Childminder EY498281

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 May 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 exceptionally high standards. She helps all children, including the very young, to make excellent progress regardless of their starting points.  The childminder provides an exceptionally rich variety of activities that precisely targets children's individual needs and interests. Children have freedom to develop their natural curiosity and explore their surroundings.  The childminder uses her extensive skills and knowledge to develop children's language, confidence and feelings of success through their play. She constantly models an excellent narrative during children’s play activities. This helps them to make exceptional progress in learning how to talk.  Children quickly form excellent relationships with the childminder and this helps them to feel extremely emotionally secure. The childminder diligently records information about children's development and precisely monitors children's progress. She keeps

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This provision is outstanding

parents thoroughly informed to enable them to be fully involved in their children's learning and development.  Children are confident, thoroughly enjoy playing and exploring, and quickly develop an eagerness to 'have a go'. Children learn to persist with an activity and keep trying until they are successful. The childminder has very strong relationships with schools and makes sure children are exceptionally ready for their next stage in 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

 enhance opportunities for children to build on their already good everyday mathematical language even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector had a tour of the setting to see the areas children use and observed how effectively the provider risk assesses to provide a safe environment for children’s play.  The inspector looked at a wide range of documentation, including children's records and the childminder's training certificates.  The inspector observed and assessed the quality of play and evaluated the quality of the childminder's teaching.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder in relation to how she supports children's learning and development, and how she keeps her knowledge and skills up to date.  The inspector read parents' written comments and views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder uses her extensive experience to support children's learning. She constantly seeks to improve her practice. For example, she considers how to make recent research on developing children's curiosity work in her setting. This helps her to improve her already excellent provision. She links up with a group of local childminders and they discuss how to implement required changes to practice, such as the requirements to keep data private. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder provides a culturally diverse experience for children. She provides an outstanding range of puzzles, puppets and books to support children to understand people are all different. The childminder is vigilant about safeguarding children and has a secure understanding of how to protect children when she has a concern for their welfare.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has an excellent understanding of how to teach young children. She keeps meticulous records of what children know and can do, and works very closely with parents to gather details of children's likes and dislikes. The childminder precisely analyses children's next steps in learning. She knows children exceptionally well, extends on their interests and helps deepen their understanding. For example, when children bathe dolls, the childminder talks about their actions and how to care for a baby in the bath. Very young children explore shapes, and learn how to stack and count. However, occasionally, the childminder misses opportunities to develop their mathematical language further.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder provides an extremely well-organised environment where everything is readily accessible for children to choose for themselves, to inspire them to learn and encourage their inquisitiveness. For example, as children walk through the front garden, they notice fairy doors against the tree trunks. Children are exceptionally well motivated to develop their resilience and concentration. For example, very young children persist until they are successful at posting coins through a narrow slot of the toy piggy bank to make it squeal. The childminder establishes children's personal routines very well. For example, children choose from a wide range of healthy fruit and vegetables at snack time and explore whether they like them all. Children are exceptionally well supported to learn to walk and balance. For example, the childminder provides challenges that encourage very young children to stand. She places the colourful sensory shakers on a low table.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children learn to play alongside each other. They develop their communication skills exceptionally well. Very young children listen and understand stories, play with puppets and find the right characters in a story bag. They develop a love of songs and rhymes. Children who cannot yet talk can choose a picture of the songs they enjoy. Boys are exceptionally well supported to develop their writing skills through their own interests. For example, the childminder turns a car into a mark-making tool. This helps to close any attainment gap in literacy between boys and girls.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY498281 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 1044579 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 5 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered 2016. She lives in Basingstoke, Hampshire. She operates Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm, for most of the year.

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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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