Childminder EY455162

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 January 2017 3 July 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 uses her excellent creative skills to provide a rich and stimulating experience. Children are exceptionally enthusiastic and enjoy exploring the wide range of exciting activities that the childminder designs. This helps them to further explore ideas and develop their imaginations.  The childminder combines her excellent understanding of how young children learn with her great interest in the world. This helps her to plan exciting creative activities that help children to practise their language and counting skills. For example, ringing musical bells to match the number on the card.  Children have very high standards of behaviour and confidence. They help themselves and each other to toys that extend their play. Children are very respectful and always try to put things away in their 'magical hiding places'. This helps to support further their very high levels of emotional well-being, independence and social skills.

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This provision is outstanding

 Partnerships with parents are exceptionally well developed. They welcome the childminder's flexibility. The very close working relationship between parents and the childminder helps them to be fully involved in their children's learning and care.  Children make exceptional progress and are very well prepared for their next stage in learning.

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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 explore ways to work even closer with other providers to extend the high level of continuity for children further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at a wide range of documentation, including children's records, certificates and the childminder's self-evaluation form.  The inspector took account of parents' and children's written views.  The inspector observed and assessed the quality of teaching and learning.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder in relation to observations of children's play, learning and progress.  The inspector looked at the outside area and accompanied the childminder to collect the children from pre-school.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is highly motivated with extremely high expectations. She constantly challenges herself to excite and motivate all children. They benefit from her exceptional ability to understand child development. The childminder's very close monitoring of children's achievements helps her to ensure that the children's progress is rapid and consistent. Occasionally, she does not always get relevant information about the children's progress from all settings. The resources are meticulously developed with the children. For example, they planned and prepared a 'spooky party' for their families. They made glow- in-the-dark jellies, costumes and decorated the garden. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder places a high priority on ensuring her knowledge is up to date and knows where to seek help for any concerns.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder's exceptional assessments help to inform her planning and engage children. For example, she introduced a set of hand bells with an invitation to the children to help her make the tunes of well-known nursery rhymes. Children explored the bells and added to the sounds with a range of unusual musical instruments. They showed the childminder how to use the shakers, drums and thumb piano. The childminder is very aware of how to support all children to achieve their very best. For example, she uses large-scale art and crafts to encourage them to make a seashell shop in the garden.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are confident, extremely happy and know they can help themselves to toys to extend their play. For example, they collect nappies and a changing bag for the doll. Children freely ask for help to fasten the nappy tightly and confidently explain what would happen if it was too loose. They enthusiastically join in, sustain their concentration and use high-quality language to organise, sequence and clarify their thinking and understanding. For instance, when putting away counters, they count accurately to 25 and then jump to 30. Children ask the childminder what happens after they reach 30. The childminder's high standards of behaviour and consistent expectations of the children help them to develop their emotional well-being even further.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make exceptional progress. They talk with confidence and have extremely curious, developing, enquiring minds and ask questions about things they find. For instance, when a model bug is found they ask the what, where, when and why questions. Children's language skills are exceptionally well developed. This helps them to be very well prepared in their early reading skills and learn how to solve problems. Children are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY455162 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 1063124 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2012. She lives in Rotherwick, Hampshire. The childminder provides care from Tuesday to Thursday for most of the year.

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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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