Childminder in Warwickshire

Inspection date 20 June 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 Children form excellent relationships with the childminder and each other. These strong bonds encourage children to feel safe and secure, which has a positive impact on their ability to learn and develop. The childminder's knowledge of children's needs and routines ensures that their care and learning needs are meticulously met. n The childminder has an excellent knowledge of how children learn and develop. She plans a stimulating environment where children are curious, excited and eager to learn. Observations and assessments of children's individual abilities and learning styles mean the activities are finely tuned to ensure children make excellent progress. n Children are supported extremely well as they learn to manage their emotions and feelings. Each day they register their attendance at the childminder's home and talk about how they are feeling. The childminder bestows great praise and encouragement

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This provision is outstanding

on children, recognising their efforts and achievements. She builds their self-esteem and confidence. n Partnerships with parents are highly effective. Parents compliment the care and learning of their children, sharing their child's learning and emerging interests at home. First-class communication ensures continuity in care and learning between home and the childminder. n The childminder strives to provide the best possible care for all children. She shares ideas and her excellent practice with others and is highly motivated to enhance her knowledge and skills. The childminder actively seeks the views of the parents and children about the service she provides. Parents compliment her on her excellent care. n Children learn about safety. They follow precise routines when getting in and out of the car to ensure that they remain safe. Children learn to be safe near roads and the animals they may come across when visiting parks and places of interest.

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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 continue to build on children's extremely strong knowledge of the natural world.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector evaluated an activity with the childminder. n The inspector looked at documentation required for the efficient running of the childminder's provision. n The inspector took account of the written views of parents.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder is knowledgeable about the signs of harm and neglect and the local procedures to follow if she is concerned about a child in her care. Self-evaluation is highly effective. The childminder uses this to focus sharply on professional development opportunities to broaden her knowledge and skills. For example, she is building a very broad awareness of the wider safeguarding issues, including the 'Prevent' duty, female genital mutilation and breast binding. The childminder has also identified through evaluating her practice the potential for children's learning to be enhanced outdoors even further. Children's safety is her highest priority. The childminder prides herself in ensuring that children are constantly supervised. Policies and procedures for the safe and efficient management of her provision effectively reflect her ethos of care.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder continually observes children and assesses their abilities to successfully plan for their future learning. This actively contributes to the excellent progress that they make. Children are extremely confident and self-assured. The childminder skilfully supports children's use of language. She asks open-ended questions to encourage children's recall and support their problem-solving skills and thought processes. Young children eagerly share their own ideas and things they know. For example, they recognise different shapes and acknowledge what they can do to dough to make it look like spiders. Activities capture children's imaginations and spark their natural curiosity to learn, and children show high levels of concentration.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are confident and self-assured. The childminder promotes children's emotional well-being exceptionally well. Time spent gradually settling into her care ensures that children feel safe and secure. Children enjoy plenty of fresh air and exercise. They relish spending time outdoors enhancing their physical development. Nutritious snacks and meals support children's health and well-being. Children develop independence from an early age. For example, they learn the importance of washing their hands at appropriate times and become confident in getting dressed for playing outside.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress from their individual starting points. Their enthusiasm is infectious, and they are motivated to learn. Children show high levels of concentration. They use their small-muscle skills well to manipulate and squeeze materials, for example making dough into different shapes and using small cutting tools to make worms. Children use their language extremely well to recall familiar events and experiences. For example, they recognise the different sounds cars make and recall how 'daddy fixes cars'. The vast amount of resources nurture and extend children's imagination. They mix things such as mud and water together, adding fern off the tree to their pretend stew. Children learn the essential skills that they need in readiness for the move on to nursery or school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY547016 Local authority Warwickshire Inspection number 10101413 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 - 6 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 3 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2017. She lives in Norton Lindsay in Warwick. The childminder operates all year round from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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