Childminder EY415253

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 August 2017 2 April 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 and her co-childminder are experienced and qualified. They work extremely well in partnership to ensure the requirements are met to a very high standard. The childminder has developed excellent methods of monitoring her practice. She is highly reflective and driven to excel. She includes children, parents and other professionals in her thorough evaluations.  Children settle in very quickly to this warm and friendly setting. The childminder puts a great deal of thought into helping children form secure attachments. For example, she provides children with photographs of her home, her resources, other children on roll and her own family, to share at home.  Parents and children benefit from the exceptionally strong partnerships the childminder creates. Detailed information about children's progress is shared on a daily basis and targeted home learning and literacy packs are provided.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder is an excellent teacher. Her accurate assessments of children's development underpin the activities she provides. She is particularly skilled at supporting children's speaking. Children who speak English as an additional language rapidly acquire English while continuing to speak their home language.  Children develop high levels of independence. They help to wash and prepare fruit, serve their own food, set and clear the table at mealtimes and manage their own self- care needs.

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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 evaluate the impact of training and research to consistently maintain highly focused plans for improvement.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector had a tour of the premises, observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed children's learning.  The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder, including how she evaluates her practice. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of people living in the household.  The inspector spoke to children and the co-childminder during the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents provided in written feedback.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder gives children's safety the utmost priority. She continually assesses any risks they may face while balancing their ability to recognise and manage their own risks. The childminder has a thorough understanding of child protection procedures which she frequently reviews to ensure her knowledge remains current and in line with local expectations. Extremely strong relationships exist between the childminder and local schools. Information about children's progress is shared to ensure a highly coordinated approach to learning benefits individual children. The childminder and her co- childminder have developed very thorough methods of comparing the attainment of different children. This helps to identify where extra training might provide even better learning opportunities for children. The childminder has identified that reflecting on the impact of training more deeply, may give her further insights into how her excellent

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

practice can continue to develop and improve.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder and her co-childminder keep meticulous records of children's attainment and provide frequent, detailed summaries to parents and other providers. The childminder is full of fun and expertly engages children with her positive approach. Children squeal with delight as they feel the spray of water from the hose and are extremely enthused to join in. The childminder sings rhymes and uses props to encourage children to count and recognise numbers as they play in the water. She takes every opportunity to extend children's learning. For example, she counts the stairs as children go up to the bathroom to wash their hands and provides magnifying glasses when they find a snail in the garden. She encourages close observation and introduces new words like 'antennae'. Children show fascination for the trail the snail leaves as it moves.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are extremely well prepared to learn. They have a strong emotional connection to the childminder whose highly sensitive and considerate approach helps them settle quickly and be ready to explore. The childminder's fun and enthusiastic manner has a very positive effect on children. They are extremely well behaved. School-aged children demonstrate kindness to younger children. Mixed ages play very well together. For example, they sit together to look at and talk about, photographs from each other's holidays. The childminder has a passion for supporting children to eat healthy meals and develop a love of physical activity. Children know that specific foods, water and sleep are good for their bodies. They choose to eat a wide range of fruit and vegetables.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress from their starting points. They are exceptionally well prepared for their eventual move on to school. They show a love of books and can compare real items with photographs. They learn to listen, share their opinions and take turns. They demonstrate high levels of enthusiasm and enjoyment of learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY415253 Local authority Knowsley Inspection number 1094489 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 2 April 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2010. She operates all year round from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder works alongside another co-childminder. The childminder holds an early years qualification at level 3. She provides funded early education for three- and four-year-old children.

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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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