Childminder EY450819

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 March 2017 15 February 2013

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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 is passionate, highly motivated and fully committed to her role. She uses her expert knowledge and experience extremely well to provide high-quality care and education for children. The childminder works exceptionally well with parents and is very successful in engaging them in their children's learning.  Highly effective systems help the childminder to drive ongoing improvement. Her self- evaluation covers all aspects of the provision extremely efficiently. As a result, the childminder continually reflects on activities and children's achievements to identify how she can improve what she provides.  The childminder knows the children in care incredibly well. She understands their individual personalities and knows how they learn best. Children's progress is meticulously tracked and prompt action is taken to close any identified gaps in their learning and development.  The childminder successfully enriches children's care and education through her

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This provision is outstanding

constant enthusiasm, interaction and inventiveness. She skilfully provides fun learning experiences that build on children's interests and encourages them to explore and investigate.  The childminder develops exceptionally strong and positive relationships with children. She promotes their excellent sense of security and emotional well-being, which means they form highly positive attachments and show great motivation in their learning.  Children enjoy easy access to an abundance of high-quality resources. The childminder's home is an extremely child-friendly environment and very conducive to learning. As a result, children are extremely relaxed, confident, inquisitive and very keen to learn.

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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 develop opportunities for older children to contribute to the evaluation process.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household.  The inspector spoke to children during the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of safeguarding and child protection. She knows exactly what she must do if she is concerned about the welfare of a child in her care. The childminder uses her significant knowledge and experience to successfully enhance children's welfare and learning. For instance, she has achieved a child psychology qualification and understands how children think, learn and develop. She is fully committed to her ongoing professional development and is constantly looking for new ways to build on her existing knowledge and qualifications. The childminder thinks very deeply about the needs of parents and children and astutely identifies her strengths and priorities for improvement. She has plans to introduce questionnaires specifically designed to help older children contribute even further to the evaluation process.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has extremely high expectations of what children can achieve. Through her fun and enthusiastic approach, she successfully fosters positive attitudes to learning. The childminder's use of challenging questions very effectively extends children's thinking skills, enabling them to express their ideas extremely well. They readily join in with conversations and are constantly asking questions to find out what others think and how things work. Toddlers babble as they play, using a mixture of gestures and single words to make their wishes known. The childminder skilfully supports children's understanding of size, shape and the recognition of colours. She very accurately observes children's play and plans extremely interesting and enticing activities that highly stimulate children. Her detailed assessments allow her to monitor children's progress very closely, making sure they develop exceptionally well across all areas of learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder's settling-in procedures are highly successful in enabling children to form extremely trusting relationships with her. She teaches children that their behaviour has both positive and negative consequences. She is a superb role model and successfully encourages children to share, take turns and play together cooperatively. High priority is given to helping children understand how to keep themselves safe. The childminder discusses all aspects of road safety with the children as they walk to and from school by stressing the importance of watching, looking and listening. She successfully fosters children's understanding of why it is important to be active and eat healthily.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress and are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage in their learning. Children make decisions and work out how to do things for themselves. For example, they discover which tools are best used to pop bubble wrap. Children display high levels of confidence in their daily activities and are developing very good independence skills. Older children count confidently and are beginning to recognise written numerals. They use tape measures to measure their heads and make comparisons between the differing sizes.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY450819 Local authority Darlington Inspection number 1066131 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 16

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 15 February 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2012 and lives in Darlington. She operates during term time from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 4. She provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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