Childminder in Manchester

Inspection date 19 March 2019 Previous inspection date Not applicable

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Not applicable 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 has high expectations of children and of what they can achieve. She has an exceptional knowledge of child development and uses highly effective teaching methods that inspire and captivate children. All children make excellent progress. n The childminder and her assistant conduct thorough risk assessments and ensure that the safety of children is their highest priority. The children benefit from a variety of healthy snacks and meals and have abundant opportunities to be physically active. n Partnerships with parents are extremely successful and provide highly consistent support for children's developmental needs. Parents are superbly involved in every part of their children's learning. The childminder gives parents the knowledge and resources to effectively support their children's learning at home. n Children thrive at this exceptionally child-centered setting. They are extremely independent. Children's well-being is consistently at the heart of all that the

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This provision is outstanding

childminder and her assistant do. n The childminder and her assistant have an extremely sharp focus on supporting children's language development. They consistently talk to younger children to describe what they are doing and exploit every opportunity to extend children's language. Children speak with exceptional confidence and listen to each other with phenomenal levels of interest. n Observation, assessment and planning arrangements are of the highest calibre. The childminder accurately and skilfully monitors children's development and uses this information to provide children with a first-class educational programme. Children display highly positive attitudes to their learning and make outstanding progress.

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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 already exceptional outdoor learning opportunities even further, particularly for those children who prefer to play outdoors.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector viewed the areas of the childminder's home that children use. n The inspector spoke with children, parents, the childminder and her assistant during the inspection. n The inspector looked at a range of policies and procedures and children's learning and development records.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is an inspirational leader. She monitors her assistant's performance exceptionally well and plans a wide range of development opportunities for her. For example, she has supported her assistant to complete a vocational qualification in childcare. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder and her assistant have a superb understanding of how to identify the possible signs of abuse and neglect. They have an excellent understanding of wider safeguarding concerns and know the referral procedure very well. The childminder reflects on her setting extremely well and is researching more innovative ways to provide children with even more excellent learning opportunities outdoors. She continues her professional development to enhance her already extensive skills and knowledge. The childminder shares a range of information with other settings that children also attend, which helps all those working with the children to provide

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

exceptional continuity in their care and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder provides a highly stimulating learning environment that engages children exceedingly well. She uses her thorough knowledge of children's precise learning needs to plan activities that keep all children highly engrossed. Toddlers thoroughly enjoy the sensory experience of mixing paints with water and they demonstrate high levels of curiosity as they mix colours together. They use a variety of brushes to explore the paints, which develops their hand control and small muscles very well. The childminder utilises every opportunity to support children's knowledge of early mathematics. For example, as the children paint, she counts out the brushes, points out shapes and compares sizes of the marks that children make. Children are provided with an excellent array of opportunities to learn about their community and the world beyond it. For example, children eagerly explore a book about the festival of Holi and make links

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children's behaviour is exemplary. The childminder and her assistant are extremely aware of children's emotional well-being and embed respect, kindness and sharing through all aspects of their practice. Children develop exceptionally strong bonds with the childminder and her assistant and they demonstrate that they feel safe and secure in their care. Children have excellent independence skills. They set the table for mealtimes and organise their outdoor clothes before they go to the park. The childminder promotes children's hygiene and healthy lifestyles extremely well. Children devour delicious, home- cooked food at lunchtime and develop their physical skills as they negotiate climbing walls, kick footballs and swing in hammocks in the garden.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children respond well to the immensely nurturing environment. As a result, all children make excellent progress in all areas of learning and development. They consistently demonstrate the characteristics of effective learning. For example, children explore their ideas when sending cars down ramps. They are thrilled when they achieve the things they set out to do and the childminder shares in their celebrations.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY540233 Local authority Manchester Inspection number 10080010 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 2 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2016 and lives in Burnage, Manchester. She operates for 50 weeks of the year from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. She holds an early years qualification at level 3. The childminder works with an assistant who holds a recognised childcare qualification at level 2.

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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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