Childminder EY442924

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 February 2017 11 September 2012

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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 well qualified and experienced childminder has outstanding teaching skills together with an excellent knowledge of how children learn. She uses a superb range of methods to help children engage in challenging activities. All children make excellent progress and receive the required support to reach their full potential.  The childminder supports children who speak English as an additional language very well. She effectively teaches them English, while also respecting and encouraging their home languages. This strongly supports children to be able to communicate with members of their families in other countries.  Children develop excellent levels of confidence and self-esteem as they readily engage in a wide range of conversations. The childminder talks enthusiastically to children and uses a range of thoughtful ways and effective questioning to extend their learning and communication skills.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder is an excellent role model who is very patient and kind. Children's behaviour is exemplary. Children delight in each other's company, are very happy, take turns and are caring towards each other.  The partnerships with parents and with other early years providers that children attend are exceptional. Adults share information and work closely together to ensure continuity of care and learning for children.  Parents express a very strong appreciation of the support they receive from the childminder. They comment on the excellent quality of her provision, the wealth of activities and that their children are extremely happy in her care.  The childminder makes excellent evaluations of her practice and is highly motivated to make improvements. She reflects extremely carefully on which changes will have the most impact on children's learning and development and puts these in place.

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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 pursue ongoing professional development opportunities to help maintain the excellent standards of care and education that children already receive.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector toured the premises and viewed resources with the childminder.  The inspector discussed the self-evaluation process with the childminder.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector looked at a range of documentation, including children's records, policies and procedures, risk assessments and the childminder's professional development records.  The inspector observed the interaction between the childminder and children during child-led and planned activities.  The inspector took into account the written views of parents.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder demonstrates an excellent understanding of her safeguarding responsibilities and the procedures to follow to protect children from harm. She uses her risk assessments, policies and procedures to promote children's health, safety and well-being and to support them in understanding how to live safely and healthily. This highly organised childminder has a secure knowledge of her role. The childminder has completed a degree. This has helped her to further improve her skills and expertise. She has plans to develop this excellent knowledge even further through other professional development opportunities.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

This outstanding childminder is extremely resourceful and very skilled. She is very confident in the way she uses her systems to monitor and assess children's development. The childminder is meticulous in how she plans for children's next steps. She identifies children's needs rapidly and makes sure that any gaps in learning close swiftly. The childminder plans a wide range of exciting and challenging experiences that inspires and motivates children to learn. Children feed chickens and have fun collecting the eggs. They observe the chickens over time, developing their understanding of growth and change. The childminder is extremely skilful at introducing mathematical language during children's play. For example, she helps them to count and to understand positional language. Children enjoy drawing round their bodies and talking about different body parts. They measure to see who is the tallest. Children use the mirror to look at what colour eyes and

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

hair they have so they can draw these on their body pictures. They are very proud of their achievements.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder builds extremely secure and caring relationships with children and their families. This helps to have a significant impact on children's positive emotional development. Children flourish in this inspirational learning environment. The childminder supports children's physical well-being very successfully. She teaches children how to keep themselves safe and develops their understanding of the importance of fresh air, healthy foods and exercise. The childminder is passionate about children experiencing the outdoors. She uses her expert teaching skills to extend children's understanding of the natural world. Children go on purposeful walks and trips to local woodlands and parks. They learn to respect other cultures through interesting resources, activities and materials that raise their awareness of the world.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress and gain essential skills for their future learning. They are increasingly independent and demonstrate admirable concentration during tasks and activities. Children enjoy a vast range of activities that promotes their early writing skills. They enjoy selecting books and listen well to their favourite stories. Children delight in looking at photographs of themselves and their families. They demonstrate impressive knowledge as they confidently identify each other.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY442924 Local authority Sheffield Inspection number 1060016 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 10 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 10

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 11 September 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2012 and lives in Sheffield. The childminder operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Thursday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She has a level 6 qualification. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. She supports children who speak English as an additional language.

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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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Telephone number

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