Childminder EY482661

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 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

 Teaching is outstanding because the childminder has an exceptional knowledge of each child's learning and developmental needs. She makes excellent use of accurate assessments of their progress to plan further activities that challenge children and incorporate their interests. This enables each child to make rapid progress in relation to their individual starting points and capabilities.  Children flourish in the exceptionally well organised, stimulating, safe and welcoming child-orientated environment. They settle extremely quickly, showing very high levels of confidence and are highly motivated to learn.  The childminder fosters children's personal, social and emotional development exceptionally well. She uses excellent strategies to support young children to manage their own behaviour. The childminder expertly negotiates and guides children to give them choices so that they can make decisions for themselves.

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This provision is outstanding

 This extremely knowledgeable childminder plans rich imaginative experiences, both indoors and outdoors. As a result, children are highly motivated, eager to explore, and maintain their focus during activities over a sustained period of time.  The childminder forms extremely strong partnerships with children's parents, other early years providers and local schools. Excellent information sharing greatly promotes continuity in children's care, and their learning and development.  The childminder has highly effective systems to monitor and evaluate the educational programmes, children's progress and all aspects of children's welfare to enable her to constantly evaluate her practice. As a result, outcomes for children are exceptionally positive.

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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

 continue to make the most of professional development opportunities to ensure that practice continually improves and the outstanding quality of the provision is maintained.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector had a tour of the areas used for childminding, and spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector observed practice and interaction between the childminder and children during play and daily care routines. She carried out observations with the childminder and discussed the teaching and learning.  The inspector looked at a range of documents, including the childminder's self- evaluation form, qualifications, and policies and procedures. She also looked at the children's learning and assessment records.  The inspector looked at all suitability checks for the adults living on the premises.  The inspector took account of the views of parents from information detailed in questionnaires and references.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has a robust knowledge and understanding of how to implement effective safeguarding practices. Extremely robust procedures, risk assessments and vigilance protect children. The childminder receives regular training on how to safeguard children. She is clear about her fundamental role to protect children and takes swift action to minimise any potential risks to children. The childminder signs children and visitors in and out each day using an electronic register. These robust measures help to ensure children remain secure in this setting as all aspects of safety are given utmost priority. The childminder regularly evaluates her own practice to ensure it is of high quality, and gains feedback from parents and seeks the views of the children. In addition, she has assessed the impact that training and personal development have on her provision and recognises the need to maintain the excellent practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

All children are making excellent progress in all areas of learning. Communication is highly prioritised by the childminder, resulting in exceptional levels of learning and language development. She constantly talks to children offering a running commentary and extending their vocabulary, as well as asking open-ended questions. Children are confident when they experiment with mixing paint colours to make brown for the body of a bear. Children enjoy seeing the different effects they produce. The childminder excels at supporting children's early literacy skills. Children are animated and fully engrossed as they take equal part in reading and retelling a well-known story. They show great excitement as they re-enact the story about hunting for a bear. The childminder is exceptionally skilled at weaving learning and children's interests into activities. They explore maps during the Olympic Games and talk about the different places in the world.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

They create their own maps, using a range of materials to show the journey to find the bear.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children form secure attachments with the childminder because she meets their emotional and physical needs so well. The childminder skilfully encourages children to learn safe behaviours and provides them with a very safe but challenging environment. Children have ample opportunities to be active and enjoy a healthy lifestyle. They confidently prepare their own meals and snacks, and butter their own bread to make sandwiches and wraps and add a range of healthy fillings. Children spend time playing and learning outdoors. They develop and refine their physical skills and control using a range of apparatus.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress and gain essential skills for their future. They complete complex puzzles, write recognisable letters and learn to link letters to sounds from an early age. Children are exceptionally proud of their accomplishments. For example, children eagerly and articulately recall elements of a favourite story, such as swishy, swashy grass rhyming words. They are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage in their learning at nursery or school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482661 Local authority Worcestershire Inspection number 996718 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8

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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. She lives in Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire. The childminder operates all year round from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She holds an appropriate qualification at level 6. The childminder offers funded early education places for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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