Childminder in Bradford

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, not yet four years old, are more than ready for school and take part in an inspiring and highly challenging curriculum. They have a thirst for learning and show exceptional knowledge and focus. Children use astounding language and vocabulary. They remember and understand impressive words, such as 'nocturnal' and 'hibernation'. Children explain how they made a rocket and recall facts about space pioneers, such as Yuri Gagarin and Neil Armstrong. Children excitedly recall science experiments such as replicating a lava eruption. They explain that lava comes up from the earth through a volcano.

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The provision is outstanding

Children demonstrate excellent behaviour and friendships. They negotiate who will be which character, while creating their own café role play. Children use real food items to enhance their imaginative play. This extends to children making funny faces on fruit. Children create a colourful spiky hairstyle on the top of a melon, using tape and pipe cleaners. They proudly show off their comical creation.

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The provision is outstanding

Babies thrive because of secure emotional attachments to the loving childminder. These are initially built during the excellent settling-in process. Babies have exceptional communication skills. They constantly babble and confidently use gestures to make their needs known during nurturing care routines. Babies are extremely inquisitive. They actively explore, investigate and learn how things work within the safe and highly resourced environment.

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need to do better?

n The childminder undertakes superior observation and assessment. This informs children's future learning, supported through excellent partnerships with parents and other settings. Children eagerly look at extensive photographs that capture their unique learning journey. Parents support children's interests and next steps through home-learning resources and share favourite stories at home. n The childminder deepens children's knowledge through, for instance, excellent outings, craft activities, stories and non-fiction books. She also uses online resources to build on topics and children's interests. These include videos that show, for example, a rocket launch or a volcano erupting. n The childminder's teaching and modelling of language are exemplary, for instance, when children snuggle on her knee for a story. She maximises opportunities to extend children's learning. For example, as children blow on the

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wind spiral, the childminder suggests they make their own and models the process. Children show deep engagement and excellent hand-to-eye coordination while skilfully using scissors. n Babies have a wonderful 'can-do' approach and learn new skills remarkably quickly. They beam with delight while creating sounds by banging the metal

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3 March 2020 plate with the wooden nail brush. Babies dance when they press musical buttons and excitedly observe balls whizzing down and out of a hole. n Children develop impressive literacy and mathematical skills. They make signs and write down orders in the role-play café. The childminder highlights rhyming words, such as 'cheese' and 'please'. Children count while chopping up healthy food and use words, such as 'most' and 'least'. Children show great problem- solving skills. They study how to attach the straw to their wind spiral and make the bendy straw sturdier. Babies delight in exploring different textures in books. n Children show outstanding independence during excellent care routines that promote healthy living. Without prompting, they wash their hands after coughing, when wiping their noses and also before eating. Babies precisely remove sugar snap peas from the pods. The childminder suggests children plant

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the seeds the day after and children talk about making healthy fruit smoothies. The childminder follows oral health initiatives to reinforce positive lifestyle messages. n Children excitedly help to make lunch. The childminder compares the dark and pale yokes as children crack eggs. She explains what the word 'scrambled' means. Babies delight in the wonderful social interactions. n Children have ample opportunities to learn about being unique. Babies peer in to the metal plate and children speak fondly of their peers and family members in photographs. The childminder is an excellent role model. She encourages kind, caring and respectful behaviour. Children take part in charity events and take items to charity shops and food banks. n The childminder accesses extensive information to evaluate and improve practice. She attends training, such as that related to involving parents in initiatives which help prepare their children for school.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder gives high priority to promoting children's safety and welfare. She undertakes meticulous risk assessments and has a thorough knowledge of child protection issues. She keeps this up to date, for instance through research and training. Babies are closely supervised as they confidently practise their developing physical skills. Children show their understanding of risk. For example, they exclaim that, 'the strawberries don't need chopping up, because they are no longer babies and won't choke'. The childminder sensitively reminds children to pick up dropped items in the role-play areas, in order to minimise accidents.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY307540 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 10117697 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childminder

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inspection

Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 13 Date of previous inspection 13 March 2015

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2005 and lives in Menston, Ilkley. She operates Monday to Friday, term time only, from 7am to 6pm. The childminder 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 carried out a joint evaluation of an activity. n The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She 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. n The childminder shared written feedback from parents.

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Inspection activities

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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