Childminder in Surrey

Inspection date 14 November 2018 Previous inspection date 19 August 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 Children develop rapidly in their communication and language skills, with any gaps in progress closing quickly. Children communicate eloquently and develop mature vocabularies. The childminder provides high-quality support for language development. For example, she emphasises and models letter sounds with precision to help children's pronunciation. n The childminder instils in children an excellent understanding of how to be healthy and promotes highly positive attitudes towards nutritious foods. For instance, the children eagerly explore vegetables and fruit as they make gift hampers for their grandparents. They learn about the items and eat soup made with some of the vegetables for tea. n The childminder understands each child and the progress they have made exceptionally well. She assesses and monitors with great care to see what they can do and what they enjoy. She plans meticulously to ensure children's needs in all areas of learning

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The provision is outstanding

are covered precisely. n The childminder carries out highly focused evaluations of her practice, through which she makes improvements to drive change. For instance, she has greatly improved how she ensures that children's interests are included in the activities she plans. This has had a significant effect on children's motivation and level of engagement. n Children progress extremely well from their starting points.

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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 develop professional skills and knowledge to build on the already excellent practice and to improve the provision even more.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed activities indoors and outdoors. n The inspector talked with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector looked at children's assessment records. n The inspector checked evidence of the childminder's qualifications and her suitability checks. n The inspector held discussions with the childminder in relation to observations of the children's play, learning and progress.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder actively ensures that she has a thorough knowledge of how to recognise if a child's welfare is at risk and of the procedures to take in the event of a concern. She establishes extremely strong partnerships, with parents and with the staff in other settings that children attend, which she uses skilfully to ensure continuity in care. For example, the childminder carries out activities linked to children's experiences at home, to extend on their learning. The childminder researches extensively to gather knowledge and techniques to support children to meet and exceed their developmental goals. She intends to build on her already very strong knowledge to improve further the opportunities for children and to widen their experiences even more.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses excellent teaching skills to support children's development. She models, explains and questions very skilfully. For example, when children explore baskets full of unusual items, they test out the objects independently before listening to the childminder's clear explanation of how an item works and what it is for. After her careful demonstration of how to use it, the children include it in their play. Children frequently repeat what she has taught them and show that they have learned a lot. For example, they learned the names of vegetables, which they then used when they played in the garden and pretended to dig up vegetables in the mud.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder has wonderful relationships with the children, who feel very secure in her care. She provides children with brilliant opportunities to develop skills that are important when they move to other settings, such as school. For example, children display high levels of independence. Toddlers show great competence in putting on outdoor clothing, toileting independently and following hygienic routines. The childminder teaches children very well about the differences that exist between themselves and others. For instance, children share the experiences they have out of the setting and find out about the wider world as they look at the different places they visited on holidays.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are extremely happy and confident. They are very inquisitive and ask questions about everything. They test out their own ideas intently, for example, they squash and reshape plastic cups before working out how to balance toys on top of them. Children demonstrate kindness and have lovely social skills. They comfort each other and provide hugs to make their friends happy. Children develop skills that will support them greatly in their future learning. They love stories and eagerly repeat lines from their favourite books. Children develop early number skills. Toddlers count to 10 and above confidently. They recognise numbers that are important to them. For example, when they eat food shaped into numerals, they recognise that the numbers represent their different ages.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY391639 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10060735 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 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 9 Date of previous inspection 19 August 2015

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2009 and lives in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. She holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3. The childminder's service opens from 7.30am to 6.15pm on 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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