Childminder 108347

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

The childminder provides an exceedingly warm and welcoming environment where children demonstrate that they feel incredibly confident and secure. She is highly responsive to children's needs and offers them reassurance and cuddles without hesitation. Children are extremely happy, self-assured and continually interact with each other and the childminder. This is evident from the constant smiles on their faces.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder offers an excellent curriculum and provides children with an inspiring range of activities. She engages in children's play and is skilled at interacting with them. This is demonstrated as children enthusiastically select books and react with delight as they successfully retell their favourite parts of familiar stories. The childminder use opportunities extremely well to enable children to predict familiar sounds and rhymes. She constantly repeats words back to them and models the correct pronunciation. Children learn new vocabulary rapidly. They make exceptional progress in their communication, language and literacy skills.

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The provision is outstanding

Children gain an excellent sense of responsibility. They persevere and show great determination to succeed at tasks. They demonstrate this as they enthusiastically wipe down their painting table after their craft activity. The children think about their personal safety at a very young age. They work together to push the table and chairs to the side to make more space to play. Children behave exceptionally well and develop firm friendships with each other.

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need to do better?

n The childminder understands the significance of children's home lives and experiences. Partnerships with parents are excellent and play an extremely strong part in successfully meeting children's individual needs. The childminder involves parents in their children's learning. For example, she talks to them about sharing books with their children and provides support and guidance such as how to manage children's behaviour at home. n Teaching is of an exceptionally high quality. The childminder assesses children's progress accurately. She uses this information extremely well to plan stimulating learning experiences based on the children's individual needs, experiences and prior learning. Children love to be physically active. They explore a wide range of activities, such as dancing, where they develop their skills. Children jump up and down with delight as they shake their musical instruments. This supports their

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need to do better?

emotional well-being highly effectively. n The childminder creates a warm, family feel to the setting and children flourish in her care. They receive consistent praise and develop an extremely strong sense of belonging. Children are compassionate and show high levels of respect

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17 January 2020 for others. For example, they help to set up painting activities and share their resources willingly. Children select their own colours and work well together to squeeze out the paint with enthusiasm. This helps to develop their small muscles in preparation for early writing highly effectively. n The childminder has a clear vision for her provision. Through highly effective self-evaluation, she has maintained the outstanding standards of practice since the last inspection. The childminder identifies any training or support needs quickly and builds on her professional development according to the needs of children. This helps all children to achieve at the highest level. Consequently, they make rapid progress in their development. The childminder monitors her assistant highly effectively and provides him with ongoing training. This rapidly improves outcomes for children. n The childminder fosters opportunities to promote children's understanding of

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healthy living. Children enjoy nutritious and healthy meals. They are keen to tell visitors the healthy snacks they enjoy, such as blueberries. Children develop excellent levels of independence and learn how to tend to their self-care needs from an early age. They actively clean their dolls' hands and discuss the need to wash away the germs. n The children have wonderful opportunities to explore the wider world. They delight in outings to national park venues and in seeing the soldiers at Windsor Castle. Children thoroughly enjoy outings to local woods. The childminder uses these opportunities to introduce ideas to spark their curiosity and imagination. For example, children take pleasure in tree stencilling, which builds on their curiosity and discovery skills exceptionally well.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Safeguarding is given utmost priority. The childminder ensures that there is a strong culture of keeping children safe and shows an excellent knowledge of a wide range of safeguarding issues. She fully understands her duty to prevent children from being drawn into situations that put them at significant risk of harm. The childminder is vigilant and has a thorough understanding of the procedures to follow if she is concerned about a child. She routinely follows up any unexplained absences and ensures her knowledge of child protection is extremely thorough. The childminder implements her policies and procedures extremely well to help minimise hazards to children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 108347 Local authority Windsor and Maidenhead Inspection number 10136139 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 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 11 Date of previous inspection 4 November 2015

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 1995. She lives in Maidenhead, Berkshire. The childminder works with her husband who is her assistant. She works weekdays, from 7.15am until 6pm, term time only. The childminder holds a relevant level 3 early years qualification.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector spoke to children and read written statements from parents to gain their views of the childminder's provision. n Discussions were held with the childminder relating to safeguarding and the process of self-evaluation. n Relevant documentation was viewed by the inspector, such as training certificates and public liability insurance. n The childminder showed the inspector around the areas of her home that are used for childcare. She talked about the different activities she provides to support children's learning and development. n The inspector observed the childminder interacting with children. She assessed the impact of the childminder's teaching on what children know and can do and discussed her observations with the childminder.

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Inspection activities

17 January 2020 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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17 January 2020 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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