Monteith, Emma Louise

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 January 2017 24 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 plans stimulating activities that are highly responsive to children's needs. She sets clear learning objectives and guides children to learn in extremely challenging ways. Children are exceptionally well prepared for school or the next stage in their learning.  The childminder strives to provide meaningful learning experiences for children. For example, she takes children to see fire engines to build on their keen interest of vehicles, specifically emergency vehicles.  The childminder encourages children to make healthy choices when selecting meals and snacks on offer. She reinforces messages of healthy eating, such as bananas are good for them because they are fruit.  Partnership working between the childminder, parents and other professionals is exceptional. She works hard with them in order to identify children's needs, plan interventions and share essential information. This means gaps in children's learning

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This provision is outstanding

close rapidly as a result of seamless teaching across all settings children attend.  The childminder vigilantly monitors the practice of her assistant. She ensures he has completed all mandatory training. Therefore, he knows how to respond to medical emergencies and identify any concerns about the welfare of children. The childminder and assistant work extremely well together to meet children's needs.  The childminder's home and garden are highly stimulating learning environments. Toys are specifically organised into areas to provide children with rich learning opportunities. Children are able to access toys freely in order to extend their play. For example, they think about how to make the den lighter by using a torch to shine in it.  Parents receive an abundance of information from the childminder on their children's development and how to further support children's already excellent progress at home.

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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

 monitor the impact that extending the range of opportunities for children to learn about how to grow and care for living things has on their already outstanding progress.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during a range of activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector evaluated an activity with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder throughout the inspection. He discussed self- evaluation and looked at relevant documentation, such as evidence of the suitability of all those living and working in the household.  The inspector was shown around the house and garden by the childminder.  The inspector viewed the feedback provided by parents to the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder stringently monitors the progress children make by checking what areas of their development could be further accelerated through teaching. She has identified innovative ways to improve children's understanding of the world. The childminder has plans in place to broaden children's experiences of growing living things, caring for them and observing changes, such as decay. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder is highly proactive in researching new safeguarding legislation. She seeks expert advice from professionals in order to ensure she has an up to date and in-depth knowledge of the signs of abuse and neglect. The childminder has meaningful relationships with other childminders, local authority advisers and parents. She seeks their views on how to improve her already first-rate practice. For example, the childminder has welcomed audits of the learning environments she has created. She has worked

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

tremendously hard to provide a wider range of natural materials for children to access. As a result, children are keen explorers and use all their senses to investigate the natural resources and add them to their play to extend it even further.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder scrutinises her own teaching and is proactive in identifying ways to enhance her already outstanding practice to further meet the needs of children. For example, the childminder has completed training in order to communicate with children who have special educational needs or disabilities using signs. This has a significant impact on children's ability to communicate their needs, join in with play and play alongside others. The childminder has extended this teaching to other children to help the youngest children communicate verbally and by using signs.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder broadens children's experiences of their local community and the wider world. She provides meaningful ways for children to learn about different celebrations, such as Chinese New Year. For example, she takes children to a local Chinese restaurant to try Chinese food and talk to staff about the customs of the New Year celebrations. Children have an excellent relationship with the childminder and her assistant. They actively enjoy developing new skills alongside the childminder, such as painting with cars. The assistant nurtures this passion for vehicles by showing children footage of diggers and cranes. Children are impeccably well behaved and show great excitement to be at the childminders.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make the best possible progress given their starting points. They are developing new skills at an exceptionally quick rate. Children enthuse confidence and are highly independent. They help to set up activities by unfolding paper and placing it on the floor. Children are able to solve problems and think of the solutions themselves. For example, they work with the childminder to stop the paper peeling up from the floor and place a stone in each corner to keep it flat. Children from a young age have a keen interest in numbers. They are able to recognise numerals in the text rich environment.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY457457 Local authority Cheshire West and Chester Inspection number 1066572 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 12 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 7

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 24 July 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2013 and lives in Chester, Cheshire. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides early education funding for two-, three- and four-year- old children. She occasionally works with an assistant.

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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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