Childminder EY338409

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 February 2018 18 June 2015

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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 extremely rigorous self-evaluation helps her to identify where she can develop her skills further to achieve consistently high quality outcomes for children. For example, storytelling workshops have led her to extend the use of puppets very well, which encourages all children, but particularly boys, to use their imaginations much more and make up their own stories.  Children make extremely good progress in their learning, relative to their starting points. The childminder has excellent relationships with parents, who are exceptionally well involved in their children's learning. They provide her with frequent information about their children's achievements at home. The childminder makes excellent use of this in her assessments of children's progress.  Children are very happy and confident, with excellent self-esteem. Their extremely good relationships with the childminder help them to feel very emotionally secure. For

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This provision is outstanding

example, tired toddlers snuggle up to her and enjoy cuddles before their nap. Older children are consistently kind and very helpful, and they are excellent role models.  The childminder has excellent relationships with other early years settings that children also attend, such as pre-school. She makes sure there is a regular highly effective two- way flow of information about children's progress, to ensure a consistent approach to planning for future learning.

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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 extend the very good opportunities for children to learn to use technology for different purposes.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder and children engaged in learning activities.  The inspector read feedback from parents and talked to children.  The inspector talked to the childminder about her self-evaluation and how she monitors the impact of improvements on children's learning.  The inspector sampled required documents and records, including safeguarding procedures, and talked to the childminder about how she implements these.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder rigorously monitors the effectiveness of the learning provision. Her excellent observations, assessments and tracking systems help her to quickly identify and address any gaps in children's learning. For example, she identified that activities to help children learn about technology lacked challenge so, although not falling behind, they were not progressing as quickly in this area as in the others. She has started to address this extremely well. For instance, children thoroughly enjoy giving verbal commands to an online device that plays their favourite songs, and they take photographs of things they make. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of local safeguarding procedures. She has very good experience of working with child protection agencies to safeguard children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses her excellent knowledge of children to plan activities that engage and challenge them exceptionally well and build on what they already know. She plans extremely well to ensure older and younger children enjoy activities together. For example, children thoroughly enjoyed using play dough and a very good assortment of tools. For the younger children, the activity focused very well on developing their physical skills. The childminder very skilfully added challenge by introducing tweezers for them to pick up small pieces of dough. The childminder encouraged older children expertly to use their mathematical knowledge to solve problems. For example, while they weighed out the dough, she used her excellent communication skills to encourage children to explain how they know which side of the scales weighs 'heavier', and what they can do to make them 'equal'. The childminder seizes every opportunity to extend children's learning to a very

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

high standard. For example, when children told her they had found a penny, she encouraged them to look more closely to identify that it was in fact a two-penny coin.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children enjoy extremely good levels of exercise and activities that help them develop excellent physical coordination and control. They negotiate obstacle courses very competently, and take part in highly exciting team games that very successfully encourage them to work together to achieve their goals.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children develop extremely good skills that prepare them superbly for the next stage in learning, including going to pre-school and to school. For example, older children enjoy an excellent range of opportunities to practise mark making, indoors and outside, to develop the skills they will need when learning to write. Younger children are very independent and love to be helpful. For example, they worked together extremely well to re-stack the chairs after their snack. Children are extremely active and keen learners.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY338409 Local authority Devon Inspection number 1092807 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 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 18 June 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2006. She lives in Exmouth. She offers care Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 7pm all year round, including weekends when requested. The childminder provides free early years education to 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

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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