Childminder EY479755

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 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

 Children of all ages quickly develop exceptionally strong attachments to the childminder and her assistants who care for them. This is because of the effective key-person system that the childminder has successfully implemented and the affectionate attention provided.  Excellent partnerships with parents and other professionals help to ensure that children's individual needs are recognised and consistently met. The childminder is highly skilled in sharing relevant information, which helps her to superbly optimise children's learning and development.  Excellent self-evaluative practices are in place. The childminder holds weekly meetings with her assistants to identify strengths and weaknesses, and discuss individual children's learning and development. This helps the childminder continually review her practice to ensure improvements are ongoing.  The childminder makes superb use of her precise observations and accurate

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This provision is outstanding

assessments to track children's learning. Gaps in learning are rapidly addressed to help children maintain the highest rates of progress.  Children's physical development is extremely well promoted, they enjoy regular outdoor play. They benefit enormously from the childminder's well-organised garden. This has an excellent selection of equipment to help support children to explore and develop across all areas of learning.  The childminder is an excellent role model for children. She has firmly established routines and expectations which help children learn to behave excellently.

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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 enhance the already excellent teaching even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed areas of the childminder's home used for childminding.  The inspector took into account the written views of parents.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder, her assistant and children throughout the inspection at appropriate times.  The inspector reviewed relevant documentation, including the evidence of qualifications and suitability of household members, children's learning journals, and a sample of policies and procedures.  The inspector observed play and learning opportunities for children and undertook a joint observation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector discussed self-evaluation and how the views of parents and children are included to drive improvement.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder and her assistant have comprehensive knowledge of the procedures to follow and who to contact in the event of any concerns about a child in their care. The childminder fully understands the benefits of excellent partnerships with other professionals to provide a consistent approach towards children's care and education. She invites local schools to visit and attends regular assemblies to support children in readiness for their eventual transition. The childminder works in partnership with other settings that children also attend to enhance the continuity of their learning and care further. The childminder is highly committed to supporting her professional development and makes the best use of various training opportunities. She recognises the need to continually seek opportunities to continue her professional development. The childminder expertly monitors her assistants and supports

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

their training and teaching skills. She involves them in regular supervisions and observes them to further support their teaching skills. Written feedback from parents indicates that they are extremely pleased with the care and learning their children receive.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Consistent, high-quality teaching results in children who are keen and motivated to learn. The highly competent childminder offers children exceptional programmes of learning which helps to excite them and harnesses their natural curiosity. For example, children eagerly develop their dexterity as they take part in manipulating dough and exploring cooked, coloured spaghetti. The childminder and assistant ask children questions which help them form new ideas and express their own thoughts clearly. The childminder expertly helps children solve their own problems and make new discoveries. For example, children are curious and eager. They explore items that float and sink as they make conker and fir cone soup in the mud kitchen.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder has created a wonderful environment, both indoors and outdoors that is welcoming, safe and stimulating. Highly attractive and well-organised resources help children to develop their ability to make decisions and choose for themselves. Children's understanding of healthy diets is promoted excellently as they help to grow vegetables in the outdoor nature area. These vegetables are then used to complement the childminder's home-cooked, healthy and nutritionally balanced meals and snacks. At every opportunity, children from the very youngest to the eldest, are actively encouraged and supported to do things for themselves. For example, at lunchtimes children make their own pizzas and at snack time they chop up their own fruit.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are clearly very happy and emotionally secure and they display extremely high levels of independence and confidence. They listen and follow instructions, take turns and share with other children. Children are highly sociable and curious learners. They make superb progress and are very well prepared for their move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY479755 Local authority North Yorkshire Inspection number 984810 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 9 Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 21

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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 Picton, Yarm. She operates all year round from midday until 5.30pm on Mondays, 7.45am until 5.30pm between Tuesday to Thursday, and from 7.45am until 5pm on Fridays, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder regularly works with assistants.

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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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