Dunn, Samantha

Inspection date 19 November 2018 Previous inspection date 29 September 2015

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Good 2 Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 2 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1 Outcomes for children Good 2

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The provision is good

n The childminder is passionate about providing children with high-quality care and learning experiences. She is professional, well organised and committed to the ongoing development of her childcare provision. She continually seeks ways to enhance children's opportunities and secure their continued good progress. n Children develop exceptionally positive relationships with each other. They sing and sign the actions to familiar nursery rhymes together. Younger children offer their hand for older children to draw circles on as they sing about going around the garden. Both children laugh and show that they enjoy their interactions. n Children's welfare is given the highest priority. The childminder builds effective partnerships with parents and provides excellent support for children's well-being. She secures excellent relationships with other professionals and agencies. This strengthens her knowledge of how to keep children safe from harm.

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The provision is good

n The childminder takes account of children's interests and involves them in planning for their favourite activities. She knows the children well. She adapts her teaching practice according to children's needs so that they all experience challenging learning opportunities. n The childminder knows how children learn and develop. Her plans for children's learning are targeted and based on accurate assessments of their capabilities.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n The childminder's plan to support her assistants' continuing professional development is not ambitious enough to help them to strive towards exceptional teaching practice.

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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 enhance the support given to assistants and implement an ambitious programme of ongoing professional development to help them to achieve excellence in their teaching practice.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder. n The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder and her assistant at convenient times throughout the inspection. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of all persons living and working on the premises. n The inspector spoke with children during the inspection. n The inspector spoke with parents and took account of their views through written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an exceptional knowledge of child protection policies and procedures. She has a secure understanding of risks to children's welfare, including those from a local perspective. She knows the signs that indicate children may be at risk of harm. The childminder ensures that her assistants understand the setting's safeguarding procedures and she regularly checks on their knowledge and understanding. The childminder monitors staff's performance. She provides feedback to staff, such as how to enhance the way in which they interact with children. The childminder works very closely with other settings that children attend. They share detailed information with each other about children's progress and work closely together to support children's next steps in learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder builds on children's enthusiasm to share books and stories. Younger children settle onto her lap and point to pictures of animals in a book. The childminder names the animals that they see and asks them to point to other animals. She challenges older children to identify the special features of a giraffe, which they consider and then give their well-thought-out response. Children read a book about opposites. They relate their learning back to the food that they ate for dinner and recognise that the potato was hot and the salad was cold. The childminder regularly checks on children's progress and monitors the plans that her assistants put in place to support children's continued learning and development. She shares information with parents about children's progress and supports them to continue children's learning at home.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children's well-being is central to all that the childminder does. She works extremely closely with children and their families to ensure children's well-being is consistently well supported. The childminder explains to children about the importance of being respectful and listening to others. Older children talk confidently about their day. Babies join in the conversation and babble. The childminder ensures that they equally have a voice and are listened to by others. The childminder and her assistant consistently implement the setting's rules and boundaries. They have high expectations for children's behaviour. They enhance children's understanding of how to behave in different situations, for example, children reflect on when they must use good manners at home. The childminder provides children with healthy food that they enjoy eating. She takes account of children's allergies and provides food that all children can eat without

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Outcomes for children are good

Children progress well from their starting points. They are confident and eager to learn. They build very close relationships with their peers and develop good social skills. Those children who speak English as an additional language make consistently high rates of progress and communicate extremely well with others. The childminder prepares children well for the next stage in their learning, such as school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY275334 Local authority Norfolk Inspection number 10064991 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 0 - 11 Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 60 Date of previous inspection 29 September 2015

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2003 and lives in Norwich, Norfolk. She operates all year round from 6am to 7.30pm, Monday to Saturday. The childminder also offers additional care outside of these hours and overnight care on an ad-hoc basis. The childminder holds a childcare qualification at level 3. The childminder provides funded early education for two-year-old children. The childminder works with up to two assistants or co-childminders at any one time.

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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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