Childminder in Warwickshire

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's home. The childminder creates a highly stimulating learning environment that is well organised and accessible to children. Children are engrossed in self-chosen learning activities for long periods of time, which support them to extend their ideas and form opinions. They are excited and giggle every time they make new discoveries. For example, when children investigate crunchy textures, they taste them and look in a mirror to discover how their teeth make sounds.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder creates a home-from-home environment for children to learn, explore and build their characters. Children are highly motivated to ask questions, undertake enquiries and test their ideas under the childminder's watchful direction. For example, children compare crocodiles' teeth to human teeth, learn about their differences and investigate why children lose primary teeth.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder expertly incorporates planning for all areas of learning into her daily activities. Children benefit from a vast range of fantastic outdoor physical activities that also provide excellent opportunities for developing key skills, including their communication and language, turn taking and large muscle movements. For example, children quickly solve problems when they find hidden ingredients in a mud kitchen. They are totally immersed as they explore the wet sand properties that they want to use for their baking. They confidently squat, run and stretch their large muscles while using the outdoor equipment.

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n The childminder's curriculum is extremely ambitious for all children. She expertly plans activities that build on children's interests and existing knowledge, as well as provides them with ambitious challenges. She gathers detailed information from parents on entry to ensure that all planned activities are purposeful, highly stimulating and extend children's learning effectively. n The learning environment is exceptionally well organised, and it enables children to extend their play and undertake enquiries. Children are extremely confident and curious learners, and they are exceptional communicators. They ask meaningful questions and use an impressively wide range vocabulary. They concentrate on their tasks and giggle excitedly when they achieve their goals. For example, children play a guessing game and speculate about a crocodile's shopping list. They excitedly match items to their names and celebrate when

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they guess correctly. n The childminder's knowledge of how to improve children's communication and language skills is exceptional. She uses many language strategies that are highly effective in enabling children to gain a better understanding of spoken and

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23 June 2023 written language. She builds on children's vocabulary exceptionally well and introduces lots of new key words. As a result, children develop confidence in their reading skills, and they are not inhibited from trying tricky words. n The childminder acts as an exemplary role model to children. She addresses children with great respect and graciousness. Children form close relationships with her and their peers. The childminder sets out clear rules and expectations. This promotes children's confidence and self-reliance skills. Children's behaviour and positive attitudes to learning are exceptional. They are entirely engaged in all inspirational activities that support their creativity and imaginative play. n Partnerships with parents are outstanding. The childminder sends regular updates to parents with detailed explanations of her curriculum and planned learning intentions. She self-evaluates her practice by seeking parents' feedback

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and constantly builds on her service. Parents are highly complementary about the childminder's expert knowledge and her excellent teaching skills. They are inspired and thankful for the information that she sends out on how to extend children's learning at home. They often share children's achievements with the childminder. This enables the childminder to further tailor her teaching to children's individual needs. n Children benefit from very healthy and nutritious meals. The childminder superbly utilises mealtimes to increase children's knowledge about making healthy choices and to demonstrate the effect food has on children's bodies. Children demonstrate extremely positive table manners, understand which foods are healthy and discuss the importance of brushing their teeth twice daily. n The childminder is very passionate about her work and is proud that children make rapid progress, ensuring that they are prepared effectively for school. She

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broadens children's experiences beyond their community through a vast range of stimulating books, discussions and trips such as to a tropical greenhouse. She continually builds on her knowledge and skills through training and reading research about children's learning and development.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder's knowledge of safeguarding arrangements is admirable. She regularly researches about safeguarding issues in her area, such as county lines, to ensure that she has the latest knowledge of how to keep children safe. She demonstrates that she fully understands her role and responsibility to notify local safeguarding partners should a child be at risk of maltreatment. She talks with great confidence about her duty to promote British values in her home in line with the 'Prevent' strategy to keep children safe from extremist views. The childminder conducts robust and thorough risk assessments to ensure that children are safe and secure in her home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY487332 Local authority Warwickshire Inspection number 10280729 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 3 Date of previous inspection 7 August 2017

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2015 and lives in Kenilworth. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays.

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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 childminder. n The childminder showed the inspector the premises and discussed how she ensures they are safe and suitable. n The childminder and the inspector discussed how the childminder organises her early years provision, including the aims and rationale for the early years foundation stage curriculum. n Children spoke to the inspector about what they enjoy doing while with the childminder. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request. n Parents shared their views of the childminder with the inspector.

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Inspection activities

23 June 2023 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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