Childminder 308963

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 February 2018 23 October 2014

p.1

This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

p.1

This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

p.1

This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

p.1

This provision is outstanding

 The childminder has completed a substantial evaluation of her setting. She uses this information in her daily practice to help her to deliver learning experiences and provide care of the highest quality.  The childminder carefully plans activities so they meet the individual needs and interests of every child. This helps to ensure all children develop to their maximum potential.  Children have an extremely good grounding in mathematical development and literacy as the childminder skilfully uses the medium of art to present these areas of learning in a way that appeals to different learning styles.  Partnerships with parents, other settings and agencies are considerable. Parents are fully included in all aspects of their child's learning and development and children visit school prior to them starting, to prepare them for their move on to school. This helps to provide an extremely secure base for children to develop future learning.

p.1

This provision is outstanding

 Children have developed extremely high-quality relationships with the childminder. The childminder treats children with the utmost dignity and respect. This helps to make children feel safe, secure and happy in an environment in which they thrive.

p.1

What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

p.2

What the setting needs to do to improve further

 monitor the impact that continued professional development has on maintaining the already excellent quality of practice.

p.2

Inspection activities

 The inspector held a number of meetings with the childminder.  The inspector conducted a joint observation of a planned activity with the childminder and observed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector observed the teaching and care practices of the childminder.  The inspector viewed relevant documentation, including evidence of training and the suitability of the childminder to work with children.  The inspector spoke to parents and read comments on parents' questionnaires and noted these.

p.2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder has completed extensive training in all areas of the early years curriculum. She uses this knowledge gained in her daily practice to help her to maintain very high standards of care and learning. She recognises that she needs to continue with her professional development in order to maintain the excellent provision. Documentation is up to date, very comprehensive, well organised and covers all mandatory requirements and more. The setting is extremely clean, bright, welcoming, very well organised and resourced. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has accessed extensive training in this area and related issues so she has a thorough understanding of how to keep children safe, recognise signs and symptoms of abuse and report any concerns as necessary.

p.3

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses a wide range of skills to teach children and keep them fully engaged in extremely purposeful and well-planned play. These include using detailed introductions to explain the purpose of an activity. She provides a narrative throughout to help children to understand what is happening and uses a range of open-ended questions to help to check learning. She skilfully balances this by giving children time to think. This helps children to form their own ideas and opinions and extend their knowledge base.

p.3

Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children behave particularly well. At the childminder's house indoors, they listen to stories and learn about colours and shapes as they explore the texture of play dough. Outdoors they grow daffodils which they later paint and use the chalkboard to practise number formation and emergent writing skills. In the community children attend a playgroup and explore sensory trays. They attend sign and rhyme sessions and learn about safety and they visit the woods where they collect leaves, conkers and make pretend fires. Children learn about a variety of festivals, such as Chinese New Year, Eid, Halloween, Christmas and Easter as well as learning about the lives of people who are different to and the same as themselves. Children also learn about adopting a healthy lifestyle as they play outside in the mud kitchen. They grow herbs and eat a variety of home-cooked food including food from other cultures, such as mangoes, dates and olives.

p.3

Outcomes for children are outstanding

From their starting points children make outstanding progress. They settle quickly and access to different groups of children throughout the week helps them to socialise well, gain confidence and learn to share. Children are being extremely well prepared for future learning and school.

p.3

Setting details

Unique reference number 308963 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 1103562 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 6 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

p.4

Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 23 October 2014

p.4

Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2000. She holds a qualification at level 3. The childminder operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She is eligible to provide funding for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

p.4

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.

p.4

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.

p.4

Telephone number

If you would like a copy of this document in a different format, such as large print or Braille, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. You may reuse this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/, write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk .

p.5

Telephone number

Interested in our work? You can subscribe to our website for news, information and updates at www.ofsted.gov.uk/user.

p.5

Telephone number

T: 0300 123 4234 Textphone: 0161 618 8524 E: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk W: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted

p.5