Childminder in Buckinghamshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 27 June 2018 13 October 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

 Children form exceptional bonds with the childminder. She is an excellent role model and has a consistently warm and caring approach.  The childminder uses highly effective assessments to identify what children can do and plans for their next steps in learning. She has high expectations for children and encourages them to explore all aspects of their learning with enthusiasm and creativity.  Partnerships with parents work exceptionally well to ensure that children's needs are met. The childminder keeps them very well informed about the progress their children make and supports them extremely well to help them extend children's learning at home.  Children are extremely thoughtful and kind. For example, they ask the childminder if she needs help with collecting chairs in preparation for completing activities.  All children make outstanding progress. They are extremely confident communicators and show extraordinary levels of emotional well-being.

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This provision is outstanding

 Young children show excellent skills at negotiating and finding solutions between themselves. For instance, when children have a minor dispute over who should sit where on a bicycle, they talk about how they could swap positions so that everyone is happy.

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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 explore a range of options to enhance professional knowledge even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed documents, such as the paediatric first-aid certificate and public liability insurance.  Discussions were held with the childminder about practice, including how she assesses children's learning to ensure that they make good progress from their starting points  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and children and considered the impact this has on their learning.  The inspector viewed the areas of the home used by children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The arrangements to keep children safe are very well thought out. The childminder has an excellent understanding of her responsibilities to protect children and knows how to report any concerns about a child's welfare. She helps children to fully understand the importance of keeping themselves safe, such as reminding them to drink plenty of water during hot weather to keep themselves fully hydrated. She is highly committed to making ongoing improvements to her provision. She seeks the views of parents and children to help ensure that her provision is always of the highest level. The childminder works very well with other professionals including her co-childminder to share ideas and sharpen her teaching skills. However, opportunities to pursue a range of options to enhance her professional knowledge even further are still ongoing.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has an excellent understanding of how children learn best. She plans meticulously to support their individual development and provides activities that excite children and engage them to learn. For example, during cookery activities children learn how to use technology for a purpose. Children understand that the cooker needs to be switched on and hot to bake a cake and they need to turn the buttons of the mixer to different positions to make the whisk go faster. The childminder provides children with a wide range of experiences to promote their understanding of people, families and communities beyond their own. For example, she encourages children to learn about their own festivals and bring items from home, including foods and books to share with their friends. Children show high levels of respect for others.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder promotes children's positive behaviour exceptionally well. She provides children with an abundance of praise and gently reminds them of the boundaries for behaviour. For instance, when children become over exited and shout, she reminds them that they should use quiet voices indoors, and especially when they are sitting at the table for meals. Children have an excellent understanding of how to lead healthy lifestyles. For example, when the childminder tells children that they are going to do a cookery activity child immediately say they need to wash their hands and rush to do this without being prompted by the childminder.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are highly stimulated in their learning, and develop the skills needed for moving on to pre-school and school. They have an excellent understanding of where their food comes from. For instance, as they make a cake they talk about eggs coming from a chicken. All children confidently use technology and show high levels of enthusiasm and motivation to learn. They develop a superb understanding of the importance of being physically active. For example, they play in the childminder's large garden, use apparatus with confidence and manoeuvre confidently around obstacles.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY280512 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 1128983 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 13

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 13 October 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2004 and works with another childminder on her premises. She operates her service from Monday to Wednesday each week, offering full-time care before and after school and during school holidays. The childminder holds a home-based childcare qualification. She receives funding to provide free early years education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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