Childminder in Devon

Inspection date 1 November 2018 Previous inspection date Not applicable

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Not applicable Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1 Outcomes for children Outstanding 1

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The provision is outstanding

n The childminder has an excellent attitude to developing her knowledge, to help her provide the best possible experiences for children. She takes full advantage of many sources of support to strengthen her practice. For example, she has learnt highly effective and creative strategies to deeply engage boys in their learning, such as by increasing the opportunities for them to be physically active. n Children benefit significantly from the outstanding teaching and support they receive during their play. The childminder has high expectations of what each child can achieve and very skilfully uses every situation to maximise learning opportunities. All children make rapid progress from their starting points. n The childminder is particularly skilled at supporting children's communication and language development. For example, she frequently initiates detailed discussion and allows children plenty of time to think about and share their thoughts, and responds

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The provision is outstanding

very enthusiastically to their comments and ideas. All children are extremely confident and effective communicators. n Children establish extremely secure bonds with the highly nurturing childminder. They are very well settled and content. The childminder is incredibly respectful of all children's needs and wishes, and routinely encourages them to make independent choices throughout their day.

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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

n continue to research and plan different ways to extend the children's counting and early reading skills even further.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed children's engagement and interaction during adult-led activities, routine tasks and self-chosen play. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder, to reflect on the quality of teaching and learning during a planned activity. n The inspector spoke with the children during the inspection and took account of the parents' written feedback. n The inspector spoke with the childminder at convenient times throughout the inspection. n The inspector sampled a range of documents, including children's learning records and the childminder's extensive professional development certificates.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an excellent knowledge of child protection matters and prioritises children's safety. She has a thorough understanding of how to identify any causes for concern about a child's welfare and the relevant safeguarding procedures. The childminder is highly reflective and continues to identify changes she can make, to engage the children even further and enhance their learning as much as possible. She has very successfully reviewed the organisation of resources to encourage children to choose to look at books. Children now greatly enjoy looking at the pictures and creatively telling the story in their own words, showing wonderful imagination and a considerable enjoyment of books from a young age. The childminder has future plans to develop the garden and introduce real work tools, to provide even more highly stimulating experiences that support children to experiment and try new things.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder provides consistently high standards of teaching and knows the children very well, including their learning and development. She uses this information to plan superbly challenging activities that successfully capture the children's full attention and fascinations. For example, she provides a variety of materials and motivates the children to make hedgehogs, following on from their recent discussions. The older toddlers thoroughly enjoy being creative and carefully select items to represent different parts of their hedgehog. They use a broad vocabulary and sophisticated language for their age to describe and explain what they are doing. Younger pre-school children play together imaginatively and harmoniously, taking account of each other's ideas and joining in enthusiastically. The childminder supports children's mathematics and literacy skills very well. For instance, she teaches older toddlers to recognise the letters in their name,

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

although she is researching more creative ways to extend their skills in these areas.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children behave beautifully for their age and develop superb social skills. For example, older toddlers thoughtfully share out the plates and cups at snack time, and the children thank each other for their kindness without any prompt. The childminder gives children lots of encouragement, opportunity and time to learn to manage their own self-care needs and as a result, children are highly independent. For instance, younger pre-school children capably put on their socks and shoes. Children are very confident in their abilities, and eagerly work out how to solve problems with a positive attitude. For example, they demonstrate a wonderful 'can do' attitude as they learn to climb on and off tall chairs safely, informing the childminder that they can manage by themselves.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children participate in activities very enthusiastically, excited to learn and try new things. They are curious and enjoy testing out their ideas, such as working out how to create a nose and 'prickles' for their playdough hedgehogs. In particular, children show a love of books from a young age. They are completely captivated by the childminder when she reads, fully absorbed in the story, and excitedly ask for another whenever she finishes. Children develop excellent skills in preparation for starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY536531 Local authority Devon Inspection number 10079104 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childminder Age range of children 2 - 9 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 9 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2016 and lives in the town of Crediton, Devon. She offers care from 7.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday, all year round.

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Registers

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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