Childminder in Stockport

Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is outstanding

Children's attention becomes deeply absorbed in the childminder's purposeful and expertly designed activities. They know that she will offer experiences that fascinate and surprise them. This helps to promote children's joyful and alert participation. Pre-school children are excited to discover that the childminder has chalked numbers onto the garden fence. They accurately squirt water at a number until it disappears. Children ask the childminder which number has gone. She playfully models 'thinking hard' before she answers. This shows children that learning and remembering requires time and effort. Toddlers are very determined to climb the smooth slope of artificial grass in the garden. This is challenging but achievable. The childminder offers timely advice that helps them to persevere. Children's success is rewarded when they whizz triumphantly and safely back down the slippery hill. Children make exceptional progress in their learning and

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder adapted her curriculum to take account of the COVID-19 pandemic. She knew that face coverings had reduced children's opportunities to see people's facial expressions. Children have fun making faces in mirrors. They find out that faces communicate thoughts and emotions. They talk about their own emotions. This helps children, from a young age, to understand and modify their own behaviour.

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n The well-qualified childminder delivers a curriculum that captures children's interest and accelerates their progress. For example, she wants children to develop strength and dexterity in their hands and fingers. She focuses intentionally on this during every activity. Children squeeze hard to remove soapy water from sponges at the pretend car wash. They peel and cut fruit at snack time. They re-chalk the numbers onto the fence. Children are enthusiastic, active participants in individual learning that is enjoyable and unfailingly purposeful. n Children demonstrate thoughtful persistence in their self-chosen tasks. Pre- school children decide to make a birthday cake for the childminder. They want to achieve the exact number of candles for her age. Children check and recheck their counting until they are satisfied that the quantity matches the target number. The childminder provides perceptive guidance. This helps children to

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practise and extend their excellent mathematical skills. n The childminder cleverly incorporates literacy into every activity and routine. She makes a recipe card for play dough and points to each word as she reads it. Pre- school children begin to do this independently because the childminder has demonstrated it many times. Toddlers copy what they observe and pretend to

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14 April 2022 read the card. This means that children, from a young age, knowledgeably associate written words with spoken ones. n The childminder ingeniously introduces new words in ways that amuse children. This helps them to remember and understand. Children read 'one glug of oil' on the recipe card for play dough. They watch and listen as a 'glug' emerges from the bottle. The childminder adds hot water to the mixture. Children think about words to describe the relative temperature. They say that 'warm' is 'a little bit hot'. Children's vocabulary is extensive. n The childminder helps children to discover and embrace the wider world. She sensitively communicates her own understanding that everyone is a valued and equal member of the group or community. This helps children to approach unfamiliar people and experiences in a confident and open manner. They demonstrate this superbly when they welcome the inspector into their play and

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conversation. Children learn that everyone is unique and contributes to creating a rich and diverse society. n Children make informed decisions about their health and well-being. For example, they eat a portion of their individual pizza then say that they have 'had enough' and will take the rest home. This helps children to manage their own food intake as they grow. The childminder teaches children who have allergies to confidently say which foods they must not eat. This helps children to keep themselves safe at all times. n Partnerships are strong and wholly effective. Everyone works together to develop highly consistent routines so that children develop independence in self- care ready for starting school. When children have targets set by specialist professionals, the childminder finds varied and creative ways to help children to achieve them. This promotes children's best possible progress.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder makes sure that she keeps her knowledge of local safeguarding procedures up to date. She makes changes to her policy to incorporate new information about the types of abuse that children may encounter. She knows what to do if she has concerns about children's welfare. The childminder teaches children to understand and minimise risks. They know that an adult must add boiling water to the play dough mixture because the water could scald them. Children know that their pizzas are cooking in a hot oven and they must keep away from it. The childminder keeps comprehensive and well-organised records. This helps her to promote children's health and safety really effectively.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY562713 Local authority Stockport Inspection number 10191080 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 7 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2018 and lives in Stockport. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Thursday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds a relevant qualification at level 3. She provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the childminder received since the COVID- 19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the childminder and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The childminder and the inspector discussed the childminder's intentions for her curriculum. They considered the impact of activities on children's progress. n The inspector observed interactions between the childminder and children. She spoke with and played with children. n The inspector spoke with one parent and read written feedback from others. She took account of parents' views. n Documents used in the childminder's setting were sampled by the inspector. The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of the childminder and members of her household aged 16 years and over.

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14 April 2022 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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14 April 2022 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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