Childminder in Devon

Overall effectiveness Outstanding

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

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder is passionate about ensuring children are happy, confident and independent learners, and she strives to help them flourish in their development. She provides an excellent range of activities for children to keep them motivated, enthused and engaged at all times. Children thoroughly enjoy going swimming with the childminder at the local pool. She helps them to practise and strengthen their physical skills, as well as ensuring their safety. Children show visitors their impressive swim strokes as they imaginatively 'splash' onto the childminder's blue rug. Children love horse riding and take train rides with the childminder in the community. They visit exciting places of interest where they engage in pumpkin picking and learn where food comes from.

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The provision is outstanding

Children are happy and very well behaved. The childminder has exceptionally high expectations for children, believing that every child is capable of reaching their full potential. She provides children with plenty of positive support to enhance their ever-growing confidence and self-esteem. Activities also support this very well. For example, children make 'I like me' mirrors and discuss how they feel about themselves. Children consistently demonstrate a positive attitude to learning, through high levels of curiosity, exploration and enthusiasm.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has formed excellent partnerships with parents. They state how the childminder has been 'pivotal' in helping children achieve their 'milestones' and how she treats minded children 'like her own'. The childminder provides parents with her impressive planning based around children's interests and individual abilities. She has made high-quality resource packs for children to take home. These include activities to support children's early writing and mathematical development. This helps to provide an excellent and consistent way of extending children's learning at home. n Children experience rich and varied opportunities to be active. They visit a spacious woodland area that the childminder hires. She provides exciting activities for children, such as pond dipping, bug hunting and stimulating arts and crafts activities in nature. Indoors, children engage in yoga and calming mindfulness sessions. Their physical and emotional well-being is very well

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need to do better?

promoted. n The childminder attends a wealth of training to keep her professional knowledge up to date so that children make the best possible progress. Following an early reading course, the childminder has ensured children have consistent access to a wide range of books in different areas of her home. Children independently choose stories that are of interest to them and skilfully retell these in their own words using excellent vocabulary. The childminder plans for children to decorate

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27 November 2019 a 'special chair' to use for storytelling, to enable them to read books to each other to extend their already strong and developing literacy skills. n The childminder provides children with ample opportunities to voice their own opinions and views. Children complete visual questionnaires to gauge how they feel about an activity. The childminder ensures children can decide on which healthy snacks they would like and they select from an excellent choice. n Children are highly independent and well cared for. Children set the table with place mats, cups and plates. They serve themselves with blueberries using a spoon and peel the skin off their bananas. Children wipe their own noses, take themselves to the toilet and wash their face and hands. They tidy toys away and place their footwear in the designated shoebox, all of which helps them to build their strong autonomy skills. n The childminder ensures all children have access to experiences they may not

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have encountered yet. For example, children attend toddler groups to enhance their social skills. They have opportunities to visit places outdoors, such as the beach, and to engage in 'messy' play activities to extend their creativity skills even more.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has attended an extensive range of child protection courses, including those that cover wider safeguarding issues. She has signed up to receive email updates from local publications to ensure she is vigilant to any safety concerns. For example, she provides parents with the latest safety information to protect children at home. The childminder has a first-rate understanding of her role in protecting children's welfare and her procedures cover a comprehensive range of agencies she can contact should she be concerned about a child's well-being. The childminder completes clear and chronological incident forms when necessary and consistently risk assesses all eventualities to ensure children are kept safe.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY440675 Local authority Devon Inspection number 10075048 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 4 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 6 Date of previous inspection 25 April 2016

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2012 and lives in Newton Abbot, Devon. She offers care Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8am to 5pm, all year round. The childminder holds a level 3 qualification in childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder took the inspector on a learning walk and discussed the development opportunities children have to benefit their learning. n Children's and parents' views were obtained to seek their thoughts on the childminder's provision. n The inspector looked at the childminder's documentation, such as training courses, safeguarding procedures and her home resources packs. n A joint observation was carried out where the inspector and the childminder discussed the quality of teaching. n A range of activities was observed and the inspector considered the interactions between the childminder and the children.

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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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