Childminder in West Berkshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 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 childminder has an exemplary understanding of her role. She is passionate about her continual improvement. She meticulously reflects and reviews the quality of her provision. The childminder is very confident about how this has evolved and how she is now much better equipped to assess the quality of children's learning.  The childminder's risk assessments, policies and procedures are highly robust. She is extremely proactive in reviewing her practice to ensure children's safety and well-being.  The quality of teaching is outstanding. The childminder plans highly challenging and interesting experiences. She has an excellent knowledge of children's achievements and a focused and warm approach. This supports children to offer their suggestions very confidently and highly engage in activities.  The childminder has very high expectations of what each child can achieve. She has an extremely sharp focus on ensuring children acquire strong communication and

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This provision is outstanding

language skills. The childminder makes regular assessments of children's listening, attention and understanding of language. She is very confident to provide further interventions to ensure all children reach their potential.  Children make rapid progress in their learning. Their behaviour is exemplary at all times. Children have fun and are extremely motivated to take part in activities. They are very well prepared for the next stage in their 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 develop professional development opportunities to maintain excellent practice and outstanding outcomes for children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's interactions with children during their activities.  The inspector spoke with the childminder about her aims for activities, and how she plans for children's learning and assesses children's developmental progress.  The inspector sampled the childminder's documentation and children's records.  The inspector discussed with the childminder how she evaluates her practice and how she has improved her provision of care since she registered.  The inspector spoke with children and took into account the views of parents from their written feedback.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The highly committed childminder regularly undertakes training. She has very effective partnerships with other professionals and seeks their guidance to ensure she is highly effective in her role. For example, advice to broaden her knowledge of how to assess targets for children's speech has been inspirational in helping her promote children's communication skills. This has supported her to offer support to parents to extend children's language at home. The childminder is extremely committed to continue with training opportunities to maintain the high quality of care she offers to ensure children have very good outcomes in their learning. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent understanding of all aspects of safeguarding and the procedures to follow to protect children. Parents are very positive about the care their children receive. They state children have 'so much fun' and make exceptional progress. Those parents taking up

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

overnight care state they 'feel very confident' to leave their child.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is extremely enthusiastic. She talks warmly with children as they play and helps them to feel emotionally secure. The childminder adapts activities with incredible ease. For example, as babies instigate peek-a-boo and squeal with delight, she encourages older children to join in. The childminder supports children very effectively to develop high-quality social interactions and the confidence to build relationships together. The childminder is highly organised and makes accurate observations to enable her to meticulously monitor the progress children make. She ensures children remain motivated in their play and any gaps in their learning are closing quickly.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder gives children's welfare her top priority. She manages the individual needs of babies and toddlers exceptionally well. Babies sleep according to their routines and eat particularly well. Toddlers develop high levels of confidence and independence, such as when buttering crumpets or cutting up slices of banana. The warm and sensitive approach used by the childminder helps children understand the differences in people around them. For example, as children talk about characters in a puzzle, naming them 'mummy' or 'daddy', she helps them reflect on the different forms of 'family'. She explains clearly why the man in the puzzle might be on a mobility scooter.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children have excellent attention spans and make great strides in the learning. For example, their fast-developing use of language helps toddlers to confidently identify a range of colours and match colour blocks to the corresponding ones in a book. Extremely happy babies are socially content. They are very keen to join in with action rhymes, such as by pointing to parts of their body and making a 'star' with their hands. Babies inquisitively explore creatively with chalks and crayons, as toddlers make their creations alongside. Toddlers develop a secure awareness of mathematical concepts, such as when fitting puzzle pieces together they listen to explanations of 'curved' and 'straight'.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY494712 Local authority Wokingham Inspection number 1035938 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 2 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2016. She lives in Twyford, Berkshire. The childminder works weekdays throughout most of the year. She also offers overnight care.

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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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Telephone number

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