Childminder in Sheffield

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 October 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 well-qualified childminder provides an exciting and stimulating environment that nurtures children's all-round development and emotional well-being. She plans rich and stimulating opportunities for children and cleverly adapts activities to suit and challenge them. This helps to ensure their individual needs and interests are consistently met.  The childminder provides children with excellent foundations for their future learning. Children thrive exceptionally well given their starting points and capabilities. They are confident, self-assured individuals who have excellent social skills.  The childminder expertly monitors the progress of children and identifies where minor gaps in their development may be. She forms excellent working partnerships with other providers and knows how to provide targeted support for children and families where it is needed. This benefits all children enormously.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder is an excellent role model for children. She is extremely calm and patient and consistently encourages children to be polite and respect each other. Children show kindness and consideration to each other and demonstrate increasing levels of self-control.  The childminder effectively involves parents and children in precise evaluations of her setting. She constantly reviews her practice to set challenging goals for continuous improvement. For example, she has transformed her outdoor area to provide highly stimulating physical activities for children in all weathers.  Children have high-quality learning opportunities that fully extend their knowledge of diversity within their local community and the wider world. They learn about other cultures in a range of ways that helps them gain excellent knowledge about similarities and differences.

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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 build on the programme of professional development, in order to maintain outstanding practice.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records and the planning documentation.  The inspector observed a planned activity and jointly evaluated this with the childminder.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of all household members and of the childminder's qualifications. She also looked at the childminder's self-evaluation form and discussed her improvement plan.  The inspector asked the childminder questions about her practice at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and carers spoken to on the day and from information included in the childminder's own parent survey.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder's provision is extremely well organised and managed. She has identified the role professional development plays in ensuring excellent standards are maintained throughout her provision. The childminder implements a comprehensive range of detailed policies and procedures that covers every aspect of her setting. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has a thorough understanding of wider safeguarding issues and her practices ensure that she is able to protect children from harm. The childminder completes meticulous risk assessments and daily checks. Partnership working with parents is exemplary. The childminder maintains superb communication with them, in order to keep them informed about their child's progress. She provides many ideas and resources for parents to use at home to further promote their children's excellent achievements. Parents speak very highly of the childminder and

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

are extremely happy with the care and learning opportunities she provides for their children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is a skilful teacher. She has a robust understanding of the different areas of learning and successfully makes the most of every opportunity to engage children. Precise observations, focused assessment and expert planning help to further develop and challenge children to make excellent progress in all areas of learning. Opportunities for children to develop their speech and language are exemplary. Children are eager to talk about visits to local parks and attractions.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children develop extremely close, warm relationships with the childminder. They enjoy being helpful as they follow instructions for laying the tablecloth for snack. This helps children to listen carefully and follow routines in readiness for school. The childminder is very good at using everyday items creatively in her teaching. For example, children have fun exploring the smell and texture of shells, bottle tops and foods. The childminder wholly promotes a healthy lifestyle. She provides children with highly nutritious snacks. Children particularly enjoy using their bodies to make musical instruments, clapping their hands and patting different parts of their body, listening to the sounds they can make. They expertly take part in complex dance activities and action songs.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are highly motivated and curious to learn. They make their own choices about what they would like to do and enjoy selecting resources in the highly stimulating playroom. This helps them to develop their independence skills. Children become highly absorbed in group activities, but also play independently. They demonstrate advanced mathematical and literacy knowledge and understanding for their age. Young children relish in drawing shapes, numbers and sharks with pens. They enjoy using their imaginations to invent stories about space rockets and identifying spirals on shells. All children, including those in receipt of funding, are making excellent progress in all areas of learning. They are being superbly prepared for the move on to nursery and school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482722 Local authority Sheffield Inspection number 994376 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 23

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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 Sheffield. She operates during term time from 7am to 6pm, Tuesday to Friday. 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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