Childminder in Telford and Wrekin

Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Outstanding

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The provision is outstanding

Children form an exceptionally close bond with the childminder. Their behaviour is exemplary and they have an excellent understanding of what is expected from them. They interact with adults and friends extremely well and have mature social skills. Older children learn useful strategies when they wish to include others in their play and they offer confident invitations to other children. Younger children seek the company of their peers and reach out to hold their hands as they walk. Children are inquisitive and highly motivated to learn. The learning environment inspires their natural curiosity and they are keen to lead their own play. They test out their ideas and make new discoveries. Young children are fascinated to discover that they can alter the sound of their voices when they speak into containers. The childminder expertly responds to this interest and uses the opportunity to skilfully support their communication and language development.

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The provision is outstanding

Children delight in the effects created as they practise saying familiar words into the containers using loud and quiet voices. They display high levels of focus and diligence as they recall the correct sequences that coloured balls need to be placed into an egg box. For example, they make changes until they are sure the balls are in the right place. All children make outstanding progress from their starting points and gain an extremely secure foundation for their future learning and school.

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need to do better?

n The childminder builds and maintains highly effective partnerships with parents and other providers. This helps to ensure seamless support for children's well- being and development. For example, she uses innovative strategies to help parents to understand what is expected from children at different stages of their development. This enables her to work extremely closely with parents to build a comprehensive picture of children's achievements at home and with the childminder. She uses this effectively to inform assessment and planning. n The childminder is highly reflective. She thoroughly evaluates the service she provides and is committed to continually improving the quality of her outstanding provision even further. n The childminder has a very strong commitment to her professional development and also that of other childminders. She carries out extensive research into early years development and attends training to extend her outstanding practice even

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further. Following recent training, she made refinements to the learning environment to maximise opportunities for children to concentrate. She works closely with newly registered childminders to help them to develop their practice. n The childminder meticulously monitors the progress that children make. She uses her highly focused observations of children's learning and excellent understanding of how they learn to make precise assessments. She uses this information to precisely identify how to accelerate their development even

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16 October 2019 further. The childminder addresses any gaps in children's learning swiftly. n The childminder has a comprehensive knowledge of each child's interests and needs. She prioritises their emotional security and development and uses highly effective strategies to ease children through transitions, such as moving from playing to nappy changing. The childminder has made insightful changes to travel arrangements to ensure that she can maintain eye contact with young children when they are in pushchairs. This successfully enhances the opportunities to offer reassurance to children and to maximise their language development. n The childminder gives extensive consideration to how she will support all areas of children's development. For example, she explores with parents the most suitable footwear for children to enable their walking to be best supported. She provides excellent opportunities for children to develop their sense of adventure

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and challenge their physical skills. These include learning how to climb trees safely and running and rolling up and down hills. Children carefully adjust their bodies to maintain their balance as they sit on a ball. n Children gain very high levels of independence, manage their self-care routines confidently and help with everyday tasks, such as safely using knives to cut fruit. They concentrate as they remove stalks from grapes and learn about the dangers of eating them whole. n The childminder prioritises children's health and promotes this successfully. She makes every effort to respect children's dignity during nappy changing. n The childminder provides a high level of challenge to support children's mathematical understanding. Children solve mathematical problems and identify patterns as they use blocks to build staircases. They explore their understanding of quantity and of 'one more'.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has the highest regard for children's safety. She keeps her safeguarding knowledge up to date and completes training regularly. She knows the signs of abuse and neglect and the local referral procedures to follow if she has a concern. The childminder is aware of her responsibilities to prevent children and adults from being drawn into situations that may put them at risk. She makes thorough risk assessments of her home and places she visits with children to enable them to play safely. She keeps her knowledge of first aid updated to ensure she has the skills to respond to emergency situations.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY341491 Local authority Telford & Wrekin Inspection number 10116349 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 to 10 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7 Date of previous inspection 11 December 2015

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2006 and lives in Telford. She operates all year round from 7.45am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, term time only. The childminder receives funding to provide free early education to two- and three-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector completed a learning walk with the childminder across all areas of the setting to understand how the early years provision and the curriculum are organised. n The inspector carried out joint observations with the childminder. n The inspector held discussions with the childminder and interacted with children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector looked at a sample of the childminder's documents. This included evidence about suitability and training n The inspector took account of parents' views.

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Inspection activities

We carried out this inspection 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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Inspection activities

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