Childminder, Out-of school day care in Bracknell Forest

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 February 2017 20 March 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 places a high priority on improving her skills and using these in her daily practice. For example, she uses what she learns exceptionally well to help young children manage their frustrations and diffuse any challenging behaviour. She is extremely effective at managing this in a calm manner and giving clear and consistent instructions to help children express themselves calmly.  The childminder monitors children's progress to see where they need to be challenged further. She has an excellent awareness of children's needs and interests. She precisely plans for these and supports children to gain the skills they need for their future learning.  The childminder establishes exceptional bonds with children, who settle extremely well in her care. She actively encourages children to share and take turns, and builds their independence from an early age. Children make rapid progress in their learning.

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This provision is outstanding

 Children gain an excellent understanding of diversity. For example, the childminder shares books with the children in different languages and skilfully helps them translate words to English. Children gain an excellent awareness of different cultures. They celebrate festivals and share experiences, such as learning how children live in Africa and Mexico and discussing how this differs to them.  The childminder is highly effective at monitoring and evaluating her practice; valuing and incorporating the views of parents and children.

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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

 explore even further ways to encourage parents to contribute more frequently to children's assessments to enrich their learning at home.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the children and the childminder interacting with each other during activities.  The inspector took into account the written views of parents.  The inspector sampled a wide range of the childminder's policies, procedures and record-keeping documents.  The inspector talked to the childminder and the children at relevant times during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is rigorous at following her policies and procedures to support her in maintaining children's health, safety and well-being highly effectively. She completes thorough daily risk assessments to enable children to play in safety. The childminder has an in-depth knowledge of safeguarding and keeps her knowledge, and that of her assistant, regularly updated. Safeguarding is effective. On occasion, the childminder uses an assistant. She closely monitors her practice, encourages her to keep her skills current, such as first aid, and shares her policies and record-keeping. The childminder's excellent relationships with parents and other professionals support her to complement children's learning and care needs exceptionally well. She shares extensive information with parents to keep them informed of their children's progress. For example, written progress checks and detailed daily diaries show them what children achieve. She continually looks for ways

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

to more effectively encourage all parents to share children's learning from home, to gain a more precise picture of how to help them extend on this.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses her excellent understanding of how children learn and motivates and inspires their interest. She is highly effective at talking to young children and extending their emerging communication skills. For example, she encourages children to build on their vocabulary and pronounce new words as they role play cooking a meal and driving toy vehicles. The childminder skilfully extends this and incorporates numbers and colours as children manoeuvre trains, planes and emergency vehicles. During 'cooking', she encourages them to talk about the food, such as tuna, and where it comes from.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is highly effective in encouraging children to lead healthy lifestyles and make healthy choices. For example, young children choose fruit for their snack and are physically active every day. The childminder makes excellent use of local facilities to extend on children's learning. For example, she inspires children to explore and experiment on different equipment at local parks, and encourages their inquisitiveness as they search for real objects and landmarks to match to picture cards.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children, including young children, are inspired and motivated in their learning. They freely choose what they want to play with and lead their own play extremely confidently from an early age. They continually build on their excellent coordination skills, such as while using glue and paper during creative activities and joining train track pieces. Young children's concentration and social skills develop extremely well. They learn to express their feelings, link letters to sounds and gain an excellent awareness of the wider world.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY465449 Local authority Bracknell Forest Inspection number 1069487 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 7 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 7

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 20 March 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2014. She lives in Bracknell, Berkshire. The childminder occasionally works with an assistant. The childminder operates from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, 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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Telephone number

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