Childminder EY498973

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 June 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 rapidly become extremely well established and is already making an extraordinary impact on outcomes for children. She reflects on every aspect of her practice, leading to sharply focused improvement plans. The childminder demonstrates her sheer dedication to providing the best possible outcomes for children.  The childminder is a highly experienced, skilled and inspirational teacher. The quality of her teaching is consistently outstanding. This results in children making exceptional progress across all areas of learning.  The childminder is an advocate for active learning. She provides an exceptional range of fascinating, innovative and challenging learning experiences inside and outdoors. The childminder creates a learning environment that is extraordinarily stimulating and entirely conducive to children's momentous learning.  The childminder seamlessly threads topics of diversity and equality into everyday

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This provision is outstanding

practice and within the context of children's interests and understanding. They learn about Muslim traditions and places of worship during their train rides and exploring their local community.  Parents are entirely involved in their children's learning. They contribute to assessments, share observations and achievements from home, and receive regular and detailed information about their children's learning and next steps. This creates a highly effective collaborative approach to children's learning and development.

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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 the already excellent opportunities children have to be independent and do things for themselves.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed teaching and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector viewed children's records, planning documentation and a range of other documentation, including policies, procedures and self-evaluation tools.  The inspector took account of the views of parents from letters left for the inspector.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder and took account of her evaluations.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder is extremely attentive to all aspects of children's health, safety and welfare. Highly effective risk assessments are in place and completed as an ongoing process. The childminder is vigilant towards identifying potential signs of abuse and is very knowledgeable and confident on the procedure to follow in reporting her concerns. The childminder closely monitors children's progress, making very regular assessments and tracking their development over time. The childminder swiftly identifies where children may be slow to develop key skills and implements support where necessary. The childminder is currently working on enhancing opportunities for children to be even more independent outdoors.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder makes detailed observations that capture children's learning exceptionally well. She accurately identifies next steps for learning and fully understands the ways in which individual children learn best. The childminder's expert knowledge of child development enables her to plan an exceptional range of activities that captures children's interests and keeps them motivated to learn. For example, children become enthralled while engaged in activities with objects that can be moved, combined and used in a variety of ways. They explore the different items and use their creative-thinking skills to devise different ways to use them. The childminder is immensely skilled at seizing opportunities for learning during child-led play and steering children's interests in different directions. For example, at snack time, the childminder draws children's attention to seeds from their apple. They go on to talk about what the seeds might grow into and then use

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

them to create and solve mathematical problems.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder seeks a vast range of information from parents when children first start, to ensure all care needs are well known and to support smooth settling in. She places a high emphasis on promoting children's emotional and physical well-being. As a result, children quickly form secure emotional attachments with the childminder and become self- confident and self-motivated individuals. The childminder is an excellent role model. For example, she continually promotes kindness and celebrates children's positive behaviour by displaying examples on the 'kindness tree'. Children learn about the effects of exercise on their bodies as they use stethoscopes to listen to their raised heartrates.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are confident communicators and begin to use a wide vocabulary, particularly through recalling past learning experiences. They explore early literacy skills as they have opportunities to draw, write and make marks both inside and outdoors. Children develop excellent self-help skills. They complete a number of tasks themselves and with confidence, as this is well embedded into everyday practice. Children are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage of their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY498973 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 1052976 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 3 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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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 Burnley. She operates term-time only from 8am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an early years qualification at level 5.

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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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