Childminder in Leeds

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 March 2018 18 August 2014

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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

 Teaching is inspirational. The childminder skilfully turns every opportunity, including planned and spontaneous activities, into high-quality learning experiences for children. She instinctively seeks to constantly challenge and extend children's abilities.  Children are provided with an exceptionally rich and varied learning environment that stimulates their excitement, interest and curiosity. Children respond eagerly and are thoroughly motivated to learn.  The childminder is an excellent role model and has extremely high expectations for children's behaviour. Older children gently encourage the younger children to take turns and share happily. For instance, children say, 'Would you like me to help you?' to a friend and play very cooperatively in the mud kitchen.  The childminder and her assistants are extremely effective practitioners who have continued to develop their knowledge and skills through extensive training and

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This provision is outstanding

development. This helps them to make changes that have a very positive and direct impact on the welfare and experiences of the children in her care.  The childminder regularly reviews her provision to identify possible improvements. She sets exceptionally high standards for her childcare provision and is uncompromising in her ambition to make continuous improvements.  The childminder gives children an exceptional range of experiences that promotes their understanding of people, families and communities beyond their own.

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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 explore more innovative ways to support parents to share information about what their child is learning at home to gain a broader picture of children's achievements and maintain the excellent outcomes.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder, her assistant and children during activities and assessed the impact these have on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder, assistants and children at appropriate times throughout?the inspection. She looked at a range of documentation, including the children's learning and assessment records.  The inspector checked the evidence of the suitability of the childminder, her assistant and household members. She discussed the childminder's self-evaluation and how she continues with her and her assistants' professional development.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through written testimonials obtained by the childminder.

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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 and carefully considers children's welfare throughout every area of her work. Thorough daily checks are in place to minimise potential hazards. The childminder supports her assistants exceptionally well, ensuring that they remain suitable to work with children. The childminder and her assistants have established highly effective communication with parents and other early years provisions to promote continuity in children's care and learning. Parents are provided with regular, precise progress reports that include children's next steps for learning. The childminder intends to continue developing innovative ways to help parents to share information about what children are learning at home. Parents share extremely positive views about the provision.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

There are highly effective arrangements in place to track children's progress. This helps the childminder to ensure children meet their developmental milestones and identify and close any potential gaps in their learning extremely quickly. The childminder acts on children's interests and skilfully adapts teaching to meet children's individual needs. Children extend their communication skills and creativity as they eagerly explain their ideas and discuss imaginary scenarios. Children understand mathematical concepts above those expected of their age. They quickly learn how to use tally charts to see how many eggs they have collected from the hen coop. They competently use their fingers to add and subtract numbers, counting forward or backwards to find the answer.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children develop exceptionally close emotional relationships with the childminder and her assistants. Children are very happy and confidently express their views. They articulate their feelings and are extremely polite. The outdoor learning environment provides an exceptional amount of learning opportunities, which helps to extend children's physical skills. For example, tree trunks are skilfully placed to help children master their balancing and jumping skills. This boosts their self-esteem and confidence. Children learn how to keep their bodies healthy through exercise and excellent hygiene routines. For example, they feel their heartbeat and talk about how their heart beats faster after they have been running.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are very self-assured and exhibit lovely characteristics of humour and playfulness. They are flourishing and are highly successful, enthusiastic learners. They confidently use a wide range of tools to support their early writing and numeracy skills. Children confidently retell stories, using puppets and props as they talk about how the characters feel. Children make excellent progress from their starting points and are extremely well prepared for their move on to nursery or school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY473244 Local authority Leeds Inspection number 1105686 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 3 Total number of places 9 Number of children on roll 11

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 18 August 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2014 and lives near Wetherby, West Yorkshire. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.45pm, Tuesday to Thursday, except for family holidays. The childminder holds qualified teacher status and usually works with two assistants. The childminder provides funded early education for 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

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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