Chitty, Jacqueline Yvonne

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 1 February 2017 23 January 2014

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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 works very successfully to provide outstanding care and learning for children. She is highly proactive and seeks parents' input to improve her very high- quality provision. For example, she developed a 'working with parents' policy and extended the ways she shares information. She now emails planning to parents so that they can increase the support for children's learning at home.  Children make rapid progress. The childminder seeks excellent information about children's development and individual needs prior to them starting. She meticulously records her observations of their achievements, which leads to very accurate planning.  The childminder has exceptional partnerships with parents and other early years providers. This has a significant impact on children's well-being and development. For example, together they discussed the progress check for two-year-old children and identified how to provide even greater support for children's language skills.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder has very high expectations of what children can achieve. She provides excellent support and is extremely responsive to children's interests, making learning fun. For example, when children notice how their reflection is upside down on the inside of a spoon, she helps them explore how it changes their image on the other side.  Children's behaviour is exemplary. They have exceptionally close attachments to the childminder and highly positive relationships with each other.

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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

 help older children further to link sounds and letters.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors.  The inspector spoke with the children and took account of the childminder's self- evaluation and parents' feedback.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and carried out a joint observation.  The inspector checked safeguarding information and the quality of teaching.  The inspector sampled documentation, including policies and procedures, and children's development records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of her responsibilities to safeguard children. She attends extensive training and has a very strong awareness of what to do if a child should be at risk of harm. Since her last inspection, the childminder has made outstanding progress in her professional development. She now provides children with excellent natural resources to explore and extensive opportunities to take care of their needs. For example, young children persevere with learning to zip up their coat. The childminder monitors children's progress extremely carefully and provides excellent information for parents. They work together very well to prepare children for school. For example, she encourages parents to play board games to help children learn to take turns, and to find words when out shopping.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is very enthusiastic and children are very excited to learn. She skilfully encourages young children to make predictions and test their ideas. For example, they guess how many spoonsful of rice will fill a container. The childminder makes deliberate mistakes so that the children correct her, expertly showing their understanding. She points out that she is learning too and she will remember that next time. The childminder challenges the learning of older children extremely well. For example, during play, they discuss what a terraced house is and how that differs from others. The childminder recognises the need extend older children more to link letters and sounds.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children develop an excellent awareness of keeping safe and healthy. For example, older children manage risks as they safely use tools, and that spilt items can be a slipping hazard. The childminder takes children shopping to choose nutritional snacks, which they help her to prepare. She organises her environment extremely well, providing an excellent range of resources that sparks children's creativity. For example, children use bark, pieces of wood and stones to make a home for dinosaurs. They extend their ideas, making a campfire and pretending to cook imaginative meals for them. This leads to discussions about what people used before matches to make fire, what they think real dinosaurs would have eaten and looking closely at their differences.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are excited by their learning and talk confidently about being happy. They are extremely kind and polite to each other, and listen exceptionally well to others' suggestions. Children become engrossed in activities and are eager to know more. For example, they want to play a dinosaur board game, and later use books and technology to find out more about dinosaurs. Children have outstanding skills ready for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY231388 Local authority Wiltshire Inspection number 1068619 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 6 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 23 January 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2003 and lives in Marlborough, Wiltshire. She provides care Monday to Friday, including before and after school, for 48 weeks a year. The childminder holds a childcare 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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