Childminder EY472177

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 December 2017 27 May 2014

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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 provides outstanding teaching and has an expert knowledge of how children learn. She provides rich, imaginative and engaging activities and experiences that captivate children and promote rapid progress in their learning.  The childminder is highly successful in her rigorous self-evaluation. She reflects on every aspect of her practice, leading to sharply focused improvement plans. The childminder demonstrates her sheer dedication to providing the best possible outcomes for children.  Children very quickly form secure emotional attachments with the childminder, who is highly attentive to their needs and greatly promotes their emotional well-being. This provides an extremely strong base for developing children's confidence to explore, participate and learn.  The individuality of children is at the heart of the childminder's practice. They learn about and celebrate themselves, their peers and extended family and have an

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This provision is outstanding

abundance of opportunities to learn about the wider world.  High-quality observations lead to accurate assessments of children's learning. Together with information from parents and other early years settings, the childminder uses what she knows about children to precisely plan for their individual developmental needs.  The childminder effectively engages parents in their children's learning, when at the childminder's and at home. Parents are highly complimentary of the childminder.

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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 broaden the already excellent knowledge of early years and how children learn.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching and the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the childminder and assessed the accuracy of her evaluation.  The inspector viewed a range of documentation, including required assessments of children's learning, training certificates and children's records.  The inspector took account of the views of parents from written comments and letters of recommendation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder is extremely attentive to all aspects of children's health, safety and welfare. She is vigilant towards identifying potential signs of abuse and is very knowledgeable and confident on the procedure to follow in reporting her concerns. The childminder monitors children's progress closely, helping to swiftly identify where children may be slow to develop key skills. As a result, support is implemented where necessary to ensure children maintain their excellent level of development. The childminder completes training on a wide range of early years topics. She is planning on enhancing her skills through further training, identifying areas she is less knowledgeable about, for example, schemas.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder demonstrates extremely high expectations of what children can learn and achieve and is highly effective in maximising every opportunity for learning. She uses a host of teaching techniques to draw out children's prior learning and pose new challenges. For example, children enjoy making pancakes. The childminder captures children's interest as she gives them ingredient cards to identify what they will need. She draws their attention to the words and encourages them to identify the letters and sounds they know. Children become entirely absorbed in the activity as they crack the eggs, whisk the ingredients together and talk in great detail about what is happening to the mixture. The childminder skilfully promotes learning across many areas. She differentiates her teaching extremely well, challenging older children to retrace their steps and think about what ingredient is missing.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are immensely independent from a young age and develop many skills beyond their expectations. They help with various tasks and manage their own self-care needs with minimal support. Children gain an extraordinarily insightful understanding of the human body. They explore how their bodies take nutrients from the food they eat and the benefits of healthy choices. Children gain a deep understanding of safety and managing risk as the childminder fully promotes their exploration. Children build their own slides and bridges and develop good risk assessment skills as they safely manoeuvre over the obstacles. Children demonstrate excellent self-control and extend warm and friendly behaviour to other children. They share out boxes of raisins from an advent calendar, offering them to their peers before taking one for themselves.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are keen, motivated and eager learners who approach all they do with excitement and anticipation. Children count, solve problems and demonstrate excellent critical- thinking skills. They thoroughly enjoy listening to stories and use their imaginative skills to predict what might happen next. Children are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage of their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY472177 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 1102917 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013. She operates from all year round from 7am to 8pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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