Childminder EY496400

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 January 2018 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's teaching practice is outstanding. She has a superb knowledge and understanding of children's individual needs and progress. She identifies precise areas for their ongoing development, which she uses to consistently challenge and extend their learning. Children make exceptional progress from their starting points.  The childminder skilfully evaluates and adapts activities. She successfully supports their enthusiasm for learning. Children are highly motivated and often proudly tell the childminder, 'I did it myself.' For example, while learning to use scissors to cut tissue paper and building constructions from magnets.  The childminder provides an exceptionally positive role model for children. She forms extremely close emotional relationships with children and they are extremely happy and settled. The childminder successfully develops children's excellent self-confidence and social skills. Children form firm friendships.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder establishes extremely effective partnerships with parents that provide children with excellent continuity of care and learning. For example, she supports parents to establish positive care routines and develop children's excellent independence.

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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 children's understanding of how to use technology to gain information.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed indoor and outdoor activities.  The inspector talked with the childminder and children during the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector sampled documentation, including self-evaluation.  The inspector took account of comments made by parents during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of child protection procedures. Since registration, she has successfully enhanced her exemplary understanding of how to keep children safe. The childminder continuously improves her professional development and outstanding teaching practice. She uses knowledge gained from numerous training courses to successfully improve outcomes for children. For example, the childminder now uses additional learning and development guidance that enables her to accurately track children's progress. She very quickly identifies and reduces any gaps in children's development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder provides children with an exceptionally exciting and stimulating learning environment. She skilfully uses children's interests and choices during their play to successfully develop their exploration. The childminder consistently shows and explains to children how to do things to help them develop new skills. She talks aloud, asks questions and provides children with a wealth of information that enables them to learn more. The childminder promotes children's understanding of the world extremely well. Children develop the confidence to hold the childminder's pet tortoise and feed animals during outings to farms. The childminder teaches children about hibernation and how to handle animals carefully and safely. Children show great excitement while travelling in a lift to see restoration taking place in historic buildings. The childminder does not fully consider ways to extend children's interest in how things work, to develop their understanding of how to

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder meets children's individual needs extremely effectively. She successfully promotes children's inclusion within all activities. Children are extremely well behaved. They show great kindness and consideration towards others. For instance, they independently find and give children their special toys which they bring from home. Children have access to an exceptionally varied range of well-organised resources that motivates them to learn. The childminder supports children's good health extremely well. Children play energetically outdoors every day in most types of weather. They put on waterproof coats and boots, and happily splash in puddles and chase soapy bubbles in the wind. The childminder supervises children exceptionally well to keep them safe.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children develop the skills they need for starting school. Some children are reaching above-typical levels in their communication and language development. They use a wide range of vocabulary to confidently describe what they see and thoroughly enjoy engaging in humorous discussions. Children concentrate exceptionally well. For example, while listening to stories and learning to identify colours.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY496400 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1034645 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 5 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 Mytchett, Camberley. The childminder provides care for children each weekday except Thursdays, from 8am to 6pm, for most of the year.

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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

procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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