Childminder EY487328

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 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 uses her comprehensive knowledge of how children learn to provide an excellent range of learning opportunities based on their needs and interests. She is very skilled in motivating children to achieve the next steps in their learning and development. Children make outstanding progress in their learning.  Children thrive in a language-rich environment and make exceptional progress in their communication skills. The childminder takes every opportunity to help children acquire and understand a rich range of vocabulary.  The childminder has very high expectations for all children. She fosters children's belief that they can achieve things by themselves, and children are highly engaged in decision making. Children form extremely secure attachments. Their behaviour is exemplary.  Partnership working with parents is extremely strong. The childminder provides a wealth of opportunities for parents to contribute to children's learning records and

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This provision is outstanding

share information about their children's learning at home to foster a shared approach.  The childminder meticulously evaluates the quality of her practice. She sets challenging targets for self-improvement, which also focus on helping children achieve the highest levels of success in their 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

 consider even more ways to consistently help children to link letters and sounds to enhance their already excellent early literacy skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's practice with the children.  The inspector discussed the children's development.  The inspector discussed the process of self-evaluation and how the childminder obtains the views of all the users of her provision.  The inspector examined a selection of documentation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is highly driven and focused on providing a high-quality environment, where all children can thrive and feel safe. She makes excellent use of her teaching qualification and experience to sharply focus on children's next steps in learning. The childminder actively seeks out further training, which challenges her thinking and helps her reflect and continuously improve. She makes excellent use of feedback from children, parents and others to provide the best possible experiences for children and their families. The childminder monitors children's progress effectively and focuses her teaching sharply on addressing any gaps in learning. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of what to do if she is concerned about a child.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder expertly promotes children's learning through a rich range of exciting, child-focused activities. Her level of engagement with children is highly effective. She knows how to skilfully use questions to test out ideas and extend their learning. For example, she helps children to arrange number tiles in the correct order to make a number line. The childminder uses well-timed questions and rich and descriptive language to continually extend children's vocabulary. For example, she encourages children to describe how pumpkin seeds feel as they run their fingers through them and introduces new words to encourage them to describe how the seeds feel. She is working on ways to support children further with linking sounds and letters in readiness for school.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder provides a wonderful environment that is highly effective in igniting children's curiosity. She is an exceptional role model for children and plays alongside them, helping the youngest understand how to share, take turns and be patient. The childminder creates rich outdoor learning opportunities that are inspirational. Children delight in being outside and relish in the added freedom and space it gives to their play as they pretend to make dinner for each other in the mud kitchen. Excellent attention is given to encourage children to adopt healthy lifestyles and a healthy ethos is promoted at all times. Young children rapidly develop their independence.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make rapid progress in their learning. They develop positive attitudes and are highly capable learners. Children's language skills develop quickly and they are confident to talk about their ideas during play. They thoroughly enjoy finding solutions to simple problems and enjoy achieving what they set out to do. Older children make significant progress in their early literacy skills. When they read books together, they comment on the pictures in stories and describe how they think the characters feel.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY487328 Local authority Bracknell Forest Inspection number 1007801 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 4 Number of children on roll 3

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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 Bracknell, Berkshire. The childminder has a foundation degree in Montessori teaching. She is open on weekdays, term time only.

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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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