Childminder EY390381

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 and her co-childminder provide an exceptionally warm and welcoming environment in which children become remarkably independent and exceptionally motivated learners. The environment is safe, highly welcoming and supports learning superbly. The childminder is wonderfully nurturing in her approach, particularly during care routines for younger children. For instance, she gives babies her full attention while they babble at her during mealtimes and she repeats these babbles back to children, developing superb bonds and supporting their early communication and language development exceptionally well. Children demonstrate that they feel extremely safe and secure.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder has extremely high expectations for all children. Children show impressive early literacy skills. For instance, older children independently form letters and write their names on their artwork. The childminder and co-childminder have recently made children individual name stickers to put on their artwork, to allow younger children the ownership of labelling their work. This develops their early literacy skills as they show excellent name recognition when finding their name from a pile. Children are making excellent progress in their learning and development. They confidently master new skills to prepare them extremely well for their next stage of learning and subsequent move to school.

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n Partnerships with parents are focused and highly effective. There is a consistent two-way flow of communication and children benefit highly from an entirely collaborative approach to their care and development. Parents are provided with in-depth information to enable them to continue learning at home. n Children learn to appreciate and celebrate different cultures and religions through rich and interesting activities. For instance, children are highly engaged during a role-play activity where they learn about Chinese New Year. They use traditional Chinese plates and cutlery. The childminder weaves mathematical development into the children's play and then extends this to look at the similarities and differences between English numerals and Chinese numerals. Children are fascinated by the different ways numbers can be written. n Children benefit from a wide range of outings and experiences that support

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them to learn about the wider world around them. For example, children help to grow vegetables and fruit at the childminder's allotment. They visit a local farm where they watch the life cycle of different animals and enjoy this regularly, through an annual pass. The childminder provides parents with annual passes so that they are able to go with their children at the weekends. n The childminder and co-childminder demonstrate an immense drive to continue

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27 January 2020 to enhance and develop their practice and provision. The childminder strives to provide children with the best possible early years experiences. She regularly reflects on her outstanding practice and continues to make improvements that benefit the children. She attends training and carries out her own independent research based on the needs of the children. For instance, recent training and extensive research has enabled the childminder and co-childminder to adapt children's mealtimes to allow them to be exceptionally independent. They are now able to serve their own food, allowing them to take control and not be overwhelmed. As a result, children are making huge progress in eating a varied diet. Parents comment that they see the benefit the change to mealtimes has had on their children. n The childminder has an excellent knowledge of how children learn and provides exciting, stimulating activities that are very well matched to their needs and

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interests. For instance, she supports younger children to develop their early walking skills by ensuring that there are ample opportunities for children to pull themselves up. She gets down to the children's level to help to develop these new skills. n The childminder has high expectations of children's behaviour. She talks with children in a calm and gentle way to support them to learn about the feelings of others. As a result, children's behaviour is excellent.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has an excellent understanding of the possible signs that may indicate a child is at risk of harm. She has a robust knowledge of wider safeguarding issues, including being drawn into extreme situations. The childminder has great knowledge and understanding of potential risks to children of different ages. For example, she is extremely vigilant about the close supervision of younger children to ensure that they are not at risk from smaller toys that older children are playing with. Older children show a great understanding of how to use knives safely as they confidently cut their own fruit at mealtimes.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY390381 Local authority Swindon Inspection number 10125678 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 0 to 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6 Date of previous inspection 5 May 2015

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2008. She works with another registered childminder in the Coleview area of Swindon, Wiltshire. The childminder operates all year round from 7am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder receives funding for the provision of free early education for two-, three- and four-year-olds. She holds a level 3 qualification in early years.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder and her co-childminder undertook a learning walk with the inspector and discussed how the curriculum is planned and delivered. n The inspector sampled a range of relevant documentation, including suitability checks, children's learning records and the childminder's self-evaluation. n A joint evaluation of an activity was carried out by the childminder and the inspector. n The inspector spoke to parents and read feedback about their experiences of the setting. n The inspector held discussions with the childminder and her co-childminder throughout the inspection.

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Inspection activities

27 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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27 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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