Childminder in Devon

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 flourish in the exceptionally nurturing and stimulating environment. The childminder places great emphasis on working closely with parents to establish consistent routines that fully meet the needs of each child. Consequently, children settle quickly into the home and are clearly extremely happy and secure in the childminder's care. Children show very high levels of confidence and independence, which are thoroughly nurtured by the childminder. For example, they fully prepare their own lunches each day. Children are exceptionally well engaged in their play. They work happily with others and their behaviour is exemplary.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder has ambitious expectations for children's development and they make excellent progress from their starting points. The childminder uses her expert knowledge of each child to consistently challenge and extend their learning. Young children are learning to write their names, while others learn about fractions and length as they snap breadsticks into halves and quarters and compare their sizes. Children delight in the childminder's company and enthusiastically share their thoughts and ideas. The childminder treats children with the utmost respect and listens carefully. She then makes outstanding use of such opportunities to involve children in planning exciting experiences that follow their interests and enhance their exploration of the world. For example, they collectively decide on a trip to a local museum incorporating a bus ride, as some children have never been on one before.

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need to do better?

n The childminder remains highly reflective of her practice. She is ambitious in her desire to maintain her highly focused outstanding provision. She uses the knowledge she acquires from her professional development to continually improve on her service. For example, following training on early literacy, she has increased the number of storytelling and singing sessions and placed greater emphasis on helping children understand the story structure of a beginning, middle and end. n The childminder meticulously tracks children's progress and uses this to identify precise and detailed next steps to develop children's learning in all aspects of their development. She makes excellent use of this information to plan an exceptionally broad and stimulating curriculum that successfully captures children's interests and builds on their existing knowledge. n Children's care and education are maximised because the childminder

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need to do better?

establishes excellent partnerships with parents and other childcare providers. She shares detailed and regular information with all relevant parties. Parents report that they are highly delighted with the inspirational childcare, the amazing curriculum and the progress their children make. They feel well informed about

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need to do better?

16 March 2020 children's achievements, very involved and well supported to enable them to continue children's learning experiences at home. n The childminder skilfully plays alongside the children and uses questions and demonstrations to help children to maximise the learning experience. Young children confidently match and sort animals by colour and learn colour names with support from the childminder. Older children extend their skills as the childminder adds challenge to their play. They confidently count up to 12 and complete simple sums to successfully add another blueberry to their two existing ones and know they now have three. n The childminder is highly successful at helping children foster a strong sense of self-worth. Children learn words to describe their feelings, use mirrors to explore their own features and can confidently describe features that are unique to them, as well as recognising differences between others.

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n The childminder skilfully uses current affairs to help children develop their understanding of world issues and how to keep themselves safe through following rigorous hygiene procedures. Children learn about germs and their impact. They carry out experiments to understand what soap does to germs and sing a special song to help them know how long to spend washing their hands. n The childminder provides a language-rich environment, where children continually build and extend their vocabulary through stories, songs and discussion. Consequently, all children are confident communicators. The childminder fosters a passion for books. Children are enthralled as she brings stories to life and sustains high levels of concentration and engagement during story time. Children have impressive literature knowledge, and even young children are able to recognise both their own and others' names. Children are exceptionally well prepared for their future learning.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Children's safety and well-being are given the highest priority. The childminder carries out rigorous risk assessments on her home, which is clean and extremely safe for children. High priority is given to teaching children to follow rigorous hygiene procedures. Children show an excellent understanding of the hygiene procedures. For example, they wash their hands unprompted when they come in from outdoors. The childminder capitalises on daily opportunities to help children learn how to keep themselves safe. She gives clear reminders when they are using knives to cut up their fruit and reminds children of safety rules when using scissors. The childminder has an excellent understanding of all aspects of safeguarding and her responsibilities to report any concerns about children's welfare.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 104662 Local authority Devon Inspection number 10125388 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 6 Date of previous inspection 15 December 2015

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 1995. She lives in Bideford, in North Devon. The childminder holds a level 3 early years qualification. She operates her service Monday to Thursday, from 7.30am to 5.30pm, all year round. The childminder is in receipt of funding for children aged three years.

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Inspection activities

n Ofsted is aware of the challenges that Covid-19 is currently posing to those we inspect. During this visit, the inspector took into consideration the impact of any measures being taken to slow the spread of Coronavirus by the childminder. This has included the effect these measures have had on the current attendance of the children. n The childminder gave the inspector a tour of the premises and explained how she organises her practice. n The inspector spoke to parents and read testimonials to take account of their views. n The childminder and inspector carried out a joint observation and discussed the impact of activities on children's learning. n A range of documentation was sampled by the inspector, including evidence of the suitability of household members and certificates of training held by the childminder. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.

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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

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