Forsyth Carol Anne

Inspection date 28 November 2018 Previous inspection date 16 December 2014

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Outstanding 1 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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This provision is outstanding

n The childminder demonstrates her continuing determination to keep her skills up to date and undertakes ongoing training. For example, she has recently attended training sessions on 'developing emotional attachments'. This significantly enhances her ability to promote children's emotional well-being, confidence and independence every day. n The childminder is an excellent role model for children. She continues to attend training on 'promoting children's positive behaviour'. This enhances all aspects of children's excellent behaviour and, thereby, their ability to build strong friendships with one another. n The childminder fosters exceptional relationships with parents from the start. She ensures assessment is rigorous and meticulously monitors the educational programmes so that children's learning is rapid from the outset. The childminder ensures all parents are fully informed about their child's next steps in learning. She promotes parents'

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This provision is outstanding

confidence in helping to continue their child's learning at home. n The childminder promotes dynamic relationships with other providers, including the local schools. This wealth of exchange of information is highly effective in contributing to children's care, learning and development. Outcomes for children are excellent. n The childminder promotes children's interest in making marks exceptionally well. She provides them with free access to paints, crayons and pens. The childminder encourages children's attempts to colour between the lines. Children develop their love of books and demonstrate high levels of concentration during story times. n The childminder supports children's understanding about starting school exceptionally well. She talks with them during their walks to and from school about how great it is going to be to make new friends and learn new things in the classroom. This, and promoting their high levels of independence, ensures children are confident about this

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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 implement the plans in place to enhance professional development further, so that teaching continues to have a high-level impact on children's already outstanding outcomes.

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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. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living and working on the premises. n The inspector spoke to children during the inspection. n The inspector took account of the views of parents through written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder attends child protection training on a regular basis. She has a robust understanding about what to do and whom to contact should she have a concern about any child in her care. The childminder robustly checks all areas of the premises accessed by children. This keeps children safe. The childminder's self-evaluation is excellent. She ensures the views of all parents and their children are included. The childminder has identified that there is the opportunity to enhance children's learning and development even further through professional development. She recognises that this will further enhance her teaching skills and, thereby, have a continuing impact on children's already excellent outcomes.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has an excellent understanding of the needs and interests of the children she cares for. She plays alongside children and enhances their communication and language skills exceptionally well. For example, as children engage in the matching card games, they identify pairs. The childminder challenges them further as she encourages children to identify the differences in the vehicles the matching characters are driving. Children have great fun as they skilfully complete the activity. During such times, the childminder encourages children to identify colours and shapes, and promotes their counting skills exceptionally well. The childminder provides a wealth of opportunity for children to develop their love of animals. Children regularly visit farms where they pet small animals and learn to groom ponies under close supervision. They have fun searching for insects in the garden. This helps children to develop their high levels of

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder ensures children have optimum opportunities to be physically active. She supervises children closely as they take manageable risks in their garden play. They are highly motivated as they challenge their skills further through regular visits to parks and soft-play venues. The childminder talks to children about the importance of choosing healthy food options. This all helps children to develop their high level of awareness about the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, progress exceptionally well from their starting points. They freely explore and investigate their environment, making choices about what and where to play. For example, they use their imaginations exceptionally well as they use a range of utensils and containers at the mud kitchen. Here, they talk about the concoctions they are making as they mix the leaves, mud and water. During such times, children persist and challenge themselves further as they make up potions in plastic bottles. Children demonstrate their can-do attitude to learning as they mix ingredients to make home-made play dough. They become highly engrossed as they mould, cut and press the dough using their hands and their range of tools. Children's readiness for their move to school is excellent.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 510180 Local authority Shropshire Inspection number 10085247 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Childminder Age range of children 1 - 13 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 12 Date of previous inspection 16 December 2014

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2000. She lives in Shrewsbury with her husband who is also her co-childminder. They both work occasionally with a part-time assistant. The childminder operates all year round from 7.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds a recognised early years qualification at level 6 and early years professional status. She receives funding for the provision of free early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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