Eddy, Julia Ann

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 May 2017 3 March 2015

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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

 Children form an exceptionally secure attachment to the highly attentive and caring childminder. This successfully supports their sense of well-being.  The childminder follows exceptionally robust safeguarding procedures. She teaches children how to keep themselves and others safe, and ensures that suitability checks are completed for all adults living on the premises.  The childminder provides an extremely welcoming and stimulating environment, which is exceptionally well resourced to support children's needs and next steps in learning.  Assessment systems are very accurate and precise. The childminder uses these exceptionally well to provide a broad range of exciting and highly stimulating learning experiences, helping children to make excellent progress from their starting points.  The childminder extends her knowledge and skills further through regular training, liaison with other practitioners and reading research articles. This helps her to support

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This provision is outstanding

particular styles of learning very well, such as boys' early reading during outdoor play.  The childminder monitors and evaluates her practice exceptionally well, taking account of the views of children and parents to identify areas for future improvement.

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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

 extend opportunities further for children to think critically and solve problems, so they learn to make predictions.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed the premises, toys and equipment indoors and outside.  The inspector sampled documentation, including safeguarding procedures and children's records.  The inspector offered the childminder the opportunity to participate in a joint observation of an activity, which she declined.  The inspector engaged in discussion with the childminder and children at appropriate times and took account of written feedback from parents.  The inspector observed interactions between the childminder and children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has completed advanced safeguarding training to help her support vulnerable families and follow the local safeguarding procedures if required. She is highly successful in involving children in assessing and managing risk for themselves, such as thoroughly considering road safety procedures before outings. The childminder uses funding exceptionally well to support children's development, such as to significantly raise their awareness of healthy eating. She has very successfully improved outcomes for children since the last inspection. For example, by providing excellent visual prompts to support learning outdoors and by establishing highly effective partnerships with parents and other practitioners to support shared care and learning for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder interacts exceptionally well with children to successfully support their learning and development. For example, she encourages children to listen attentively and to express themselves clearly, as she asks plenty of open and thought-provoking questions. Children carefully consider their reply and respond fully to share experiences and ideas. However, on occasion, she misses opportunities to ask children to guess what might happen next, as she provides the answers too quickly. Children engage in plenty of enthusiastic discussion and planning for the forthcoming Flora Day celebrations, creating wonderful hats decorated in fresh flowers while listening excitedly to the brass band playing the Furry Dance music outside. Children also explore other traditional celebrations to broaden their positive awareness and respect for other cultures and beliefs.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children thrive in the care of the exceptionally attentive and caring childminder. The childminder knows children exceptionally well and meets their individual needs very promptly and effectively. For example, she implements excellent plans to support children's speech and language skills, resulting in very confident and communicative children. Children follow the childminder's extremely positive examples and are exceptionally well-behaved, kind, considerate and helpful. They learn the importance of keeping clean and enjoy excellent opportunities to develop their physical skills.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are extremely settled, happy and confident. They demonstrate very high levels of independence, are keen to make choices and eagerly suggest ideas for play. Children learn to dress themselves, speak clearly and confidently to one another, and demonstrate exceptionally good social skills in readiness for their move to other settings and school. For example, older children help the youngest to increase their imaginative use of toys and materials, such as showing them how to cut herbs to add to the play dough.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY438459 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 1095202 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 9

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 3 March 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2011 and lives in Helston, Cornwall. She provides care for children on weekdays, all year round. The childminder has a level 3 qualification in early years. The childminder is in receipt of funding to provide free early education to children aged two, three and four years.

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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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