Childminder EY486838

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 October 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

 Children are extremely well motivated in their learning. They enthusiastically participate in a wide variety of highly enriching experiences which challenges their next steps exceedingly well. Children show sustained interest in self-chosen activities, such as creating 'potions' from a vast array of resources. They make rapid progress from their starting points.  Children have exceptionally high self-esteem. They form excellent bonds with the childminder and her assistant and develop very strong friendships with their peers. Children's behaviour is exemplary. They are very polite to each other, respect each other's ideas and take turns.  The childminder and her assistant support children's language acquisition superbly in all activities and daily routines. For example, there is highly effective modelling of language and questioning to help children think through ideas.  There is excellent partnership working with parents. The childminder gathers essential

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This provision is outstanding

information from parents at home visits and during settling-in sessions to ensure she consistently meets children's care needs and plans effectively from the start.  The experienced and well-qualified childminder uses incisive evaluation to identify ways forward, for example, further developing children's outdoor learning. She is extremely proactive in accessing training to improve her skills. For example, she uses real tools in children's woodwork activities, skilfully helping them to assess risk for themselves.

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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

 provide more opportunities for older and the more able children to see letters and words to support their early reading skills even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder and assistant's interactions with children as they played inside and outside.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and her assistant about their understanding of the early years foundation stage requirements.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector considered the written views of parents and spoke with the children.  The inspector sampled documentation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder uses very robust arrangements to ensure the suitability of her assistant and her ongoing professional development. For example, a den- building course has enabled her to support children's social skills exceptionally well as they work together as a team and follow instructions to keep themselves safe. The childminder and her assistant have an excellent knowledge of their responsibilities to report any concerns about a child to the appropriate authorities. The childminder tracks children's progress highly efficiently. She recognises gaps in children's learning promptly and works very closely with parents to reduce these.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder plans an exceptional range of activities which supports children's interests and next steps wholeheartedly. For example, from her observations, she has identified that boys showed less interest in early writing and now uses their interests in cars exceptionally well to engage them to draw tracks and make marks. Children thoroughly enjoy group activities which prepare them exceedingly well for school. For example, they listen carefully to instruction and tap out a rhythmic pattern on a box of selected items, showing a very secure awareness of phonic sounds and letters and developing a very good understanding of positional language, such as 'on' and 'next to'. Children participate enthusiastically in storytelling. The assistant makes very good use of resources to help children sequence the story and build their vocabulary.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder supports children's emotional well-being exceptionally well. Children receive consistent praise from herself and the assistant so that they know what they have done well. Although there are fewer opportunities for children to see written letters and words to extend their emerging reading and writing skills even further, they do benefit greatly from the highly stimulating learning environment, which helps encourage them to make choices about their learning. Excellent use is made of the local environment to support children's understanding of healthy lifestyles, nature, people and communities.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children consistently achieve highly and the childminder prepares them extremely well for their next stage in learning. Children are very enthusiastic to learn and become deeply absorbed in play activities. They develop excellent language skills and older children are very confident to ask questions and explore their ideas. Children have an excellent sense of exploration. For example, they confidently investigate the different resources and test their ideas to create different 'potions' in their imaginative play. Children show very good independence and understand daily routines, for example, they find their shoes, put them on and return them to the box after outdoor play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY486838 Local authority Bristol City Inspection number 1011240 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 3 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 2

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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 the Bishopston/Ashley Down area of Bristol and works with an assistant. The childminding service operates Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday throughout the year. The childminder holds qualified teacher status and the assistant holds an early years qualification at level 2.

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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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