Childminder in Derbyshire

Inspection date 13 June 2019 Previous inspection date 20 June 2018

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Requires improvement 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 addressed the areas of weakness raised at her last inspection with professionalism and a strong drive to improve. She is extremely committed to making sure her knowledge is continually updated to support children's learning and development. n The childminder has completed a wealth of training, including a course on how to extend children's vocabulary. As a result, children are exposed to learning experiences that are full of rich language. This prepares children extremely well for their next stage in learning. n The childminder has a deep understanding of how to use children's interests to increase their opportunity to develop communication skills. For example, she uses children's current interest in holidays to deliver activities. She reads stories and asks the children to recall their experiences about going on a holiday. Children listen, pause and then contribute to the story by talking about their own experiences with

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This provision is outstanding

enthusiasm. n The childminder promotes children's healthy lifestyles and works with parents to provide the food they would like their children to eat. She acts upon their preferences by providing the children with nutritionally-balanced vegetarian meals. n All children are extremely well prepared for school across all areas of learning and are developing the key skills they need for future success. n Parents are highly involved in their children's learning. The childminder communicates electronically with parents so that she can share pictures of the children's daily achievements. She advises parents of their children's next steps in learning so they can explore these with them at home. The childminder involves parents successfully in considering how to make improvements to the quality of care and education she provides.

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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 consistently check that children have washed their hands after toileting and before eating.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector held discussions with the childminder and observed her interacting and caring for children to assess the quality of teaching. n The inspector viewed all areas used to care for children. n The inspector reviewed a range of relevant documentation including evidence of the suitability of household members, children's learning and development records, accident records and the safeguarding children policy and procedure. n The inspector took account of the written comments from parents. n The inspector spoke to children at various points throughout the inspection.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder can confidently describe the signs and symptoms of child abuse. She knows how to share any concerns she may have about the welfare of children with the relevant child protection agencies. This means that children in her care are appropriately protected from harm. The childminder has secured a strong relationship with other settings that children attend. She regularly communicates with them and reviews the developmental progress children are making. As a result, they agree on areas where children need support and they focus on this together so that children make the best possible progress in their learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder uses her qualifications well to deliver teaching that is of a consistently very high standard. She makes regular and accurate assessments of children's development. As a consequence, she knows precisely what they can do and what they need to learn next. She has a secure knowledge of the different areas of learning which she incorporates into any activity, for example, reading a story. The childminder expands children's knowledge and understanding of the world extremely well. She explains that hyenas originate from Africa, which is a continent made up of lots of countries. She skilfully introduces a treasure box into their play. This ignites children's curiosity and imagination as they play with small figurines and pretend to be the characters from the book they have shared together. Children use their problem-solving skills to work out they need to lay sticks down to get across the pretend water. The childminder

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

deliberately extends this activity by introducing a toy aeroplane, so the children can take their characters on holiday.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder provides a wide range of activities and resources to make sure that children are highly motivated and eager to learn. She has developed secure emotional attachments with the children. She encourages and supports them to take the lead in their play. As a result, children are independent, confident and freely explore activities of their choice. They delight in dressing up in their favourite princess costumes. They express themselves through music as they dance with grace and confidence to their favourite songs. During the routines of the day the childminder does not consistently check if children have washed their hands before having a snack or after toileting.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children show that they are able to make links in their learning with their past experiences. For example, children talk about the features of buildings in a city they have seen when they see a similar picture in a book. Children are developing strong mathematical skills as they can count the number of cherries in a punnet to 29. Children have good physical control and co-ordination as they use knives to slice small tomatoes in half. Older children communicate very clearly and use past, present and future tenses accurately in their speech.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY501022 Local authority Derbyshire Inspection number 10085039 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 3 - 9 Total number of places 10 Number of children on roll 10 Date of previous inspection 20 June 2018

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2016 and lives in Repton, Derby. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Tuesday to Thursday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded 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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Registers

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