Childminder EY302125

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 February 2017 14 April 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 provides an extensive range of exciting and challenging experiences, which inspire and very successfully help children to make outstanding progress in their learning and development.  The childminder's assistants receive excellent support to develop their professional practice and teaching skills. For example, the childminder consistently observes their practice, models excellent teaching and provides valuable feedback to improve their interactions and planning for children's next steps.  The childminder expertly identifies emerging gaps in learning and provides excellent support so children catch up swiftly. The childminder's high expectations inspire children to do their very best.  Partnerships with parents are highly effective. For example, the childminder continually provides parents with information and ideas to use at home, which have a significant impact on children's learning and rate of progress, and ensure excellent outcomes.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder uses her extensive experience, teaching skills and expertise to prepare children exceptionally well for school. For example, children demonstrate exceptionally high levels of independence, confidence and social skills.  Children share tremendously warm and close relationships with the childminder and her assistants. They feel exceptionally safe and extremely secure in their care.

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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

 build on older children's already excellent mathematical skills by extending opportunities for them to add and subtract.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder and her assistants' teaching skills and the impact these have on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder, her assistants and the children , and took account of the views of parents and other professionals in their written comments.  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 is extremely vigilant about protecting children in her care. She is highly knowledgeable about child protection issues and her responsibility to report any concerns about a child. She ensures that she and her assistants have the most up-to-date knowledge. The childminder has worked very hard since her last inspection to improve practices. She is exceptionally well organised and evaluates her provision extremely effectively. For example, she has changed the way she records children's learning to ensure planning for next steps and monitoring of children's progress are exceptionally precise. She works extremely closely and effectively with other professionals and early years providers, which contributes enormously to children receiving the best possible support. The childminder makes excellent use of training to extend her teaching skills. For example, she has very successfully increased the range of

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

natural resources outside to ignite children's curiosity and imagination.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder and her assistants are highly skilled and use exceptional questioning to encourage children's thinking and develop their language. For example, when older children use descriptive words such as 'taller' and 'higher', the childminder introduces words such as 'humongous' to effectively extend their vocabulary and understanding. Children demonstrate very high motivation and curiosity. For example, young children begin to recognise shapes in puzzles and persevere exceptionally well to confidently complete puzzles of 20 pieces. Young children count in routines and older children's knowledge of space, shape and measure is extensive. The childminder occasionally misses opportunities to extend their understanding of addition and subtraction.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

There is an extremely strong focus on outdoor play to develop children's learning experiences. Children take part in a wealth of activities to help them learn about healthy lifestyles, such as growing and eating their own fruits and vegetables. The childminder and her assistants are exceptionally positive role models for children. They give children excellent praise to acknowledge their achievements, which helps to build their exceedingly high self-esteem. Children's behaviour is exemplary.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children rapidly gain the skills they need for the next stage in their learning and school. They develop excellent levels of independence and manage their personal care skills extremely competently. For example, younger children cut their fruit at snack time and older children proficiently dress themselves for outdoor play, persevering to manage buttons and zips independently.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY302125 Local authority North Somerset Inspection number 1068744 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 7 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 17

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 14 April 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2005 and lives in Weston Village, North Somerset. She provides care all day from Monday to Friday, all year round, except Christmas, bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder receives funding to provide free early years education for children from birth to four years. She has an early years level 3 qualification and is a leading childcare practitioner with her local authority. The childminder works with two assistants.

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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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