Childminder in Northumberland

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 June 2018 9 March 2015

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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 very well-qualified childminder provides first-rate teaching across all areas of learning. She provides children with enthralling opportunities that help to promote their literacy skills. For example, children laugh as the childminder joins in using large body movements to make marks in ingredients, such as flour.  Children are very highly motivated to learn. They demonstrate a remarkable awareness of how to care for other living things. Children delight in feeding vegetables to the childminder's horses and water plants. They learn how to develop excellent self-care skills and follow very thorough hygiene practices.  Parents are extremely complimentary of the childminder and the level of care she provides for their children. The childminder shares regular information with parents regarding their children's individual learning needs. This helps to provide an extremely effective approach to continue children's learning at home.

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This provision is outstanding

 The childminder liaises very closely with other early years providers where children attend. She gathers detailed information and demonstrates very high expectations for all children. This helps to promote a smooth transition for children moving to school.  Children demonstrate superb physical skills. They use large movements when drawing pictures, including when crawling under tables. This helps to develop children's large- muscle skills.

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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 promote opportunities for children to extend their already excellent levels of self-esteem.

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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 an 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 with the children during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The highly knowledgeable childminder demonstrates an excellent understanding of local safeguarding procedures. She continually reviews her child protection procedures. The childminder has an extensive understanding of the signs and symptoms of abuse and how to respond to concerns regarding the welfare of a child. Children show high levels of resilience. They regale in taking risks and develop an excellent understanding of how to keep themselves safe. The childminder completes regular training, including sharing practice ideas with others. This helps her to continue to provide an exceptional environment for children. The childminder very regularly reviews children's learning. She is very alert to any emerging gaps in children's learning and takes very swift and prompt action to address these.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has worked extremely hard to maintain her first-class teaching. She meticulously plans activities using highly detailed information gained through observations and assessments of children's learning. The childminder continually reshapes challenging activities and provides remarkable learning opportunities. Children are provided with opportunities to learn how to build dens using a very wide range of natural materials. They use sticks, stones and other natural resources to design their own pictures. This helps to promote children's creative skills very effectively.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children develop remarkable hand-to-eye coordination. They quickly learn how to project water onto the ground when squirting water bottles. Children are highly independent and make very regular decisions regarding their own learning. They interact with others and show excellent imaginative skills. For example, children pretend to cook foods in the role- play kitchen. They take orders and think about what ingredients they would like to use. The childminder intends to build on the already excellent opportunities that help to promote children's self-confidence. Children behave remarkably well. They listen and respond to the childminder and continually show high levels of respect towards others.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make rapid progress. They show high levels of enthusiasm during matching games. They delight in matching coloured balls on a large multi-coloured parachute. Children swiftly learn counting skills and make comparisons between different groups of objects. This helps to promote children's mathematical understanding. Children join in excitedly and show high levels of enthusiasm when listening to stories. This helps to promote children's communication skills. Children are superbly equipped with the key skills needed for future learning and their eventual move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY299146 Local authority Northumberland Inspection number 1092190 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 9 March 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2004. She operates all year round from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The setting is situated in Hedley on the Hill, Northumberland.

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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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