Welburn, Sharon Margaret

Inspection date 23 August 2018 Previous inspection date 26 October 2015

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Good 2 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 provides rich and varied activities. Children are extremely motivated to explore and learn. n Highly effective observations and assessments on children's progress enable the childminder and her assistant to identify their individual learning priorities and plan interesting activities. All children make significant progress from their starting points. n The childminder's home is extremely welcoming and well resourced. Children confidently make choices in their play and sustain their interest in activities to a very high level. n Children demonstrate exceptionally positive behaviour and high levels of respect for others. The childminder and her assistant are excellent role models and give lots of praise and encouragement to help children develop their self-esteem. n Parents remain continually up to date about their children's care and the progress that they make. The childminder builds very strong relationships with them and parents

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The provision is outstanding

comment very favourably about the quality of the service. n The childminder is highly committed to making ongoing improvements to her provision. She seeks the views of parents and works exceptionally well with her assistant to share ideas, evaluate practice and make ongoing changes that benefit children. n Pre-school children have considerable understanding of number problems and participate in activities about letters and the sounds they make. By the time they start school, all children are easily able to write their own name and count confidently to 20.

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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 make full use of professional development opportunities to help keep the level of teaching at the already outstanding level.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder, the assistant and children and assessed the impact on their learning. n The inspector completed a joint observation of an activity with the childminder and questioned her on how she supervises her assistant. n The inspector read comments from parents and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including children's leaning records, policies and planning. n The inspector spoke to the assistant during the inspection to determine his understanding of how to keep children safe.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder and her assistant have completed relevant training and have a thorough understanding of the signs that might indicate a child is at risk of harm. She provides her assistant with regular supervision and feedback to help him develop his skills further. The childminder works very successfully with other settings that children attend. For instance, she shares information with pre- schools and schools to help ensure there is continuity in care and learning, and support the rapid progress that children make. Effective links with other professionals help the childminder to keep her knowledge and skills up to date. Although, 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 and assistant interact exceptionally well with children and use a wide range of opportunities to expertly extend activities based on children's interest. For example, they use children's interest in paint to encourage them to explore what happens when they mix colours together. Pre-school children are extremely skilled in accurately predicting the paints they need to create different colours and know that they need to add white to create lighter shades. Children's understanding of mathematics and number is significantly enhanced through everyday activities. For example, toddlers enjoy singing number rhymes and join in with enthusiasm; pre-school children confidently use simple addition, such as when they recognise that one child has two rice cakes and another child has two rice cakes, therefore there are four altogether. The childminder and her assistant use every opportunity to extend children's learning even

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

further. For example, during snack time the assistant explains to the children that he has cut an apple in half and then quarters and asks how many quarters there are to make a whole. Children demonstrate an extensive understanding as they accurately identify that four quarters make up a whole.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder and her assistant are extremely skilled and sensitive in helping children of all ages to form special bonds. They are exceptionally warm and caring and give children lots of gentle guidance and praise. Children behave remarkably well and are very kind and caring towards others. They develop a superb knowledge about healthy lifestyles and learn where their food comes from. For example, they grow vegetables in the garden and play fun games to help them to understand how healthy foods fuel their bodies and make them strong. All children enjoy spending time outdoors in the childminder's garden and show good skills in using apparatus and balancing along wooden beams.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children develop excellent skills that they need for the next stage of learning, including pre-school and school. They demonstrate high levels of motivation, are inquisitive and use tremendous imagination as they role play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY463630 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10060362 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 1 - 8 Total number of places 7 Number of children on roll 8 Date of previous inspection 26 October 2015

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2013. She lives in Frimley, Surrey. The childminder operates Monday to Friday, all day, for most of the year. The childminder holds a relevant level 3 qualification. The setting receives funding to provide free early education for children aged three years.

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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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