Childminder in West Sussex

Inspection date 5 August 2019 Previous inspection date 14 September 2016

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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 Children have significantly close and trusting bonds with the childminder. She helps them to settle extremely well and gathers an abundance of information about their needs and requirements. Children display praiseworthy levels of emotional security. n The childminder makes superb use of her robust tracking and monitoring of children's progress. She is highly responsive and reactive to gaps in children's learning and in providing the highest level of additional support. For example, health visitors help to complete the required progress checks, to provide children with optimal collaborative working towards their future development. n Partnerships with parents are inspiring and the childminder holds these in high regard. She constantly speaks to parents to involve them in all aspects of their children's care and development. Parents feel very lucky and blessed to have their children in such a 'professional' and 'outstanding' provision.

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This provision is outstanding

n Children are gaining an impressive early understanding of being caring and working with others. They are very patient and kind and are thriving under the gentle guidance and highly consistent practice of the childminder. n Children are excited and enthralled learners. The childminder meticulously plans for further challenges in their learning and in the opportunities she provides. For instance, babies explore with shapes and their senses by placing their hands on a 'light box'. Older children gain superb new problem-solving and investigative skills as they place discs together to create new variations of colours. n The childminder provides first-rate opportunities for children to explore in the outdoors and to build on their awareness of their immediate community and the wider world around them. They go on regular woodland walks and to the beach, and this helps children to receive rich and varied experiences in their learning.

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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 plan even more innovative professional development opportunities, to intently follow and support the frequently changing interests and needs of children.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector had a tour of the areas of the home used for the childminding provision. The inspector took into account the views and comments of parents and spoke directly to a parent. n The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including suitability checks, policies and procedures and children's developmental records. n The inspector observed the interaction of the childminder and the children and the impact the teaching has on their learning and development. The inspector observed play in the indoor and outdoor environments. n The inspector spoke with the childminder and the children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. The inspector also discussed the arrangements for the safeguarding of children and the childminder's reporting procedures. n The inspector spoke to the childminder about her professional development and how she evaluates her provision and her current areas identified for improvement.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

The childminder is precise and reflective in her use of self-evaluation. She constantly strives to improve the outcomes for the children in her care. For example, she is planning even more innovative professional development opportunities to intently follow and support their frequently changing interests and needs. The childminder has recently been awarded the highest accolade in paediatric first aid and this has had a very positive impact on the type of care she can provide for children with additional medical needs. The childminder has worked extraordinarily well towards the recommendations from her last inspection. For example, a great attention to detail is placed on capturing the views of parents to help to inform areas for positive change. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder holds a commendable knowledge of how she would protect children from harm. She can very confidently explain the signs to be vigilant of and the procedures she

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children are extremely keen and excited learners. They are supported to have superb teaching and focus to increase their communication and language. Children become immersed in stories as they play with 'story stones' to recreate scenes to build on their memory and recall skills. The childminder holds admirable skills in how she adapts her teaching towards the different ages of the children. For instance, she helps younger children to count items as they play and older children are learning the concepts of 'addition' and subtraction' to help them to develop impressive increasing mathematical skills. The childminder helps children to be wonderfully imaginative and to build on their extraordinary creative minds. Children play with superb natural resources to pretend to be shopkeepers and thrive under the questioning techniques of the childminder to build on their extensive vocabulary.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is diligent in how she encourages children to develop formidable levels of independence. All children show impressive perseverance in their willingness to try new things by themselves. The childminder is nurturing and provides a breathtakingly calm and organised provision. Children make informed choices in their play and this helps them to build remarkable levels of self-esteem and confidence in their own unique abilities and personal likes. Children have superb opportunities to be physically active. For example, babies move around the strategically planned play environments to build on their first steps and older children take more risks as they negotiate slides.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are fascinated and engaged learners. They are extremely self-assured and make rapid progress from their starting points. Children are impressively motivated and absorbed in their learning. They delight in learning about people who help us. For example, they play with resources and dressing-up clothes that reflect different professions. Children are supported to the highest possible levels to help them to gain the skills they require for the next stages in their future learning and their eventual move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY484879 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 10118404 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 6 Number of children on roll 3 Date of previous inspection 14 September 2016

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2014 and lives in Bracklesham, in Chichester, West Sussex. She provides care from Monday to Thursday all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm. The childminder works with another registered childminder and is a registered paediatric nurse who is experienced in caring for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

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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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