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 Outstanding

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder is highly attentive to children's care and education needs. She listens very carefully to what they have to say and is extremely effective at supporting their emotional well-being. Children are happy, confident and curious, and show high levels of independence. The childminder constantly encourages children to be self-confident in their own abilities. Children know where things belong; they make choices about what they want to do and investigate and explore. For example, children choose their own paper and select their own paints when they decide that they want to paint a picture. This helps children to have a sense of belonging, as they feel valued, respected and listened to.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder has an excellent knowledge of each child. She assesses individual children's progress, paying detailed attention to the knowledge and skills of every child. She meticulously plans what children need to learn next and implements a highly effective curriculum. This helps all children to make rapid progress in their learning and development. The childminder uses her first-class knowledge of how children learn and develop to skilfully teach them new knowledge and skills. For example, she recognises when children miss numbers out of their counting sequence and creates opportunities for them to hear it correctly. This helps children to be fully ready for their next stage in learning.

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need to do better?

n The childminder constantly reflects on the service she provides to children and their families. She shares ideas with other childminders, undertakes training and engages in reading about child development. This enables her to continuously improve her practice and provide a high-quality service that promotes excellent outcomes for children. n The childminder delivers a superb curriculum for communication and language. She reads stories with enthusiasm, enhancing children's love of books. Children use props to sequence and retell stories. Children from the youngest age use a wide range of vocabulary to talk about what they are doing and what they are interested in. For example, they talk about wheelbarrows and cocoons. Children are highly effective communicators. n The childminder places high importance on developing children's personal, social and emotional skills, and consistently promotes kindness. Older children learn to

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understand the needs of others as they help younger children with their drinks. Children's behaviour is impeccable. n The childminder provides an excellent range of activities for children to develop their physical skills. She provides opportunities for children to develop new skills and to refine and practise existing skills. For example, children squeeze pipettes, balance along beams, catch and roll balls and tip and pour in a range of

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5 September 2024 activities that are always available for them to revisit. This supports children to be efficient in the use of their small and large physical skills. n Partnerships with parents are exceptional. Parents describe how their children thrive in the childminder's care. They consider the childminder to be attentive to the children's needs and focused on nurturing growth with patience and kindness. The childminder builds highly effective relationships with families from when children first start to attend. She finds out about children's home experiences and extends them. She supports parents to continue learning at home by providing story sacks to take home that include books and props that children enjoy using while in the childminder's care. This helps children to have a fully consistent approach to meeting their needs, which supports them to excel in their learning. n The childminder implements an effective and sequenced educational programme

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that develops children's literacy skills. Children use sticks to make marks in the sand and visit the library regularly. The childminder provides books in every area of children's play to extend their knowledge of the activity they are undertaking. Children demonstrate a love of books and are well prepared for early writing. n The childminder has high expectations of children and creates numerous opportunities for mathematical development. Children test out their own ideas in relation to what objects float and sink and sort them out into categories. The childminder encourages children to think about solutions to challenges. When cars become stuck moving down a track, the childminder supports children to think about why this might be the case and what they might need to do to resolve the problem. Children are critical thinkers who are able to solve problems.

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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 EY418062 Local authority Stockport Inspection number 10350913 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 8 Date of previous inspection 13 September 2018

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2010 and lives in Stockport. She operates all year round from 7.45am to 5.30pm, Monday to Thursday, except for family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for children aged two and three years.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder showed the inspector the premises and discussed how they ensure that they are safe and suitable. n The childminder and the inspector completed a learning walk together to discuss the childminder's intentions for children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and children. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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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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