Childminder EY479732

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 August 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 is well qualified. She uses her in-depth knowledge of children's abilities and learning styles to plan activities that capture their interest and motivate them to learn. Her dedication and enthusiasm to continually enhance children's learning and provide high-quality care are exceptional.  Children's language and communication skills flourish. The childminder is attentive and maximises every opportunity to help children think more deeply, recall and extend their language.  The partnerships with parents are highly effective. Parental involvement is valued greatly and their views are sought and respected. The childminder consistently shares key information about children's welfare and development. Parents praise the childminder for the high level of care and learning provided.  Children are immensely settled and confident within the setting, because the childminder has a precise and sensitive understanding of their needs. They show a very

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This provision is outstanding

strong sense of security and enjoy warm and positive relationships with the childminder.  The childminder teaches children that their behaviour has both positive and negative consequences. She is a superb role model and successfully encourages children to share, take turns and play together cooperatively.  Resources are plentiful, of a very high standard and displayed appealingly at children's level. This allows children to self-select and to develop their independence in the choice of activities and toys.

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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 extending the highly effective methods used to help parents share even more information about what their children are learning at home.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and evaluated these jointly with the childminder.  The inspector looked at children's records, observation and assessment files and a selection of policies.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children throughout the inspection.  The inspector took account of parents' views, through discussion and from the written documentation they had provided for the inspection.  The inspector checked evidence of the childminder's qualification and the suitability of all adults living in the home.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder is extremely knowledgeable about her role and responsibility in protecting children from abuse and neglect. Children are very well supervised and stringent safety measures are implemented around the childminder's home and on outings. The very experienced childminder demonstrates passion and dedication in her work. She continually applies expertise gained from her teaching qualification and training to her daily practice. This helps her to offer an outstanding standard of care and education to all children. The childminder draws extensively from the comments and views of parents to continually develop her service. For example, following their feedback she has introduced termly home visits. This has enabled them to discuss the progress of children in even greater detail. The childminder is seeking to extend the range of ways parents can share their observations from home.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children flourish in the childminder's care. They respond very well to her excellent teaching methods and demonstrate highly positive attitudes to learning. The childminder is meticulous in how she observes, assesses and monitors children's progress. Children are supremely confident when exploring the environment. They play a full and active role in their own learning, they make choices and decisions about the resources they use. The childminder takes every opportunity to ask purposeful questions and introduce new vocabulary. Consequently, children rapidly develop effective communication skills. The childminder demonstrates lively storytelling skills. She successfully uses musical instruments to enhance rhyme time activities. Children enthusiastically repeat familiar phases, complete associated actions and eagerly shake instruments.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are extremely happy, settled and relaxed in this superbly nurturing environment. Interaction between the childminder and children is exceptional, and they have clearly formed strong, secure relationships. Children show their understanding of keeping themselves safe through their excellent behaviour. They understand safety rules, as they are careful with resources and know that tidying up prevents them falling over toys and hurting themselves. Children learn to adopt a healthy lifestyle as the childminder places a high priority on this aspect. They have daily opportunities to enjoy the fresh air and challenge themselves physically. They also benefit from eating and finding out about healthy foods; this helps them to develop good eating habits.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress in learning from their starting points. They display high levels of competence with their problem solving and number skills, as they enjoy a range of challenging and exciting experiences. For example, one child lines the sea shells up and orders them by size. They are very eager, enthusiastic confident learners, with wide ranging skills in readiness for school and their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY479732 Local authority Sunderland Inspection number 994697 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 8 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 was registered in 2014 and lives in High Barnes area of Sunderland. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds qualified teacher status.

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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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