Childminder in West Sussex

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 1 November 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 is extremely passionate about her work and demonstrates a highly exceptional drive to deliver and maintain high-quality care and education for all children.  The childminder attends training to help increase her already outstanding teaching skills. The childminder focuses exceptionally well on completing training to meet the needs of specific children, such as providing innovative ways to develop boys' early writing skills.  The childminder works highly effectively with her co-minders to continually evaluate and monitor the provision. They make significant changes that benefit children exceptionally well, such as enhancing resources in the exciting outdoor area.  Children benefit from a rich and varied range of activities and resources that reflects their interests and learning needs exceptionally well. They make rapid progress in learning in relation to their starting points.  Children develop an excellent understanding of how to keep themselves safe. For

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This provision is outstanding

example, even the youngest children manage risks and physical challenges exceptionally well, such as tackling a climbing wall independently.  The childminder gets to know children extremely well. She uses incisive observations of their abilities to accurately assess their stages of development and establish learning priorities. The childminder makes excellent use of everyday opportunities to extend children's learning to an even higher level.

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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 enhance opportunities for children to increase their excellent understanding of the diverse backgrounds represented in the setting.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's activities indoors and in the garden.  The inspector sampled children's learning records and other relevant documentation.  The inspector took account of the views of parents from verbal and written feedback.  The inspector looked at the childminder's self-evaluation form.  The inspector discussed childcare practice with the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder gives high priority to ensuring her knowledge of safeguarding procedures is kept up to date. The childminder and co-minders carry out rigorous recruitment procedures that help ensure that assistants are suitable to work with children. The childminder meticulously monitors assistants' progress and mentors them so they continue to develop professionally. For example, she presents them with scenarios at random times and checks their understanding of how to deal with child protection concerns. Highly effective partnerships with parents and other settings contribute to children's learning. For example, parents visit the setting to share their home backgrounds and they bring in food and share songs with the children. However, this has not extended to sharing about festivals they celebrate.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is extremely well focused on monitoring children's progress and narrowing any emerging gaps in learning. Her excellent teaching helps children acquire new skills. The childminder is very enthusiastic and actively engages children in new learning experiences. For example, at tea time she cut apple slices and showed children the star shape in the core. They had a long discussion together about shapes, sizes and what they could grow with the seeds. The childminder uses her outstanding teaching skills to involve them in conversations and extend their vocabulary. For example, when children showed an interest in bugs in the garden, she introduced new words, such as 'gigantic' and 'enormous'. Following her training, boys now enthusiastically engage in early writing activities, such as making marks in mud and forming letters out of twigs.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is an excellent role model who is kind and caring. Children thrive under the childminder's praise and encouragement. She builds children's self-esteem exceptionally well. For example, she praises them for 'working well together as a team'. Children behave exceptionally well and form strong friendships with others. Older children show care for others, for instance, they called for an adult to help a younger child. At tea time, children help get aprons for their friends. Children benefit from a nutritious and balanced diet that includes a lot of produce they have grown themselves.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress in the skills they need to prepare them for school. They have high levels of curiosity and an enthusiasm for learning. Children are extremely confident speakers who readily share their ideas. They use descriptive language, such as 'squishy' and 'squashy', when playing with dough. Children have excellent mathematical skills and, for example, find and name numerals hidden in the adventure area. They know what number comes before and after another one. Children manage their personal care needs exceptionally well and show high levels of independence. For example, they safely use knives to spread their own toast at tea time. When outside, they sweep pine needles off a ramp so other children can walk up safely.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY488690 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 1017033 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 9 Number of children on roll 8

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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 regularly works with co-minders and occasionally with assistants. The childminder works at the home of a co-minder in Lindfield, West Sussex. She has a childcare qualification at level 3. The childminder offers care from 8am to 9pm and from 3pm to 6pm on Monday to Friday, during term times 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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