Childminder in Salford

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 January 2018 18 November 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 is highly committed to helping all children achieve their full potential. She utilises rigorous assessments of their skills, including their learning at home, to plan next steps to extend their development. These enable them to make rapid progress.  The childminder's excellent monitoring of children's development enables her to identify potential gaps in learning. Through targeted planning, she closes these very quickly.  The childminder is well qualified and experienced. She uses her knowledge of how children learn to create inspirational activities that capture their interest and curiosity.  Strong partnerships with parents and other professionals provide a highly secure, shared approach to supporting children's individual needs. Parents' comments highlight that they feel very well informed and involved in their children's learning.  The childminder and her assistant know the children extremely well. The key-person

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This provision is outstanding

system is highly effective. Children are very happy and emotionally secure. They share extremely supportive relationships with the childminder, her assistant and each other.  Monitoring of the provision is superb. The childminder sets very high standards for herself, her assistant and all children. She uses her extensive skills to coach her assistant and ensure consistency in practice.  Future development plans for the setting are clear and precise. These demonstrate the childminder's desire to continuously improve the excellent standard of her provision.

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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 implement the plans in place to enhance professional development to further extend the already excellent knowledge of how young children learn and maintain the outstanding practice.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector had a tour of the premises used for childminding purposes.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this had on children's learning.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder, her assistant and children throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at a selection of documentation, including children's learning records, safeguarding procedures, training records, parents' written comments and the childminder's self-evaluation and development plans.  The inspector considered evidence of suitability checks carried out for all adults living or working in the home.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder and her assistant have recently attended child protection training and demonstrate a very secure understanding of the correct procedures to follow to support children's welfare. The childminder uses risk assessments very effectively to help maintain a safe environment for children. Links to learning at home are very well fostered and highly valued, providing continuity. The childminder and her assistant attend regular training. The childminder reflects on the impact this has on promoting their professional development and helping to extend children's learning. However, she recognises that extending her professional development even more would further enhance her already excellent knowledge. Staff's supervision procedures are detailed and highly supportive.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children are excited and thrilled to discover new knowledge as they play and investigate. For example, they delight as they explain that polar bears cannot eat penguins as they live at opposite poles on the earth. The childminder is highly skilled at helping children make links with their learning. For example, she reads stories linked to their interest in penguins and they enthusiastically hunt for polar bears hidden in the garden. Children count as they collect them and use positional language to describe where they were hidden, helping to support their mathematical development. The childminder encourages children to problem solve, supporting their critical thinking. For example, they are highly motivated as they try out their ideas of different ways to crush and melt ice cubes. Children enjoy exploring cause and effect. For example, they explore filling containers with different materials, helping to foster their sensory development.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder puts at the heart of her practice children's emotional security and the confidence they gain from their very secure sense of belonging. Children are very well behaved and respectful of the feelings of their peers. For example, older children independently use scissors to cut out paper shapes that younger children want for their artwork. Children's self-care skills are superbly supported. For example, the youngest children take off their own slippers and put on their shoes prior to going outside. Children's physical development and good health are very well fostered. They learn about washing away germs, enjoy challenging outdoor play and eat healthy meals.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress in their learning from their initial starting points. Children are confident of their abilities and are proud of their achievements. They demonstrate resilience and a desire to succeed. They are inquisitive and engrossed in learning for sustained periods of time. Children listen carefully to the childminder and are learning the sounds that some letters make. They are gaining superb skills that will support them very well in the next stage of their learning, including moving on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 307256 Local authority Salford Inspection number 1103526 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 8 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 14

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 18 November 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1996 and lives in the Pendlebury area of Salford. She works with an assistant and both hold an early years qualification at level 3. The childminder operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. 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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Telephone number

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