Childminder EY378912

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 thrive in the childminder and co-childminder's highly welcoming home. They settle quickly at this marvellous setting and clearly feel completely secure. The childminder is an excellent role model. She encourages children to share, use good manners and take turns. As a result, their behaviour is exemplary. Children are highly engaged and motivated in their learning. They 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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The provision is outstanding

The childminder has exceptional knowledge of how children learn and provides exciting, stimulating activities that are very well matched to their needs and interests. She gives children time to explore and is skilful at knowing when to get involved in children's learning to extend it further. For instance, children thoroughly enjoy taking part in science-style experiments, mixing colours using pipettes to transfer water into test tubes. The childminder extends children's vocabulary superbly, adding in new words such as 'overflows' and 'erupts'. Children then independently use these words during their play.

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need to do better?

n 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. Children 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 Children's literacy skills are promoted exceptionally well. Older children are able to write their own names, forming recognisable letters. The childminder has

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need to do better?

reflected on how she is supporting younger children's literacy skills. For instance, she has recently made children individual name stickers to put on their artwork, to allow younger children the ownership of labelling their work. They are developing their early literacy skills as they show excellent name recognition when finding their name from a pile. n Outstanding relationships with parents successfully support a shared approach to children's learning. Parents are exceptionally complimentary about the childminder and her co-childminder. The childminder works in harmony with parents to support them with aspects of their child's care and education. They

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need to do better?

27 January 2020 share detailed next steps and ideas to support parents to continue their children's learning at home. n Children benefit from an extremely wide range of experiences that help to further their understanding of the wider world. 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 provides highly nutritious meals for children and actively promotes their good health. Children wash their hands before they eat and show an excellent understanding of good hygiene practice. They confidently talk about washing germs down the drain to stop them getting into their tummies. n The childminder supports children's physical development superbly. For instance,

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children strengthen their hand and arm muscles as they manipulate dough to music. The childminder has an excellent understanding of the importance of developing these muscles to support early writing skills, and the importance of developing coordination and crossing over the midline in their bodies to extend this.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Children's safety is given extremely high priority. The childminder has an excellent understanding of her responsibility to keep children safe. She is exceptionally confident in how to deal with any concerns about a child's welfare and what she would be looking out for that would cause her concern. The childminder has extensive knowledge of wider safeguarding issues and the possible signs to be aware of around these. The environment is safe and secure. The childminder conducts thorough risk assessments of her home and any outings that children take part in. Children learn how to keep themselves safe, and show extreme confidence as they use knives safely when cutting fruit during mealtimes.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY378912 Local authority Swindon Inspection number 10125665 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 foundation degree in early years.

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Inspection activities

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

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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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Inspection activities

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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