Childminder in Telford and Wrekin

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 April 2018 21 May 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

 The childminder consistently fosters children's positive behaviour. She is an excellent role model for children and uses high levels of meaningful praise throughout the day. This promotes children's superb emotional attachments and also fosters their strong friendships with others. Outcomes for children are excellent.  The childminder develops exceptionally strong relationships with all parents. Rigorous assessments and excellent monitoring of the educational programmes ensures that children's learning is rapid from the outset. The childminder is highly successful in promoting parents confidence in supporting their child's learning at home.  The childminder promotes dynamic relationships with other providers, including the local schools. She is rigorous in making sure that all parties share comprehensive information about children's care and learning. This actively contributes to continuity and consistency for all children on roll.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder undertakes an extensive range of training opportunities that significantly enhances her teaching skills. For example, she has completed training on supporting children's transitions into school. This helps to raise children's confidence about the positive aspects of starting school.

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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 the plans already in place to enhance the excellent outdoor areas that inspire children's imaginations.

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Inspection activities

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

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder regularly keeps her child protection training up-to-date. She has a very clear awareness of what to do and who to contact should she have any concerns about the children in her care. Extremely robust checks are conducted by the childminder each morning in all areas of her home. This ensures children are kept safe and well. The childminder's self-evaluation is excellent. She has identified that there is the opportunity to enhance children's learning even further in the outdoor areas. The childminder knows this will further encourage children's imaginative and explorative skills to an even higher level.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder knows the children exceptionally well and has an excellent understanding of how they learn through engagement and play. Children use different brushes to paint water on the outdoor blackboard. They recognise letters of their name as they use chalks on the garden patio and help themselves to paints, pencils and crayons as they wish. The childminder takes children on an extensive range of outings to places of interest. For example, children visit the local farm where they feed the lambs, learn about the cows, horses and chickens and talk about what they eat. Children's interest in the natural, exotic world is also exceptionally well promoted. For instance, they regularly visit the local animal man. Here, they learn about small exotic animals, insects and spiders and find out where in the world snakes come from. This promotes children's empathy for living things. During such times, the childminder uses an extensive range of questioning techniques to

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

encourage children to think critically. She consistently introduces new words, helping extend children's growing vocabulary very well.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are highly motivated and challenge their skills as they take manageable risks when they climb, balance and negotiate space in the garden and when visiting the local parks. The childminder talks to the children consistently about their healthy eating habits and about how to care for their own teeth. Children plant, grow and harvest their own salad vegetables. This promotes their understanding about the importance of a healthy diet and lifestyle very well.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children are self-confident and become increasingly independent. They lead their own learning and explore and investigate their environment with gusto. Children make excellent connections in their play as they recognise the bean bags are different colours, shapes and are numbered. Their love of books is very well-promoted as they read about their favourite story characters with their friends. Children's readiness for school is excellent.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY472512 Local authority Telford & Wrekin Inspection number 1078514 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 7

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013 and lives in Telford. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3. She receives funding to provide 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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