Childminder in North Northamptonshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 July 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 is highly qualified, experienced and extremely knowledgeable about how to help children learn and how to support them to make the best progress they can. Her gentle, encouraging and enthusiastic involvement with children is inspirational.  Since registration, the childminder has developed a highly effective reflective approach to her work and continually challenges herself through further training. This uncompromising drive for improvement has a significantly positive impact on the children in her care.  Children thoroughly enjoy the childminder's highly positive and enthusiastic involvement in their play. Young toddlers become excited when she provides them with different aspects to their activities. For example, they show delight when she turns the outside tap on for them during a water play activity to extend their interest.  Parents make highly complimentary comments about the childminder's wonderful range

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This provision is outstanding

of activities and about her gentle and very supportive manner with their children. They are very pleased with the detailed daily communication and feedback the childminder provides for them. They feel fully involved with their child's progress and next steps.  Children's safety is given the highest priority. The childminder is skilled in enabling children to take measured risks to help their development. For example, she teaches young toddlers how to negotiate the steps in the garden.

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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 even further the opportunities for children to think deeply during their play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outside and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She looked at a range of documentation and checked evidence of the suitability of the adults living in the household.  The inspector spoke to children during the inspection.  The inspector spoke to a grandparent on the day of inspection and took account of their views. She also took account of parents' views through written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder is vigilant in actively promoting children's welfare. She has detailed procedures in place to manage any child protection concerns and she has completed refresher training in different aspects of safeguarding. The childminder has a deep understanding of how children learn and she is highly effective is recognising each child's preferred activities, using her skills to bring in different areas of learning to widen their experiences. The childminder is confident to monitor and support children's progress. She correctly identifies how she can continue to promote their curiosity to think deeply and solve problems they encounter themselves.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is inspirational in her teaching. She is highly responsive to children's interests. She encourages their curiosity to explore. Those who show a strong interest in items that spin become excited to use a range of resources, such as water wheels, windmills and fidget spinners. The childminder is highly skilled in incorporating these into a wide range of activities. Young toddlers are encouraged to be vocal and they listen intently to the childminder as she uses descriptive words when talking to them during their play and the daily routines. Children benefit from the childminder's considerable creativity when she is planning activities to widen their experiences. For example, children's physical skills are supported as they squeeze slices of citrus fruit in a tray of water and they enjoy the scent and aroma of the juice. Children's progress is very clear through the childminder's accurate and sharply focused observations and assessments.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children benefit from the childminder's exceptional environment, where they have access to an abundance of play materials and activities. This results in them being highly motivated and well behaved. Children clearly demonstrate a very strong attachment to the childminder. They look to her for reassurance and she is highly sensitive to their needs, recognising when they are tired or hungry. This attachment contributes to children's emotional well-being being extremely well supported. The childminder enables very young children to begin to develop an understanding of healthy lifestyles through healthy food and drinks. Her high standards for hygiene minimise the risk of cross-infection. Children thoroughly enjoy playing outside, developing their physical skills.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make rapid progress from their individual starting points. They are learning skills to help them be extremely well prepared for the eventual move on to school. Young toddlers learn how to use an open cup, they choose what they want to play with and begin to make friends, keenly watching older children, joining in with songs and rhymes.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY498809 Local authority Northamptonshire Inspection number 1042961 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 1 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 Little Stanion, near Corby. She operates all year round from 7am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an early years qualification at level 8.

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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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