Childminder EY488617

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 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 well-qualified and extremely experienced childminder continually attends training to keep her knowledge current and fresh. This, along with rigorous monitoring of the children's progress, helps her ensure that they make rapid developmental progress.  Children are provided with a stimulating child-centred home-from-home environment. The childminder ensures that children's settling-in arrangements meet their own unique requirements. Children are inquisitive learners and their behaviour is exemplary.  The childminder is a natural communicator with children and provides very high-quality interactions with them. She thoroughly checks the progress made by children and skilfully ensures that gaps in learning are accurately identified, swiftly implementing highly effective teaching strategies to help close these.  Partnership with parents and other professionals is exceptionally strong. The childminder is extremely proactive in sharing information quickly and effectively to

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This provision is outstanding

enable children's care and learning needs to be consistently met.  The childminder meticulously reviews her practice and includes the views of parents, children and her co-childminders. She continually identifies strengths of her practice and areas where further development will significantly benefit children.  The childminder skilfully encourages children's can-do attitude to learning. She extends children's thoughts and ideas exceedingly well to support them to successfully solve their own problems and think critically.

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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

 extend the already excellent programme of professional development and develop an even more in-depth knowledge of other childcare initiatives.

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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 looked at evidence of suitability of the childminder and other adults working and living on the premises.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder. She spoke to her co-childminders and children at appropriate times.  The inspector looked at samples of children's records. She also looked at a range of other documentation, including the safeguarding policy and procedures.  The inspector had discussions with parents and took account of the views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an extremely thorough knowledge of child protection procedures and the actions to take if she has any concerns about children’s welfare. She involves children in the completion of robust risk assessment checks for all the areas and equipment that they use. This helps keep them extremely well involved in assessing risks and making decisions which may impact their safety. She skilfully implements new ideas gained from training and her continuous research. For example, younger children benefit from new teaching strategies to engage them even more actively in their learning, such as smaller group activities based on their individual interests. This has significantly raised the progress of their emerging communication skills. The childminder recognises there are some areas on which she is less knowledgeable. For example, she does not currently access childcare and education funding and would like to

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

extend her knowledge about this, to inform herself and parents.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder provides children with an extensive range of inspirational learning experiences, indoors and outdoors. She uses all opportunities, planned and spontaneous, very effectively to extend children’s learning. For example, she expertly engages them in deep meaningful conversations, extending their vocabulary and early mathematical understanding when they spontaneously collect leaves and fill a variety of containers. The childminder superbly enhances children’s interests further. For instance, when they show an interest in making models of the wildlife they have seen, she demonstrates how to successfully use tools to do this.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is warm and attentive towards children. She knows their individual needs extremely well and they have close relationships with her. Children show an excellent awareness about the importance of a healthy lifestyle. For example, they thoroughly enjoy planting and growing a wide variety of herbs and vegetables in the garden. They use these during cooking activities and the childminder discusses the benefits of healthy eating well. Children have ample opportunities to learn how to keep themselves safe and to develop their physical skills. For instance, they climb and balance on large play equipment and take part in regular purposeful walks within the community.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children show high levels of self-esteem. They are extremely motivated to learn and concentrate on tasks for extended periods. They are inquisitive learners and show high levels of independence, such as attending to their own personal care needs. Children confidently recognise letters and numbers. Older children show eagerness to read and readily gain early literacy skills. They are well prepared for their eventual move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY488617 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 1017032 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 6 Number of children on roll 13

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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 works with two co-childminders and operates from the home of one of these co-childminders. The childminder provides wrap-around care for children attending the nursery at the same address. She operates term time only, on Monday to Friday from 8am to 9am and from 3pm to 6pm. The childminder holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 4.

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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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