Childminder EY260260

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 30 June 2017 24 February 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 is highly reflective and constantly considers ways to enhance her already outstanding practice through self-evaluation. She works skilfully with her co- childminder and her co-childminder's assistant to broaden her already excellent teaching.  The childminder has a very strong commitment to professional development. This supports her passion of working with children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. She is highly skilled at providing inclusive learning opportunities for all children.  Monitoring of children's development is meticulous. The childminder closely checks their learning. She identifies how to further accelerate the progress of groups of children, including aspects of their mathematical development.  Partnership working is highly successful. The childminder works extremely well with other professionals, including health visitors to promote a joined-up approach to

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This provision is outstanding

supporting children's development.  Teaching is consistently strong, inspirational and worthy of dissemination to others. The childminder challenges children and supports them to make outstanding progress. Activities are innovative and help to build on children's interests.  The environment is highly stimulating. Children can learn indoors and outdoors, according to their own preference. The superb range of resources and toys significantly enhances children's development.

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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

 accelerate children's communication and language skills further still to help them pronounce words they hear correctly and monitor the impact this has on children's outcomes.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during a range of activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of activities with the childminder.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder. He looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living and working 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

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder is vigilant in her approach to help safeguard children. She completes extensive safeguarding training and is highly knowledgeable about how to report any child protection concerns. The childminder has strong professional relationships with other childminders. She learns new skills from them to enhance her already exemplary teaching, including how to communicate using signs. The childminder supports younger children to develop the key skills they need for the next stage in learning, such as their communication and language skills. Very occasionally, she does not pronounce some words correctly. This means, children do not always hear words in the right way to help further promote their already outstanding speaking skills.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder's observation, assessment and planning of children's learning are exemplary. She captures all children's achievements at home and in her setting and uses this information to meticulously plan rich, varied and imaginative learning opportunities. Children are highly enthusiastic learners. The childminder teaches older children the skills they need for school. For example, she demonstrates how to hold a pencil correctly when teaching them to write words and form letters. Children read words from text, such as 'police'. The childminder broadens children's understanding of different concepts through varied activities, such as growing. For instance, children observe the change of a butterfly developing from a cocoon. The childminder takes children to a local allotment to see how fruit and vegetables grow and where they come from. She then extends this even further as children make fruit kebabs. This helps to promote their healthy lifestyles.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder sensitively cares for all children, especially babies, and has a gentle calm approach. This helps children to have a great rapport with the childminder and feel totally secure in her care. Children enthuse confidence. New children feel at home in the setting and are extremely eager to explore and choose the toys they want to play with. The childminder has established strong links with teachers at the local schools. She shares detailed information with them before children start to help promote continuity in their future learning. Children have exceptionally positive attitudes about their move on to school.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make outstanding progress. Babies are becoming confident communicators. For example, they babble and imitate the childminder's actions as she sings to them. Older children are making excellent progress in their mathematical development. They can count groups of objects and recognise the numerals that they write. Children behave exceptionally well, they share toys, help others to be independent and follow rules.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY260260 Local authority Shropshire Inspection number 1091698 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 20

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 24 February 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2003. She works with a co-childminder and the co- childminder's assistant from the co-childminder's home in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The childminder holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3. The childminding provision operates all year round, from 7.30am to 6pm, on Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder receives funding to provide free early education for three- and four-year-olds.

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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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