Childminder EY379203

Inspection date 5 February 2019 Previous inspection date 13 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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This provision is outstanding

n The highly experienced childminder demonstrates excellent skills in supporting children's learning. She plans innovative, inspiring activities and presents children with optimal challenge, that help them to make high rates of progress. n Partnerships with parents are superb. They say, 'The partnership and communication between us is excellent. We receive regular updates about our child's progress both verbally and through photographic evidence.' n Highly effective monitoring of children's progress helps the childminder to identify where improvements can be made to her practice. This supports children's achievements and closes any possible gaps in their learning. n Children show high levels of curiosity and concentrate superbly for their age. Children squeal with delight when they interact with her and other children, showing extremely strong relationships. n Children behave exceptionally well for their age. The childminder helps them to begin

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This provision is outstanding

to understand some age-appropriate boundaries in her home. She supports their developing understanding of how to keep themselves safe as they play. n The childminder continually reviews her provision and updates her skills through highly effective professional development opportunities. She meets with other local childminders where she shares her practice, to ensure the best possible outcomes for children.

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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 extend further the excellent range of information gathered from parents, to raise children's achievements to an even higher level.

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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 in the household. 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

Self-evaluation is excellent. The childminder continuously looks for ways she can enhance her provision. She develops excellent plans for improvement, taking account of the views of parents and children. She intends to extend strong partnerships even further with parents, for example, by gathering even more information about children's achievements when they first start attending. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder ensures her practice reflects current guidance and legislation and keeps children safe. She knows to contact external professionals should she have any concerns about the welfare of a child in her care. The childminder ensures her home is safe and secure. Risk assessments carried out are highly effective and are constantly reviewed.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has an excellent understanding of how young children learn and develop, particularly those under the age of two years. She makes accurate and precise assessments of children's learning and uses this exceptionally well to plan highly stimulating activities that focus sharply on what children need to learn next. For instance, the childminder planned a threading activity and provided children with dried pasta tubes, chunky beads and drinking straws, that had been secured in small pots of play dough. Children engaged deeply in their learning. They used their fingers to place the pasta onto the straws and explored placing the tubes in and out of the chunky beads. The childminder responded swiftly to children's skills and successfully increased the level of challenge where appropriate.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder welcomes children into her friendly, highly stimulating home environment. They develop superb relationships with her and other minded children. Very high levels of care are provided and children are supervised extremely well at all times. Children benefit highly from expert interactions with the childminder and show extremely high levels of independence for their age. For example, they begin to use plastic knives to cut up their banana during snack time. High-quality information is gathered from parents when children first start attending and during the child's time in the setting. The childminder uses this exceptionally well to provide continuity in children's emotional and physical well-being.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make substantial progress in their learning. They are exceptionally well prepared with the skills and knowledge they require when they start school. Children show very high levels of fascination during activities and persist with tasks even when challenges occur. They show a strong interest in books and thoroughly enjoy times when the childminder reads them stories. Children's early communication skills are developing superbly. They babble and use a wide variety of sounds and begin to use single words to name toys and equipment they are playing with.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY379203 Local authority Stockton-on-Tees Inspection number 10066103 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 - 1 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2 Date of previous inspection 13 October 2015

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2008 and lives in Billingham, Stockton on Tees. She operates term time only from 8am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday.

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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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