Childminder EY453263

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 January 2017 26 November 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 has exemplary teaching skills, which support children's learning exceptionally well. She provides an excellent range of activities that enthral and engage children. For example, children learn how to construct a complex enclosure with hexagonal blocks to create a zoo for their toy animals.  Meticulous observation, assessment and planning enable the childminder to monitor and extend children's development exceptionally well. The childminder very successfully involves parents to enhance children's learning. For example, children take home story sacks and phonic activities, which further support their development at home.  The childminder has exceptional regard for the children and an excellent awareness of their individual backgrounds, which she skilfully reflects in her activities. Children develop exemplary attitudes and behaviour, showing a keen respect towards others.  Highly effective self-evaluation shows how the childminder very successfully and

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This provision is outstanding

continually enhances her practice. She uses children's ideas and interests exceptionally well to inspire her planning. She has attended training to extend her teaching skills in early mathematics and extend children's learning. Children are very confident and instinctively use mathematical language in their play.  Children are extremely happy and secure in the exceptionally well-equipped premises. They have excellent relationships with each other, the childminder and co-childminders.

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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

 implement action plans to further enhance children's outdoor learning activities.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder working with a co-childminder and the children.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder and the co-childminder and took account of the self-evaluation process.  The inspector sampled children's development records and read feedback from parents.  The inspector undertook and discussed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector checked the safety of the premises and viewed required documentation, including training and insurance certificates.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder is highly conscientious about children's health, safety and welfare. She has an exceptional understanding of current guidance, for example, in food safety and the prevention of choking hazards. The childminder is extremely clear about child protection issues and procedures. She works closely with her co-childminders to very effectively support and supervise children. The childminder is highly enthusiastic and motivational. Training has been of particular benefit to increasing her skills and confidence, for example, in extending mathematical activities and teaching children about two- and three-dimensional shapes. The childminder intends to develop children's learning outdoors further through extending the range of activities.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children are highly responsive and very eager to take part in activities. They listen and concentrate very well, for example, at story time. The childminder very skilfully extends children's excellent early writing skills, encouraging them to 'write on the clipboards'. Children are highly competent communicators. They use descriptive language confidently, share ideas and make their own discoveries. For example, children very excitedly find that a preserved beetle looks like it has a 'face and a hat' when they turn it around. The childminder's innovative use of materials superbly inspires children's imaginative play. Children delight in new experiences, such as using gravy to create a 'dinosaur swamp'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children thrive under the childminder's excellent care. The childminder supports children exceptionally well to gain an excellent understanding of safety. For example, children spontaneously re-enact road safety as they follow instructions to 'stop and go' on their trikes. They learn how to recognise when a dog is friendly or wary, and to ask an adult before approaching animals. The childminder very skilfully adapts activities to meet children's individual learning needs exceptionally well. For example, she provides different planting materials, such as damp cotton wool for the younger children and compost for the older ones, to germinate seeds. The childminder very successfully works with and involves parents to extend children's awareness of each other's backgrounds; ensuring children learn respect and acceptance for others.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children thoroughly enjoy learning in the highly inspiring and stimulating environment. For example, they very excitedly find letters of the alphabet that the childminder has hidden around the house and spontaneously practise the phonic sounds of the letters. Children have exceptional confidence and self-esteem. They make excellent progress across all areas of learning, which very successfully prepares them for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY453263 Local authority Plymouth Inspection number 1063018 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 12 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 26 November 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013 and works at the home of another registered childminder in Derriford, Plymouth. A total of three childminders are registered to work from the premises. Care is available Monday to Friday from 7.30am until 6.30pm, all year round. The childminder has a National Vocational Qualification in childcare 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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