Childminder EY391315

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 June 2017 19 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

 The childminder interacts highly effectively with children. For example, she is exceptionally skilled at asking questions that significantly enhance children's ability to work things out themselves and solve problems.  The childminder makes excellent use of high-quality observations and assessments to meticulously plan challenging and stimulating activities that thoroughly engage children. They make rapid progress in relation to their starting points in learning.  The childminder excels at providing resources and activities that reflect children's interests and needs. For example, following an outing to a farm, the childminder created an exciting pretend farm shop with real vegetables that children handled.  All children show high levels of confidence, independence and security.  The childminder works exceptionally well with parents, other settings and external agencies to provide consistent care and learning. For example, following research, she

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This provision is outstanding

shared her findings with parents about how to manage children's anxieties and prepare them for a smooth move on to school.  The childminder is extremely focused on continuing to raise the quality of the provision for children. For example, she completed training that greatly enhanced her understanding of the ways children learn and her ability to extend their learning to an even higher level.

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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

 enhance even further the already excellent opportunities for children to practise their early writing skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's activities indoors and in the garden.  The inspector sampled children's learning records and other relevant documentation.  The inspector looked at the childminder's self-evaluation form.  The inspector took account of the views of parents from written feedback.  The inspector spoke with the childminder during the inspection about children's learning and progress, and to evaluate an activity together.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of safeguarding procedures. She gives extremely high priority to keeping children safe. For example, the impressive use of risk assessments for individual children is firmly embedded in her practice. The childminder carefully adapts the environment to meet children's needs. For instance, she ensures resources and furniture are at a suitable height so that young children are fully involved and able to make choices safely. The childminder monitors and evaluates her teaching and planning and children's learning meticulously. She identifies and narrows any emerging gaps in children's learning extremely well.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder knows children's abilities and stages of development exceptionally well. She gains a wealth of information from parents about what children can do at home and keeps them extremely well informed about their children's achievements. Children get excited when they join in planned activities, such as exploring sounds and planting seeds. The childminder is exceptionally skilled at building on children's excellent communication skills. For example, she engaged them in conversation about what seeds need to help them grow. Children make choices from an extensive range of unusual and interesting resources, such as a tray of fossils. Occasionally, innovative opportunities for children to build on their already excellent early writing skills are less evident.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder creates a highly stimulating and interesting learning environment where children quickly settle and feel at home. Children form extremely strong bonds with the childminder. They behave exceptionally well and have good manners. Children play enthusiastically with their friends and show care for others. For example, they said to their friends, 'I like you', and made castles for them out of rice. The childminder provides an extensive variety of active play and physical exercise for children. Children develop an excellent understanding of how to manage risks, for example, when balancing along a plank of wood placed across tyres.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children develop exceptionally well in the skills they need to move on to school. They are extremely confident communicators. Children engage in animated discussion with each other, for example, when looking at a display of photographs of activities they have taken part in. They show a lively curiosity and interest in their world. Children are highly motivated and keen to learn new skills. They develop exceptionally good social skills and amicably play together saying, 'Now it's my turn'.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY391315 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 1093799 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 6 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 9

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 19 March 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2009. She lives in Worthing, West Sussex. The childminder has a childcare qualification at level 5. She offers care from 7.30am to 6.15pm, Monday to Friday, all year round.

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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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