Childminder in West Sussex

Inspection date 22 May 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 provides an exceptionally warm and welcoming environment where children settle quickly and thrive in her care. She has an excellent understanding of how children learn and a thorough knowledge of their individual needs. n The childminder works extremely closely with parents. She involves them in every aspect of their children's learning and values their input when planning activities and next steps. Children have made, and continue to make, impressive progress in all areas of development. The childminder constantly monitors children's learning. She quickly identifies any small gaps and then plans activities to successfully close them. n The childminder has an excellent attitude towards continuous development and strives to improve her outstanding practice and provision. For example, she researches and identifies training that she feels will benefit the individual needs of children on roll. This

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This provision is outstanding

has enabled her to strengthen her teaching skills and further support children's individual stages of development. n Partnerships with other settings that children attend are strong. The childminder understands the importance of sharing information and using additional knowledge to further support children's learning. This helps provide a consistent approach to children's learning and fully promotes their emotional well-being. n The childminder provides children with superb opportunities to help develop their understanding of the world. Children enjoy a multitude of outings and have opportunities to meet other people and visit places in the local community. For example, they regularly visit farms, the local library, visit police officers and attend toddler groups.

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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 further develop children's excellent knowledge of number.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector observed the childminder's interactions and assessed her quality of teaching indoors and outdoors. n The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector viewed children's records, tracked their development from their starting points and discussed their learning with the childminder. n The inspector took into account the views of parents from written feedback that they had provided.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a comprehensive understanding of her role in protecting children from possible harm and places children's safety and welfare as her main priority. She has a secure understanding of the importance of recording and monitoring any concerns and who to contact if necessary. The childminder constantly risk assesses the environment and outings that she plans for children. However, she understands the importance of teaching children about taking safe risks and learning to manage themselves. For example, children use knives to prepare their food and are taught how to apply sun cream to keep themselves safe when they are in the sun. The childminder is highly reflective and evaluates all aspects of her practice and provision. For example, she is aware that she can provide even further challenge to children's mathematical development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder is highly responsive to children's interests. She skilfully adapts the learning environment to ensure children are constantly engaged and motivated to learn. As children explore, the childminder notices when they show an interest in something and seamlessly extends and incorporates learning without interrupting their ideas. For example, children enjoyed exploring a large tray of sand while using spoons to dig. The childminder explained to children that she had hidden shells in the sand, like treasure. This further encouraged children to explore while the childminder narrated and asked questions such as, 'what do they feel like?' Children receive excellent support to develop their communication and language skills. The childminder models language extremely effectively. For example, she supports children to pronounce words correctly and introduces new words to extend their vocabulary and ideas.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children behave exceptionally well for their age. They treat each other with kindness and respect and have developed secure friendships. The childminder is an excellent role model. She provides children with endless opportunities to develop their independence skills and provides them with high levels of praise, support and encouragement. The childminder skilfully teaches children about the importance of being healthy. For example, while they eat their snacks of fresh fruit, she shows children pictures of different foods and extends their knowledge further by telling them about the different vitamins they contain.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress from their starting points and are developing the many skills needed for future learning. Children thoroughly enjoy being challenged and have impressive concentration skills for their age. They are excited to learn and show delight when they work out new things. For example, after many tries, children learned how to blow bubbles from a wand and pop them.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY544562 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 10099016 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 - 4 Total number of places 2 Number of children on roll 4 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2017 and lives in Southwater, West Sussex. She provides care Monday to Thursday from 7.30am until 6pm, 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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