Childminder EY495725

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 March 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 highly-qualified childminder and her equally qualified assistants demonstrate an exceptional understanding of how children learn. They are extremely proactive in completing further research and training opportunities to help enrich children's learning experiences. Teaching is outstanding.  Children demonstrate superb social skills. Children show remarkable levels of sensitivity when offering support and encouragement to each other. They form excellent friendship groups and play cooperatively with one another. Behaviour is exceptional.  The childminder and her assistants provide wondrous opportunities that help to ignite children's curiosity to learn. Babies explore an extremely wide range of materials including ribbons, mirrors, metal and wooden objects. They fill, empty, sort and bang items together. This helps to develop children's imagination exceptionally well.  Partnership working with parents is highly effective. Parents are continually informed of

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This provision is outstanding

the remarkable progress their children make within the setting. The childminder and her assistants gather a wealth of information about what children learn at home. This helps to provide an excellent continued approach to children's learning.  Children's mathematical understanding is extremely well promoted. Children learn to count, sort, categorise, measure and weigh different items. They use mathematical language as they play and build construction models as they add shapes together.

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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

 evaluate the impact of plans to promote even further opportunities to enhance children's understanding of celebrations of other traditions from around the world.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed an evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder and her assistant. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household.  The inspector spoke to children during the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder and her assistants demonstrate an exceptional understanding of local safeguarding procedures. Children's safety and well-being is of paramount importance. This is displayed through the excellent policies and procedures and their demonstrated knowledge. The childminder completes regular staff meetings to monitor her assistants' practice and discusses innovative ways to enrich the quality of her environment. She intends to even further promote children's understanding of other celebrations and traditions from around the world. The childminder and her assistants have fully embedded meticulous ways of swiftly reviewing children's progress. They precisely analyse and address any emerging gaps in children's learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder and her assistants use an in-depth online tool and upload highly detailed observations and assessments. They use this information to expertly plan appropriately challenging and highly exciting activities and astutely plan for what children need to learn next. Parents are invited to evaluate the effectiveness of activities sent home. This helps the childminder to review the impact of these activities on children's learning. The childminder and her assistants build on children's eagerness to learn. They sit closely with children and fully immerse themselves into the stories, bringing characters to life with their enthusiasm. Children use real vegetables and fruit during pretend play activities.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children have exceptional opportunities to be physically active. The animated childminder and her assistants build on children's love of traditional rhymes and action songs. Children excitedly move their whole bodies along to the different beats. The childminder and her assistants take children on regular outings. They wholly promote children's understanding of their immediate environment, including taking them on trips to nearby country parks and talking about the different things that they see. Children relish a wide range of healthy options. The childminder and her assistants encourage all children, including those who are very young, to learn how to effectively wash their hands and face and to remove germs. Children develop excellent self-care skills.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are highly confident and independent learners. They demonstrate remarkable levels of self-esteem and show that they are proud of their own achievements. Children relish in showing others their construction models. They learn to develop superb literacy skills and help to label boxes of equipment. Children make exceptional progress from what they know and can already do when they first start the setting. They are very well prepared for their next stage in learning and their eventual move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY495725 Local authority Wakefield Inspection number 1033817 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 7 Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 17

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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 and lives in the Walton area of Wakefield. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder has qualified teacher status. She works with two assistants.

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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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