Childminder EY472876

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 has high expectations of herself and the children, who are highly motivated, make excellent progress and develop essential skills for future learning. The childminder reinforces children's knowledge with great skill. For example, while learning about winter, children eagerly create snowmen out of bottles and decorate biscuits to create a melted snowman. The childminder asks what will happen when they add water to the powdery substance. When the icing sugar goes too runny, children predict how they can make it thicker.

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The provision is outstanding

Older children excitedly suggest making a scarf out of ribbon for their snowman, skilfully cutting this to their calculated length. When attaching this proves tricky, the childminder models how to wrap the ribbon around the bottle, cross one length under the other and pull the two ends together tightly. Children show great pride when they master this. Children show impressive concentration. They show great anticipation as the childminder suggests they find online videos of a melting snowman. Children are enthralled as they excitedly exclaim that the snowman has melted into a puddle.

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The provision is outstanding

Children behave exceptionally well. They happily follow daily routines, such as tidying up, which the childminder makes fun. Children explore the safe home with great confidence, independence and security. They have wonderful emotional attachments to the nurturing childminder.

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need to do better?

n The childminder's settling-in process is excellent. Parents share comprehensive information about children before they start and thereafter. The childminder uses this information highly effectively to inform her observation, assessment and planning. She provides an inspiring, rich range of activities and first-hand experiences. These ignite children's curiosity and sense of awe and wonder of the world. They foster children's deep engagement and their wonderful approach to learning. n The childminder shares her passion for the outdoors with parents. They provide waterproof suits so that children can benefit greatly from experiencing all weathers. Children enjoy ample physical activity and the unique learning opportunities the outdoors offers. For example, they splash in puddles, explore mud and learn about nature. The childminder combines children's love of books and the outdoors through story trails.

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n Children develop impressive language through the childminder's excellent role modelling. She introduces new words as she explains how the icing sugar is absorbing the water. Children listen attentively to an exciting favourite story. They stomp like a stegosaurus, swoop like a pterodactyl and pretend to swish an

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23 January 2020 enormous tail like the diplodocus. Young children delight in using home-made props, such as puppets and a nursery rhyme dice, to sing favourite songs. n Children enthusiastically help with preparing meals and finding their place mat to set the table for the highly sociable lunch. Their excellent understanding of healthy living is reinforced further, for instance through planting, growing and shopping for healthy ingredients. n Children celebrate diversity in exemplary ways. They watch online videos, engage in craft activities, observe cultural artefacts and books and sample food as they learn about festivals. The childminder displays families' photographs, helping children to explore their uniqueness. Children recycle rubbish to help care for the environment. They also contribute to charity events, such as making a reverse advent calendar for a local food bank. n The childminder undertakes a comprehensive audit of her practice. She attends

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briefing sessions and webinars and completes an exhaustive range of further training. Consequently, her care practices, teaching and learning are of the highest standard. n Children develop excellent mathematical and literacy skills, including through innovative home-made resources. Older children swap shorter pipe cleaners for longer ones when they do not fit around the bottle to make their snowman's arms. Younger children accurately count two eyes. Children develop small- muscle skills while using tweezers. They place their name on the 'Who's here today?' house and older children write letters. n Parental involvement is exceptional. The childminder holds regular progress conservations and proudly displays children's 'Wow' moments from home. Parents receive home learning ideas, such as going on a listening walk, creating noise makers and making snakes with conkers. They also borrow their children's favourite stories to read with them at home.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder gives high priority to keeping children safe. She has comprehensive safeguarding policies and procedures that underpin her first-class practice. She has an excellent knowledge of possible signs of abuse and how to report concerns of a child protection nature. The childminder utilises many sources of information and training resources to keep herself up to date with changes to safeguarding policies, procedures and practices. She undertakes meticulous risk assessments to promote children's welfare and minimise accidents. The childminder displays signs to reinforce safety messages to parents, for example not using their mobile phones.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY472876 Local authority Wakefield Inspection number 10075645 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 2 to 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 10 Date of previous inspection 8 March 2016

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2014 and lives in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Her husband is registered as her assistant solely for occasional use or emergency back- up care. The childminder operates Monday to Friday, from 6.45am to 6pm, all year round, except bank holidays and family holidays. She provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed areas used for childcare purposes, activities indoors and the interactions between the childminder and children. n The childminder and inspector held a number of discussions. The inspector looked at relevant documents, children's records of learning and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household. n The inspector spoke to children during the inspection and viewed picture questionnaires that children had completed. n The childminder shared written feedback from parents with the inspector in the form of questionnaires and pre-inspection letters. n The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.

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Inspection activities

23 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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Inspection activities

23 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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