Childminder EY478867

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 November 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 dedicated to providing a high quality service for children and their families. She is extremely well organised and highly motivated to continue to develop her skills and expertise. She rigorously reviews her practice and uses feedback from parents and children to improve the service she provides.  Together with her co-childminder, the childminder offers an extremely welcoming, well- organised learning environment. Children play with an abundant range of high quality resources, indoors and outdoors, that they can easily choose from themselves.  Children thoroughly enjoy an extensive variety of stimulating activities that interest, engage and challenge them. The childminder provides excellent well-targeted support for children and is highly responsive to their individual interests and needs. Children make rapid progress in their development from their starting points.  The childminder has highly successful partnerships with parents. For instance, she

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This provision is outstanding

keeps them very well informed and parents contribute their own observations to children's learning records. They work very closely together to support children's learning both at the childminder's and at home.  The childminder is extremely sensitive to the individual needs of all children. She is highly successful as she adapts the care she provides to ensure she meets all children's emotional and physical needs exceptionally well.

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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 seek new experiences and challenges that provide even more opportunities for children to explore with all of their senses.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children taking part in activities with the childminder and her co-childminder in the playrooms and outside.  The inspector had discussions with the childminder throughout the inspection about her practice and children's learning and development.  The inspector sampled documents, including children's records.  The inspector looked around the areas of the childminder's home used by children.  The inspector spoke to parents and read their comments to take account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder has a highly professional approach and works exceptionally well with her co-childminder. For instance, they constantly reflect on and review each other's practice. The childminder monitors all aspects of the provision extremely rigorously. She makes excellent use of professional development opportunities. For instance, a course helped her significantly develop imaginative play experiences for children outdoors, such as with den building, 'messy' play and storytelling. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder continually keeps her excellent understanding of how to recognise and report any concerns about a child's well-being up to date.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder monitors children's progress very precisely and quickly identifies any development gaps to support further. She plans activities that motivate and inspire children. For instance, they enjoyed a very well-thought-out trip to the woods where they took photographs to create their own autumn walk books. The childminder skilfully responds to children's interests. For example, children were enthralled and delighted as they explored some of the natural materials collected on their autumn walk and quickly recalled where and when they found them. The childminder is looking at ways of extending these experiences for children to use all of their senses even further.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder has exceptionally strong nurturing relationships with children and they settle extremely quickly. Children develop an excellent understanding of how to keep healthy and safe. For instance, older children spontaneously explain to their younger friends why they need to wash their hands and not spread germs. Children learn to value each other's differences highly, such as sharing their languages, foods, songs and stories from home. Children make rapid progress with their physical skills. For example, they become engrossed in a rich and stimulating range of outdoor activities, such as very confidently climbing over tree branches in the woods or digging in the vegetable garden.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are highly confident communicators with excellent social skills. They play together extremely well, for instance, they willingly share resources and negotiate themselves about how long each turn will be. They are enthralled by stories and older children competently retell their favourite tale, recognising familiar words. Children are exceptionally independent. For example, they relish taking responsibility for the care of the resources and equipment, and make confident choices about what they want to do. They are highly motivated to learn and are extremely well prepared for the next stage in their learning and for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY478867 Local authority East Sussex Inspection number 980863 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 13

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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 works with another childminder and they spend part of each week at both of the childminding premises, which are in Forest Row, East Sussex. The childminder cares for children each weekday throughout the year. She receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder has early years 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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