Childminder in West Sussex

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 June 2017 Not applicable

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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 and parents share children's observation throughout the week, from home and at the setting. This greatly helps the childminder to accurately and precisely track children's learning and development.  Children make excellent progress with their learning and development, given their ages and starting points. The childminder provides outstanding teaching opportunities to help children progress in their learning.  Children learn about different cultures and languages in a highly enjoyable way. The childminder talks to the children about names of drinks and food in their home languages. The children role play using these words, which also helps them to learn English as they play.  The childminder has excellent partnerships with other professionals caring for children. They regularly share reports on children's stages of development and any areas they can work on together to rapidly narrow gaps with children learning. This helps to

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This provision is outstanding

provide astounding continuity of learning.

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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 the already excellent ways that knowledge and understanding of the world is taught by reviewing how children learn about information technology.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children in the main play areas and the garden.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took into account the views of the parents.  The inspector sampled documents, including safeguarding policies and procedures, and children's files.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of the procedures to follow if she has any concerns over the well-being of children. The childminder teaches the children extraordinarily well how to review their own safety as they play. The children learn to check resources, such as the sand pit, to make sure it is safe before they use it. This further supports the children's safety with immense success. The childminder works extensively with the parents to review her practice and the service she provides. Recent training has helped the childminder in supporting children with their language development exceptionally well, especially those with speech delay and those learning English as an additional language.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder works extraordinarily well with the parents to assess children's starting points. She uses these highly effectively to inform planning and to track children's excellent progress. This helps the childminder to rapidly narrow any gaps with children's learning. The childminder plans activities according to children's interests with immense success. For example, they enthusiastically learn about the life cycle of butterflies. Children excitedly describe, in detail, how the caterpillars change to butterflies. Children are highly skilled in their creative development. They observe the butterflies and carry out still-life drawings, helping them to make remarkable progress with this area of learning. The childminder does not always make the best use of resources to help children understand about information technology.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder works extensively with the parents to support children's special dietary requirements. She supports children extraordinarily well to try new foods and to reintroduce foods according to their health needs. Given the children's ages, they develop excellent independence skills. They are highly skilled in getting themselves ready for outside play and develop incredible physical skills and coordination, such as managing to put their shoes on the correct feet.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are more than ready for the next stage of their learning. They are highly confident and readily talk to the childminder about their needs and wishes. They discuss what activities they wish to play with and older children readily help younger ones with their play. For instance, they support them climbing in and out of toy cars and helping them to problem solve how to move the car around obstacles.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY484860 Local authority Croydon Inspection number 1002399 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 2 Total number of places 3 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2015. She lives in Norbury, in the London Borough of Croydon. The childminder holds qualified teacher status. The childminder works five days a week for 50 weeks of the year.

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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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