Childminder in Leeds

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 25 June 2018 22 May 2014

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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 an excellent understanding of her responsibilities. She constantly strives to improve her practice and the service she offers to children and their families. She is passionate about supporting children's learning and helping them reach their potential.  Children make rapid progress in their learning and development. The childminder uses regular and precise monitoring of their development to ensure she swiftly closes any gaps that emerge. Children are highly motivated to learn.  The childminder promotes children's emotional well-being exceptionally well. She creates very strong bonds with children, ensuring they are happy and settled in her care. Children enthusiastically explore the setting and know the childminder is close by to support them if and when they need her to.  Children are very confident with their speaking and listening skills. They engage in long and detailed conversations with the childminder, who gives them ample time to think

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This provision is outstanding

and respond to the questions she poses.  The childminder establishes strong relationships with other professionals. For example, she invites teachers of the children who are leaving for school into her setting. They exchange detailed information about children to ensure a smooth transition to their next stage of 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

 continue with existing plans to enhance the extremely close partnerships with parents to support children to make even better progress and maintain the high standards of learning already achieved.

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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 had a tour of the setting.  The inspector spoke with the childminder, children and read letters provided from parents during the inspection and took account of their views.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector held numerous discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation, such as qualification certificates, children's development records, policies and evidence of the suitability of household members.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder uses self-evaluation superbly. She obtains the views of parents through regular questionnaires, and endeavours to consistently deliver an outstanding service. Parents are highly complimentary about the childminder. They say that the childminder 'is an excellent childminder, with unquestionable expertise and experience' and 'she really is the best and I cannot recommend her highly enough.' The childminder is highly reflective of her teaching practice and works with other childminders to share ideas. She arranges training opportunities for herself and other childminders. Recent training on outdoor play has deepened the childminder's understanding of how to develop excellent mathematical opportunities outside. The childminder gives utmost priority to keeping children safe. She thoroughly understands her responsibility to keep children safe from harm and updates her safeguarding knowledge regularly. Safeguarding is effective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is very talented. She uses her knowledge of how children learn to create challenging, exciting and stimulating activities and learning opportunities for them. She effortlessly extends their learning. For example, as children listen to stories about the new arrival of a sibling, she uses props and questions to engage children in discussing what babies need and how they communicate differently to older children. Parents are fully involved in their child's learning and the childminder routinely shares information about their progress. The childminder is aware that obtaining even more information about children when they first start will support them to make even better progress in their development. The childminder is skilful when teaching children. She ensures all children are fully engaged and motivated to learn. She adapts activities to ensure opportunities for children's next steps in learning are meticulously planned for. This enables all children to

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children behave impeccably well. They create very strong friendships with each other and refer to each other as best friends. Children are kind, considerate and demonstrate they feel very secure in the childminder's care. The childminder superbly teaches children about hygiene routines. For instance, she supports children to bath their dolls, ensuring they have a wealth of equipment to explore and use, such as towels, toothbrushes, sponges and dolls clothes. They discuss how to keep the dolls safe in the water and children check the temperature with their elbow to ensure it is the correct temperature to bath their dolls in. The childminder provides a wealth of opportunities for children to develop their physical skills. Children delight in physical exercise as they jump and stretch to catch bubbles the childminder blows. All children make excellent progress.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are exceptionally well prepared for school. They are highly confident and engage in activities for prolonged periods of time. Children are excellent communicators, solve problems, recognise their written names and are extremely imaginative.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 320153 Local authority Leeds Inspection number 1101851 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 10 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1997. She operates all year round, except for bank holidays and six weeks of family holidays throughout the year. Sessions are from 7.45am to 6pm Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday sessions are from 7.45am to 9am and 3.30pm to 6pm and sessions on a Friday are from 7.45am to 9am.

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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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