Childminder EY498527

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 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 purchased a wide range of exceptionally high-quality resources covering all areas of the early years curriculum. These resources help to enhance the quality of the learning environment provided and help to spark children's imagination and ignite the desire to learn.  Literacy and numeracy are covered particularly well in the setting. Children participate in a range of activities, such as listening to stories, discussion groups, singing rhymes, counting, weighing and measuring. These activities help to provide some of the core skills needed for starting school.  Partnerships with parents are exceptional. The childminder has worked very hard to include parents in all aspects of their child's care and learning. This helps to provide a solid base from which they can begin their learning journey.  The childminder works very closely with other settings and outside agencies. This helps

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This provision is outstanding

to ensure continuity of learning and helps to identify any concerns about a child so gaps in learning can be narrowed quickly.  Safety and scrupulous hygiene practices are of a very high priority in the setting. This helps to make children feel secure, prevents illness and helps to provide an environment in which children thrive.

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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

 monitor the impact that continued self-evaluation has on maintaining the already excellent quality of practice.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector held a number of meetings with the childminder to assess the quality of leadership.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the childminder to assess the quality of teaching and learning.  The inspector observed the teaching and care practices of the childminder and her assistant.  The inspector analysed relevant documentation, including evidence of the childminder and her assistant's qualifications and the suitability of the childminder and her assistant to work with children.  The inspector read questionnaires filled out by parents and noted their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder has completed a substantial self-evaluation of the setting which is used as a working document to help to deliver excellent learning experiences and provide care of the highest quality. She recognises that she needs to continue to develop this in order to maintain an outstanding environment of care and learning. Documentation is up to date, very comprehensive, well organised, stored securely and covers all mandatory requirements. The setting is extremely clean, bright, welcoming and calm. Thorough inductions and regular appraisals help to ensure assistants are suitable and capable to fulfil their role. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder and her assistant have accessed extensive training in this area, so they have a thorough understanding of how to keep children safe, recognise signs and symptoms of abuse and report any concerns as necessary.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder and her assistant use a wide range of skills to consolidate children's learning and keep them fully engaged in purposeful, extremely well-planned play. These include using detailed introductions to explain the purpose of an activity, providing a narrative throughout to help children to understand what is happening and asking a range of open-ended questions to check learning. They skilfully balance this by giving children time to think. This helps children form their own ideas and opinions and extend their knowledge base. Assessment is thorough and detailed trackers provide an accurate overview of where each child is at in their learning. Indoors, children play with trains, discuss family photographs, paint and use dough. Outdoors, children enjoy completing obstacle courses, playing in the mud kitchen and planting and growing vegetables.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children's behaviour is exemplary. This is partly as a result of the way the childminder and her assistant skilfully engage them in activities. Children take part in a range of exciting and educational outings. These include trips to the local farm, the local sensory centre and the aquarium. Children attend weekly sessions at the local forest school where they learn about the world through observing stick insects, drawing mud pictures, and participating in boat building. Children participate in a range of festivals, such as Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Bonfire Night and St David's Day, as well as learning about people who are different to themselves. This helps them to learn respect for themselves and others. Children also learn how to lead a healthy lifestyle by eating a range of healthy home- cooked food, exercising regularly and drinking fresh water daily.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

From their starting points children make outstanding progress. Strong links with key persons help them to settle quickly. Children socialise well and learn life skills, such as independence, sharing and turn taking. Children are being prepared exceptionally well for their next stage in learning and their eventual move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY498527 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 1044144 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 4

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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 operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 2.

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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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