Lomas,Clare

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 1 November 2017 25 June 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's rigorous self-evaluation is extremely effective in helping her identify where she can make improvements to achieve and sustain high-quality outcomes for children. For example, she has very successfully encouraged parents to share their children's achievements at home more frequently to use in her assessments and planning.  The childminder is an excellent role model who provides a calm and nurturing environment where children thrive. Children have extremely good self-esteem. They are very emotionally secure, showing high levels of confidence in the way they build strong relationships with the childminder and each other.  All children make extremely good progress relative to their starting points. The childminder's excellent observations of children help her to make precise assessments of the progress they make. She has very thorough systems to track individuals and groups of children to ensure there are no gaps in their learning. Children whose starting

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This provision is outstanding

points are below expectations rapidly catch up.  The childminder has very good relationships with professionals supporting individual children, including any other early years setting they attend. She has developed extremely effective systems for sharing information to ensure planning for future learning is consistent between settings.

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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

 build on children's awareness of numbers that they see when they are out in the community, to develop their excellent knowledge of numerals even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder and children engaged in activities indoors and outdoors.  The inspector talked to children and read feedback from parents.  The inspector talked with the childminder about her systems of self-evaluation and how she monitors the effectiveness of the learning provision.  The inspector sampled required documentation, including safeguarding policies and procedures, and talked to the childminder about how she protects children from harm.  The inspector reviewed the effectiveness of the childminder’s observations, assessments and planning in supporting children’s progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is highly committed to continually improving her skills to further benefit children's learning. She is very well motivated, making the most of online resources and professional networks as well as courses and workshops. She rigorously monitors the impact of any new ideas by measuring the positive effects on children's learning. For example, following training in developing storytelling with children, the childminder made story sacks with puppets and props to involve children more. Children who previously found it hard to settle for a whole story now stay completely absorbed, becoming immersed in their characters and eagerly waiting their turn to join in. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder's knowledge of local safeguarding procedures is excellent. In addition to completing the required course, she has completed additional safeguarding training to further develop her understanding of child protection issues.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder plans an exciting variety of activities that challenges children extremely well. She links these particularly effectively to help children recall what they already know and to build on this. For example, following a story about a magic potion, children were very eager to make their own. The childminder used her excellent communication skills to encourage them to think about the ingredients in the book and children quickly gathered up items, such as toy spiders, cobwebs and eyeballs. She extended this further, encouraging children to use a variety of materials to make their own unique versions of the creatures in the book. The childminder develops children's understanding of how to use technology extremely well. For example, older children very confidently used the computer to call up pictures of a recent activity that they were discussing. The childminder encourages children very well as they learn to recognise numbers. She is now considering

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

how to extend this knowledge when they go out.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are extremely well behaved. They confidently talk about their feelings with the childminder, who helps them to resolve any differences together so that everyone is happy. Children have excellent opportunities to spend time outside and enjoy plenty of exercise. Older children show very good understanding of the impact of exercise and a healthy diet on their growing bodies, talking about developing strong bones and muscles.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children acquire extremely good skills that prepare them very well for the next stage in their learning, including going to school. Children of all ages are highly confident communicators. For example, very young children still learning to speak benefit from using signing to make their needs known. Older children enjoy extremely well-planned activities that focus on aspects of literacy and numeracy to help prepare them for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY427199 Local authority Devon Inspection number 1094827 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 25 June 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2011. She lives in Exmouth, Devon. She works from 8am to 6pm from Monday to Friday all year. She provides funded early education for two-, 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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