Childminder EY419932

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 30 September 2016 10 September 2013

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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 provides an exceptionally welcoming and stimulating learning environment. There is an extensive range of high-quality resources and an extremely engaging range of activities and experiences for children.  Children display excellent levels of confidence and are highly motivated to explore and discover. They make rapid progress from their starting points and gain excellent skills to help prepare them for the next stage in their learning.  The childminder observes and comprehensively tracks children's progress to help her to very quickly identify and address any gaps in their learning.  The childminder establishes highly effective communication with parents to provide extremely successful continuity of care and learning for children. She makes excellent use of parents' comments to plan for ongoing improvements.  The childminder continually updates her childcare knowledge. For example, she

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This provision is outstanding

completes training courses and meets with other childminders and professionals to help extend her exceptional skills and knowledge even further.  Children take part in a wide range of activities that support their excellent awareness of the importance of healthy lifestyles. For example, they spend time outdoors in all weathers and use an exceptional range of resources that help challenge and develop their physical skills and understanding of the natural world.

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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 the range of interesting resources to help younger children gain an even better understanding of the wider community.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at the areas of the home used for childminding.  The inspector observed the childminder playing and interacting with the children during a range of activities.  The inspector discussed the childminder's self-evaluation and checked evidence of the childminder's suitability checks and qualifications.  The inspector discussed activities with the childminder in relation to observations of the children's play, learning and progress.  The inspector took account of the views of parents expressed in their written comments.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder is exceptionally conscientious about updating her knowledge of her responsibility for child protection. For example, she has completed specialist training to make sure that she knows how to support vulnerable families. The childminder is highly reflective and consistently evaluates her practice. She continually searches for new ways to deliver exciting and enjoyable learning experiences led by children's interests. For example, after a bird watching activity the childminder extended children's learning by arranging an outing to the local wetlands to see different birds.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is quick to engage and involve children in learning at every opportunity. She involves children in excellent conversations to motivate their learning. For example, as children played the childminder asked them questions about the different animals and how they would build the train track. The childminder extends children's communication and language skills extremely well, such as re-phrasing what they say to help with better pronunciations. She is highly reflective in evaluating activities and uses this information to help plan future experiences that challenge and extend children's learning through their individual interests.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are extremely settled and they clearly feel exceptionally secure in the care of the childminder. For example, they move confidently and with excellent independence in the different play spaces, indoors and in the garden. The childminder uses highly appropriate and extremely sensitive strategies to help children to develop secure skills for self-control. The childminder uses her excellent natural resources extremely well to motivate children's curiosity and inspire their learning. For example, she has created a nature area where children can explore and have their own area for planting flowers and vegetables, which they take home. Older children take part in activities to help them learn about different cultures and traditions. However, younger children do not always have such extensive opportunities to learn about diversity in the wider community.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are exceptionally active learners. For example, they learn good early mathematical skills through interactions with the childminder while they play with the different resources. Children are highly independent, and they make extremely confident choices and decisions about their play. Children gain excellent levels of independence and take care of their personal needs well, such as using good hygiene routines. Children use their senses to explore the world around them and make new discoveries. For example, children learn about the natural world through exciting outings to local farms.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY419932 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 1062418 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 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 10 September 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2010. She lives in Abbeymead, Gloucester. The childminder provides care from Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm, all year with the exception of family holidays and bank holidays. The childminder holds a relevant early years qualification at level 3.

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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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