Childminder in Oxfordshire

Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is outstanding

All children thrive in this incredibly warm and welcoming setting. The childminder has an excellent understanding of the learning intentions for children's activities. She knows the children as unique individuals and provides exceptional support to meet their needs. The childminder provides skilful teaching and weaves this in as part of children's daily routines and activities. She provides a language-rich environment and builds on children's mathematical skills seamlessly during different activities. This approach helps children to practise and embed their knowledge and skills extremely well. All children make rapid progress from their starting points, including those who may need some extra help.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder and her co-childminder provide an inspiring range of learning experiences, which promote children's curiosity extremely well. For example, children explored a light-box table and other sensory resources, observing how they changed colour or shape. Young children become exceptionally independent. For example, they know to hang up dressing-up clothes and they put these back onto hangers.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminders plan activities that help children to develop exceptional concentration. Children very confidently initiate their own learning. For instance, a child asked for a particularly challenging activity that had recently been introduced by the childminders. This involved them 'pinching' pegs to give and take a card from each other and included using polite greetings. This enhanced children's patience as they waited for their turn and promoted respect for each other along with strengthening their hand muscles.

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need to do better?

n The childminder very accurately establishes children's starting points and plans for their progress exceptionally well. She uses her observations and assessments highly effectively to check that children have embedded new knowledge and skills. She identifies very specific next steps in learning to help children progress, such as particular sounds of letters to teach children to support their speech development. n The childminder engages children in consistently high-quality interactions. She poses questions to children skilfully to enhance their thinking skills and responses. This helps young children to use a wide range of vocabulary and communicate with ease. They frequently sing songs and read books, including in different places such as the woods. Children take part in follow-up activities, which help them recall stories, such as finding sticks to make their own 'stick man'. n Children practise and continually build on their skills, knowledge and

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23 July 2024 understanding. The childminder provides extremely well-thought-out activities for children. For example, children explored numbers, including the order of these, through a variety of activities. They gained awareness of how numbers are subtracted through reading a book. They identified and recognised numbers in sand and dough. Even the youngest children demonstrated their confident knowledge of counting and recognition of numbers. n The childminder supports children's behaviour exceptionally well. She provides highly sensitive support for children's emotional well-being, exploring and acknowledging their feelings with reassurance. Children's behaviour is excellent. They have an extremely good awareness of the behaviour expectations, such as commenting that 'it is nice to take turns'. They explained the potential consequences of behaviours, recognising that they might hurt themselves or others if they run indoors.

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n The childminder provides a range of outings and experiences to support children's excellent understanding of the community and the world around them. Children attend an intergenerational group to interact with older people. This helps children to develop an understanding of society and builds their confidence in social situations extremely well. A vast range of outings, including nature walks and visits to wildlife parks, help children to learn about the natural world. n The childminder is highly committed to her role. She completes an exceptional range of training to continually extend her skills. This includes gaining an early years degree since her last inspection. She uses ideas from training to further improve the quality of children's learning experiences. The childminder and her co-childminder constantly reflect and evaluate their provision and the effectiveness of their practice. This helps them to continuously improve their

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provision. n There are extremely strong partnerships with parents and other settings children attend. The childminder is highly proactive in her communication. She gathers a wide range of information from parents about their children and provides ongoing detailed feedback to them. The childminder initiates contact with other settings children attend and provides information to them, including assessments. This promotes excellent consistency in meeting children's needs. n The childminder supports children's learning at home very successfully. For instance, children frequently take home resources and books. These include age- appropriate books to read about internet safety, to raise their awareness of staying safe. Parents' feedback is extremely complimentary about the childminder. They comment about the exceptional range of skills children gain from attending her setting.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY501424 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 10350903 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Childminder

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inspection

Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 9 Date of previous inspection 11 September 2018

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2016. She lives in the village of Benson, Oxfordshire. The childminder cares for children with her co-childminder, Monday to Thursday from 9am to 5.30pm for most of the year except for bank holidays and family holidays. She receives funding to provide early years education to children aged two. The childminder has a range of relevant qualifications, including an early years level 6 qualification.

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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 spoke to the inspector about children's learning and development and how she supports their progress. n Children chatted to the inspector and interacted with her during the inspection. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The childminder and inspector held discussions during the inspection. n Parents and some children provided written feedback and the inspector took account of their views. n A sample of documentation, including training certificates, were reviewed during the inspection.

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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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