Childminder EY486515

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 July 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 makes meticulous assessments of children's progress. She uses this information to provide an exceptional range of high-quality activities. She engages children very well through highly effective teaching and purposeful play. Children make excellent progress from their starting points.  Children are exceptionally happy and motivated in their play. The childminder extends their interest in learning and concentration extremely effectively. For example, children eagerly explore toy crabs, turtles and sea shells while listening to stories about the seaside. They thoroughly enjoy copying new words they learn, for instance, while searching for plastic shapes in cooked jelly.  The childminder's communication with children is excellent. She provides an exceptional role model for them to copy. She patiently and respectfully talks with children and skilfully builds their cooperation and understanding of their own safety.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder builds superb partnerships with parents to promote children's learning and personal care exceptionally well. She provides parents with ideas for activities they can do at home. For example, to support their children's development and readiness for school. Parents receive exceptionally detailed information about their children's progress.

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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 the outstanding teaching practice and give children time to solve problems even more independently.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed indoor and outdoor activities.  The inspector and childminder completed a joint observation.  The inspector looked at a sample of documentation, including self-evaluation.  The inspector took account of parents' comments within documentation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent knowledge and understanding of her safeguarding policies and procedures. She regularly attends local authority safeguarding training to keep up to date with child protection procedures. The childminder has very high expectations of the children. She uses knowledge gained from completing a quality assurance award and a wealth of other training to continually improve children's care and learning. For example, she has created a water play area and a mud kitchen to support children's learning outdoors highly effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder's teaching practice is exemplary. She has an outstanding knowledge and understanding of how to move children on in their learning and development. Children develop an excellent understanding of the world. For example, they learn about the seasons and life cycles, and they watch chrysalises change into caterpillars and butterflies. The childminder successfully develops children's excellent pre-writing skills. For example, she encourages children to manipulate modelling dough while listening to music to help build strength in their fingers. The childminder successfully develops children's confidence to 'have a go' during their play. For example, under her close supervision, children climb up ladders and go down slides at high speed. The childminder is now considering how to increase the excellent opportunities for children to work things out for themselves.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder forms exceptionally close, caring relationships with children who are extremely settled in her care. She skilfully and effectively helps children learn to understand and control their emotions. Children are superbly well behaved and form very close friendships and excellent social skills. The childminder promotes children's good health extremely effectively. For example, she shares information about food nutrition with parents so that children are provided with healthy options. Children quickly learn to do things for themselves. For example, they put on their shoes and sunhats, peel bananas and make their own sandwiches at lunchtime.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children develop a wide range of skills that prepares them exceptionally well for starting school. They listen and focus their attention effectively, for example, during adult-led activities and conversations. Some children's language development is extremely advanced and exceeds typical levels of development. Older children show great interest in learning to write their name.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY486515 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1005054 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 4

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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 Farnham, Surrey. The childminder provides care for children on Monday to Friday, for most 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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