Childminder 560139

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 27 July 2017 10 December 2012

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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 provides an exceptionally welcoming and highly stimulating environment, inside and outside. This helps to support children's needs and next steps in learning exceptionally well.  Children help to create exciting displays using very interesting resources. They draw on their discussions, for example, while learning about being healthy they devise an award chart to record sporting events they enjoy together.  Children form an exceptionally strong attachment to the extremely caring, sensitive and highly attentive childminder. This successfully supports their sense of well-being.  The childminder uses a highly accurate system to monitor and assess children's progress. She provides extremely enjoyable learning experiences to ensure children make exceptional progress from their starting points.  The childminder very successfully safeguards children. She supervises them closely to ensure they are safe at all times, especially outdoors.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder completes training, shares practice with staff from other settings and takes part in educational research. She extends her knowledge and skills very well. This has helped her to increase children's communication and language skills. For example, she teaches them new words and encourages them to build on their existing vocabulary in readiness for moves on to school.  The childminder monitors and evaluates her practice exceptionally well. She takes account of the views of children and parents to help identify areas for improvement.

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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

 continue to exchange innovative ideas and excellent practice with others in order to maintain the very high standard of teaching.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector evaluated a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including evidence of the suitability of all persons living in the household. The inspector discussed with the childminder how she reflects on her practice.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through written feedback they shared.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has a secure understanding of how to identify and deal swiftly with child protection concerns. She thoroughly assesses potential hazards in her home and garden and on outings. She takes time to minimise risks and keep children safe. The childminder has very successfully improved outcomes for children since the last inspection. For example, she has strengthened arrangements for sharing information with staff at other settings the children attend to promote excellent continuity of learning. In addition, the childminder has refined her monitoring processes, enabling her to identify and prioritise targets for children's learning, helping them to make good and often rapid progress. The childminder is exceptionally motivated to find new ways of sharing good practice ideas with parents, local childminders and other agencies in order to maintain her excellent provision.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder quickly identifies and addresses any gaps in children's learning. She offers an extensive range of highly exciting and stimulating activities to extend children's learning exceptionally well. The childminder makes excellent use of the local area, such as the library and museum to kindle children's natural curiosity. For example, children really enjoy solving problems, including how many steps there are in the library building. The childminder encourages them to question how best to achieve this. For example, she highlights how they can observe people using the stairs and count how many steps they walk down. The children discover there are 14 steps in the longer flight and seven in the shorter flight. They examine a floor plan that shows a total of four of each flight. The children use a calculator to add the numbers together and learn there are 84 steps in the library.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are actively encouraged to learn about their personal safety and manage tools with care. They agree safety procedures before activities and older children are mindful of helping younger children with more complicated tasks. For example handling utensils with care during cooking activities. The childminder eagerly acts on children's suggestions, which enhances their self-esteem. Children develop positive attitudes to people's differences. Partnerships with parents and others help to support shared care and learning exceptionally well. Children follow the childminder's excellent example, they are extremely well mannered, polite and helpful.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are extremely settled, confident and eager to learn. Their language skills are very well developed. They express themselves freely and clearly, making suggestions for play and recalling past experiences. Children recognise letters and can place them in the correct order to form their name. They count with ease and confidently add and subtract to solve problems.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 560139 Local authority Essex Inspection number 1059614 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 3 - 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 10

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 10 December 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1993. She lives in Chelmsford, Essex. She works Monday to Friday all year around, from 7am to 6.30pm, except for bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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