Childminder EY498385

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 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 highly qualified childminder is an inspirational teacher. Her positivity and curiosity are infectious as she naturally captures and extends children's learning during their play. Partnerships with other professionals are well established and contribute to a fully developed, joined-up approach that ensures excellent outcomes for children.  The childminder is extremely ambitious for children and their families. She actively seeks the views of parents, children and advisers. The childminder critically evaluates the effectiveness of her provision to help maintain children's high levels of achievement.  Children build superb relationships with the childminder and her team. Their confidence and emotional well-being are exceptionally well supported. Children are extremely happy and self-assured. They cooperate very well and display excellent manners.  Parents are highly appreciative of the, 'Unique and wonderful service' the childminder

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This provision is outstanding

and her team provide. They state that their children flourish in their care.  Young children excel in their mathematical development. The childminder and her team use every opportunity to develop their skills and confidence using mathematical language, such as numbers, different sizes and fractions.  The childminder uses highly effective strategies to help young children develop their awareness of the differences between themselves and other people. She promotes children's understanding of equality exceptionally well.

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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

 implement the excellent plans to encourage parents to share even more information about their children's learning and development at home, and help support even greater continuity in care.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke to the childminder, members of her team and children throughout the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including evidence of the childminder's and her team's suitability to work with children. She discussed children's learning, assessments and planning with the childminder and her arrangements for self- evaluation.  The inspector spoke to parents and professional partners during the inspection. She obtained written feedback from parents and the local headteacher, and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder and her team have a very thorough knowledge of how to identify risks to children. The childminder has an accurate picture of children's starting points from her initial discussion with parents. She has excellent plans in place to enhance this further by offering opportunities, such as home visits, to build on the already first-rate information she captures. The childminder assesses children's individual achievements astutely and monitors the progress of groups meticulously. She has an exceptional drive to continually develop her knowledge and skills and those of her team. The childminder provides her assistants with excellent induction, training and highly effective coaching to ensure that their teaching is of the highest quality.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children are developing an exceptional ability to communicate with adults and each other. The childminder and her team expertly use questions to help develop children's thinking. For example, as children explain what they have learned today they ask, 'Can you explain a bit more about that?' or, 'What do you think happened next?' Boys respond very well as they demonstrate their excellent knowledge about fire engines. The childminder and her team provide a wide range of fresh vegetables for children to explore and identify correctly. Children are motivated to describe the sound carrots make when they eat them. Staff quickly challenge their thinking further as they ask, 'What noise do you think the tomatoes would make?' Children say, 'Squishy'. Staff once again swiftly challenge their thinking further and ask, 'Why do you think that?' Children demonstrate excellent thinking as they explain that it is because tomatoes have juice inside.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder and her team maintain close supervision of children as they challenge the capabilities of their bodies. Children delightedly ride down the slope at speed on tricycles. They demonstrate exceptional physical skills as they come to a controlled stop. Children demonstrate their highly developed risk management skills as they wait patiently for everyone to come up the hill before they ride down again. Children wash their hands at appropriate times throughout the day and show excellent levels of independence. They fully understand why good hygiene is important to their health and physical well-being as they confidently explain that, 'Germs make us ill'.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are working at or exceeding the developmental levels expected for their ages. Young children are incredibly curious and display a real enthusiasm for learning. Babies are very well settled and confidently explore their surroundings. Older children correctly predict the next letter of the alphabet as they play games together. Children are extremely well prepared for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY498385 Local authority Calderdale Inspection number 1044872 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 7 Total number of places 9 Number of children on roll 12

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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 and lives in Halifax, West Yorkshire. She operates all year round from 7.15am to 6.15pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds early years teacher status. She works with a small team of assistants.

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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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