Childminder in Surrey

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 December 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 has an exceptionally thorough understanding of child development. Her observations of children are insightful and her assessments on them are extremely precise. Gaps in progress are promptly identified and targeted through highly skilled teaching. All children, based on their starting points, make outstanding progress.  The childminder forges outstanding partnerships with parents and external agencies involved with children. Parents receive high levels of information about their child's learning and development, and are fully involved in planning for and supporting their child's progress. Parents greatly appreciate all the advice and support they receive.  The childminder skilfully supports children's progress in areas of learning, such as mathematics and understanding the world within play and through outings. For example, children observe working locks and houseboats on the canal. They are

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This provision is outstanding

challenged to jump onto specific numbered stepping stones and weigh dolls in scales.  Children's health, safety and well-being are exceedingly well supported by the childminder. Children's behaviour is exemplary. They are immensely secure and happy. Children have a strong understanding of how to keep themselves safe, for instance, as they board trains, climb trees and use knives to cut their own fruit.  The childminder's self-evaluation processes are extremely thorough, cover all aspects of her provision and fully involve her co-minder, assistant, parents and children. This leads to exciting and astute improvement plans. She is an experienced trainer and makes maximum use of these skills to mentor and coach her assistant.

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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

 develop ideas for extending children's knowledge and understanding of the arts to enhance their already excellent creative skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the children engaged in play indoors and outdoors.  The inspector looked at the childminder's range of play and learning resources and equipment, and observed the suitability of the premises.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including children's records, and evidence of the childminder's suitability and that of her assistant. The inspector discussed the childminder's self-evaluation with her.  The inspector discussed the childminder's practice with her and the impact of her engagement with children and that of her assistant.  The inspector sought and took account of the views of parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is extremely professional. She has an exceptionally strong commitment towards training and makes excellent use of what she learns to strengthen her practice. For example, she has developed high expertise for supporting children's speech and language development, for helping children overcome attachment issues, and for using the repeated patterns in children's play to inform and guide her planning. Improvements since registration are immense. For instance, she has re-organised the environment to make it more enabling for children and replaced pre-formed toys with resources that children can use in different ways, to further encourage their imagination and creativity. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder is highly experienced and trained to act on any concerns about children's welfare or development, including wider safeguarding issues.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses highly developed teaching strategies to support children's progress. For example, children have helped her to make character props out of wooden spoons. They then use these to help the childminder tell stories. The childminder's ability to link parts of the story to children's real-life experiences is brilliant. For instance, she explains that children sometimes squabble with their siblings and the little pigs in the story were the same so they decided, as they were grown up, it was time to each have their own home. The childminder introduces children to new vocabulary and uses the words in context, constantly encouraging, expanding, elaborating on and extending children's communication and language development. She proactively encourages children to represent and develop their own artistic ideas, although there is still scope to develop the programme for art further.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder supports children's personal, social and emotional needs with great skill, sensitivity and compassion. For example, to help new children overcome parent separation anxiety, she suggests parents provide photographs of family members and an item of clothing with their smell. She asks parents to send a text message to her which she reads to children and gets them to dictate a return message. Children are quickly reassured. The childminder is highly committed to removing barriers that affect the opportunities children receive. For example, she ensures that children's preferred learning styles, such as being outdoors or using pencils during active play, are well catered for and that play resources do not encourage stereotyping.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are all exceptionally well prepared for moving on to pre-school or school. They make the best possible progress, based on their starting points, especially in communication and language. Children manage their own personal care, such as dressing themselves, superbly. They make up their own versions of stories and develop strong early writing and mathematical abilities.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY490436 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1020745 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 6

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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 Addlestone, Surrey. The childminder works with another childminder at this address and also employs a part-time assistant. The childminder works Monday to Friday throughout the year, between 7.30am and 5.50pm. She receives early education funding for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder has a post graduate certificate of education.

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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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Telephone number

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