for children to learn and explore outside.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's interactions with children inside and outside.  The inspector sampled a range of documents, including children's learning journals.  The inspector spoke to children at appropriate times and took the written views of parents into account.  The inspector talked to the childminder and conducted a joint observation with her.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of safeguarding procedures and child protection issues. She is very skilled at evaluating the quality of her provision and this helps to significantly improve experiences for children. For example, the childminder has looked closely at the way children play outside and developed a really exciting place for children to explore and learn. The childminder plans to improve her setting further by using an adjoining meadow area, to teach children more about the world around them. Children are ready and well prepared for their move to school. The childminder has built very effective and positive relationships with her feeder school and other professionals. The childminder is extremely ambitious and this helps her to continually improve her outstanding provision.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children continually consolidate their learning and practise new skills. For example, they choose the resources they need to design and make highly elaborate and impressive pictures and models. The childminder carefully plans exciting opportunities that motivate children to take part and learn. For example, children cannot wait to build dens and explore in the outdoor mud kitchen. Children make discoveries as they play and rise to a variety of challenges. This helps them make excellent progress. The childminder is excellent at maximising learning opportunities. For example, children make a farmyard from blocks and cuddly toys and the childminder expertly introduces mathematics and writing into their game.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children's behaviour is excellent; they are very engaged and settled. For example, they sit beautifully at the table and are extremely good at sharing ideas and listening to each other. The childminder is expert at extending children's ideas and concepts while they play outside. For example, children read a story with the childminder about dinosaurs then wash and feed toy dinosaurs in the sand pit and make up intricate and elaborate stories. Children enjoys many opportunities to develop their own ideas as they play and benefit from plenty of fresh air and sunshine. The childminder continually praises children's attempts and achievements. Children have very warm and close relationships with the childminder, giving them an excellent platform from which to make progress.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children play with excellent levels of independence, they are delightfully eager to take part and learn. Children are confident and involved; they relate exceptionally well to each other and treat others with respect and kindness.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482841 Local authority Bath & NE Somerset Inspection number 995661 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2014. She lives in Salford, Bristol. The childminder holds qualified teacher status and her service is open all year round except for some bank holidays.

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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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Telephone number

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