Childminder EY469613

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 December 2017 24 April 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 has high aspirations for all children in her care. She uses her excellent knowledge of their individual needs to provide high-quality learning opportunities. Children develop confidence, self-esteem and a strong belief in their abilities.  Children thrive in the childminder's welcoming, nurturing environment. They relax and enjoy an excellent variety of activities, showing they feel safe and secure in her care.  The childminder demonstrates highly effective teaching skills. She plans superb activities that capture children's natural curiosity and meet their interests, indoors and outside.  The childminder recognises the uniqueness of each child and their individual learning needs. Highly effective assessment of children's development enables her to successfully identify and support their next steps in learning. Children make outstanding progress.  Children relish their time outdoors. Their awareness of the natural world and the local

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This provision is outstanding

farm animals is blossoming. They show high levels of interest in the surrounding farmland and equipment used. Children learn about their own safety when on outings and understand the importance of staying close to the childminder.  The childminder continually reflects on her practice and evaluates her provision. She seeks and takes into account the views and comments of parents and children. Parents speak highly about the childminder. They value the excellent learning opportunities and the homely, nurturing environment in which their children play.

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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

 enhance the excellent partnerships with parents to raise their awareness even further of how activities that their children enjoy each day link to the seven areas of learning and support their continued development.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector observed a planned activity and discussed it with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at required documentation, including the childminder's certificates of training, and checked evidence of the suitability of adults living in the home.  The inspector spoke to parents and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Children's safety is paramount. Robust routines for identifying and minimising hazards, indoors and outside, ensure that children play safely. The childminder is extremely knowledgeable about her role in protecting children from harm and abuse, and about the procedures for sharing her concerns to ensure children remain safe. Children learn about their own safety and the childminder provides resources, such as books, to support their awareness further, including their awareness of online safety. Self-evaluation is highly effective. The childminder accurately identifies professional development opportunities to enhance her already excellent practice. The childminder has identified the potential to further support parents' awareness of how activities that their children enjoy each day link to the seven areas of learning and enhance their development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder inspires children to learn and gently supports them as they lead their own play. Children show high levels of engagement. Resources support and enhance children's play superbly. Children's language and communication skills blossom through the skilful questioning of the childminder. They delight in sharing experiences that they have enjoyed with their families. The childminder uses different forms of communication with younger children, such as using signing. Very young children explore different textures. They are highly engaged as they look at their reflection in different stainless steel resources, such as spoons and colanders. Children recreate well-known sounds with natural materials. For example, they recreate the sound of horses' hooves, using coconut halves. They then pretend these are skates as they stand on them and move across the floor.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder's caring, calm and nurturing approach supports children to settle into her care. Children form strong bonds with the childminder and the other children. Behaviour is exemplary. Children understand the importance of showing kindness to others and sharing in their play. Children enjoy being physically active. They develop an excellent understanding of the value of healthy foods to their bodies and relish planting and growing different fruits and vegetables. Children enjoy a wide variety of freshly prepared, nutritious foods. They thoroughly enjoy helping to collect the plates, bowls and utensils for mealtimes, which are happy, social occasions.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress. They continually build on their learning and enthusiastically recall past experiences. Children develop confidence and become independent in managing their personal care needs. They build a superb set of skills and levels of independence in readiness for the move on to nursery or school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY469613 Local authority Warwickshire Inspection number 1087580 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 6 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 24 April 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013. She lives in Stourton, Shipston on Stour. The childminder operates Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, all year round from 8am to 6pm, except during bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder is a qualified primary school teacher and holds a Montessori Diploma.

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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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