Childminder in Bristol

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 February 2017 3 December 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 enthusiastic and dedicated childminder provides an excellent range of stimulating experiences, which very successfully build on what children know and can do. She has an excellent understanding of how children learn and uses highly effective assessment and tracking to ensure children make the very best progress from their starting points.  The childminder has made vast improvements since her last inspection. She engages all children very skilfully during group activities. For example, children listen exceptionally well to stories and are deeply involved in their learning. The childminder uses resources very well to engage children fully and encourages them to finish rhyming sentences.  The childminder uses her insightful evaluations extremely well to successfully make improvements and maintain the highest levels of achievement for all children.  The assistant receives excellent support to increase her teaching skills. For example,

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This provision is outstanding

the childminder consistently observes her practice and provides valuable feedback to improve her interactions and planning for children's next steps.  The childminder and her assistant meticulously follow very good arrangements to ensure they meet young children's and babies' care needs. They are excellent role models for children and follow highly effective hygiene arrangements.  The childminder has extremely effective systems to work with parents to support children's emotional well-being, especially as they move on to new settings.

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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

 improve even further children's understanding of safety and the possible consequences of their actions.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's and her assistant's interactions with children.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector considered the written views of parents.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and her assistant about their understanding of the early years foundation stage requirements.  The inspector sampled documentation, including the childminder's self-evaluation, her suitability arrangements for assistants, and children's assessment records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder uses highly effective recruitment and induction arrangements to ensure assistants are suitable for their role. The childminder and her assistant have an excellent knowledge of their responsibility to report any concerns they have about a child. The childminder expertly engages with parents and fully involves them in their children's learning. For example, she regularly provides parents with ideas to use at home, which has a significant impact on children's learning. The childminder and her assistant regularly meet with childminders and professionals, which has contributed enormously to extending their practice and teaching skills. For example, they support children very well to manage their frustrations and help them very sensitively to understand their emotions.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder and her assistant motivate children expertly and have extremely high expectations of what children can achieve. They organise activities highly effectively and use exceptional questioning to encourage children's thinking. This provides children with every opportunity to explore and test their own ideas. For example, children make choices from the many materials to create cards very imaginatively for a loved one to celebrate Valentine's Day. There is excellent support for children's communication and language skills. The childminder provides children with very clear explanations, encourages their ideas skilfully, and broadens their vocabulary highly effectively.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children thrive in the very nurturing bonds they form with the childminder and her assistant, who know them exceedingly well. Children play exceptionally well together and develop very strong friendships. They are very helpful, well-mannered and learn to be independent. The childminder and her assistant offer excellent praise so that children know what they have done well, which helps to build their high self-esteem very well. The childminder does not consistently ensure her assistant talks to children about the possible consequences of their actions, to further support children's awareness of safety.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make rapid progress and gain excellent skills that prepare them exceptionally well for their future learning and move to school. Children communicate their ideas with great confidence. For example, they talk extremely effectively and clearly about how they have transformed their model into a dragon. Children expertly use mathematical language in their play, for example, to measure and compare their constructions. Babies show great interest in the world around them and become extremely confident explorers, for example, investigating how toy cars move on different surfaces.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 106527 Local authority Bristol City Inspection number 1070072 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 7 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 10

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 3 December 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1998 and lives in Henbury, Bristol. She employs two assistants; one works part time when required and the other for emergency cover only. The childminding service operates Monday to Thursday throughout 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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