Dunn, Sarah Louise

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 November 2016 3 December 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

 Since her last inspection, the childminder has gained a childcare qualification, which has helped to significantly enhance her practice. She provides excellent opportunities for children to learn and explore outdoors, and be creative.  The childminder has exceptionally high standards and expectations of the children. She understands how young children can achieve great things if given the opportunity and support. The childminder supports children very well to become highly independent and active learners, who make choices and find their own ways of completing a task.  Children's behaviour is outstanding. They have excellent relationships and develop a highly sensitive awareness of other people's feelings and differences. The childminder provides an exemplary role model and is very skilled at meeting children's emotional needs.  The childminder provides an extremely well-organised environment. She plans an

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This provision is outstanding

extensive range of outings that give children a great wealth of experiences to extend their understanding of their community and the wider world.  The childminder makes excellent use of her continual observations of children's development. She gets to know the children extremely well and through her meticulous tracking, quickly identifies any gaps and their next stages of learning. Children make extremely rapid progress from their starting points.

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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

 encourage children to gain an even greater understanding of the purpose of writing to develop their literacy skills even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and the quality of teaching indoors.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and carried out a joint observation of children engaged in an activity.  The inspector checked safeguarding information and the safety of the premises.  The inspector spoke with parents and took account of their written feedback left for the inspection.  The inspector sampled documentation, including policies and procedures, children's development records, the childminder's self-evaluation, and her parent survey.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder vigilantly follows her detailed policies and procedures, and carries out highly successful risk assessments to help her keep children safe. She has an excellent knowledge of what to do if a child is at risk of harm. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder meticulously evaluates her provision, seeking parents' and children's views. She attends regular training and researches ways to develop her teaching skills even further. For example, she now provides children of all ages with abundant opportunities for their mathematical development. She is currently addressing better ways of posing questions and responding to children. The childminder expertly works with parents and other early years providers. They share extensive information to ensure a highly consistent approach to children's care and learning, and a rapid response to any gaps.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder plans highly exciting activities that motivate children very well to learn. For example, she encourages them to make predications and test if items will sink or float in water. She extends their vocabulary extremely well, using terms such as heavy, light, full and empty, which children copy in the right context. She is very skilful at helping children to make links in their learning. For example, they discuss penguins at the zoo and ducks at the park, discussing their differences. The childminder shows children how to use equipment and gives them plenty of time to practise. She supports them extremely well to think about what they want to do and how they can achieve it. There are many ways for children to practise their early writing skills, although the childminder occasionally misses opportunities to help them understand its purpose.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder uses highly valuable information from parents to ensure children settle extremely well. Children are very happy and engage fully in activities. The childminder sensitively supports children and their families, to ensure children's excellent emotional well-being. Children have excellent opportunities to learn about keeping themselves safe. For example, the childminder uses walks and games to teach road safety. This is evident when children engage in pretend play with small toys, spontaneously telling the play people 'it is safe to cross now'. Very young children move around safely and very confidently under the childminder's constant supervision.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children have very high confidence and gain impressive independence by managing age- appropriate tasks confidently. They are highly creative and play imaginatively. Children develop excellent communication skills, follow instructions, listen to others and solve problems. They gain excellent skills, which prepares them exceptionally well for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY459893 Local authority North Somerset Inspection number 1063374 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 3 December 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013 and lives in Clevedon, North Somerset. She provides care Monday to Thursday, including before and after school for 48 weeks a year. The childminder holds an early years qualification at level 3. She receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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