Maddock, Andrew Keith

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 excel and develop a wonderful love of learning in this stimulating, extensively resourced and ever-evolving setting. They play happily and are highly motivated to take part in activities by the childminder's animated, fun and skilful teaching. Children have excellent attachments to the childminder. His loving and nurturing manner, and calm, consistent and orderly daily care routines, help children to feel settled, safe and secure. Enticing, limitless educational programmes help children to absorb a wealth of knowledge and gain essential foundations for starting nursery or school. Children are eager learners who develop impressive language, social and physical skills. They are deeply engaged in harmonious play. For example, younger and older children patiently take turns to play the keyboard, while singing favourite rhymes into the microphone with great gusto.

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The provision is outstanding

Through carefully planned activities that reflect their interests, children are skilfully guided to develop great independence. For example, children focus intently while dressing dolls and manipulating different fastenings, such as poppers and zips. This helps to develop children's hand-eye coordination in readiness for managing their own dressing skills. The childminder expertly adapts and sequences the curriculum to support each child's age and stage of learning. For example, during a winter- themed activity, younger children delight in feeling the texture of soft, fluffy 'snowballs' and listening to the sounds of the crinkly white shredded paper 'snow'. Older children learn about the world and nature; they talk about ice and polar animals that live in the arctic. The childminder's excellent role modelling reflects in children's extremely positive and highly sociable behaviour.

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n The childminder has an excellent knowledge of what children know, can do and need to master next. He uses this information extremely well to accelerate children's learning. He adds inventive homemade resources to enrich learning, such as a penguin-themed posting box. Such activities support young children's fascinations and development of motor skills as they post fish through the penguin's mouth. Older children learn early mathematical skills while counting the dots on the fish before posting them. n The childminder exchanges a wealth of information with parents about children's progress and how they can help to advance this. This includes, for example, sharing activity ideas through online platforms, newsletters, the parents' notice board and face-to-face feedback and progress meetings. n Children have an excellent understanding of daily routines, displayed through a pictorial chart. This helps to prepare younger children emotionally for changes.

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Children self-register on arrival, happily tidy up and line up sensibly when walking through different areas or going to wash their hands.

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20 January 2025 n The childminder ignites toddler's curiosity through his enthusiasm. As toddlers explore tactile resources with intrigue, such as homemade 'sensory' bottles containing different media, he models how to turn one upside down. This results in the glitter dancing and glistening in the water. Toddlers shake a bottle filled with dried pasta in imitation, intrigued by the sound this makes. n The childminder promotes children's language development exceptionally well. Alongside his animated narration, he nurtures children's love of stories. As well as a cosy reading area, fiction and non-fiction books enrich other areas of play, such as the construction area, dentist role play and winter-themed activity tray. n Children have ample opportunities to develop their independence skills. For example, they access the water dispenser and swap their shoes for slippers after returning inside. Children develop a wonderful 'have-a-go' attitude, as they learn

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to put on, and zip up coats. They thrive on the high levels of praise they receive. n Children develop excellent motor skills. Toddlers get on and off, and manoeuvre, ride-on toys. They practise their hand-eye coordination while grasping kitchen utensils to hit metal pans. Children develop core stability and balance, for instance, by using different equipment that takes full account of the sequence in which they learn. n The childminder provides rich opportunities for children to learn about everyone's differences, such as through resources and displayed images. Older children learn about special celebrations, for example, through displays and craft activities. They sample multicultural foods, visit places within the community and watch videos linked to festivals. n The childminder's qualification and expansive continued professional development, has a significant impact on his practice. Exemplary self-reflection

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develops practice to an even higher level. The childminder has created an online 'advice' library, which is constantly updated to reflect changes and updates. n A key area of improvement has been the new wooden indoor play structure, designed and built by the childminder himself as an extension to outdoors. This has made it exceptionally easy for children to choose where they want to learn and play, and develop their interests. Older children can access more advanced activities, such as richly resourced role play, craft, mathematics and literacy areas.

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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 EY427862 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 10372159 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 15 Date of previous inspection 3 April 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2011 and lives in the Holmewood area of Bradford. He operates Monday to Friday, all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder works with another childminder. He holds a childcare qualification at level 3 and offers government-funded childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed the suitability and safety of the childminder's premises. n The inspector held discussions with the childminder and his co-childminder to understand how they organise their early years provision and implement the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education during indoor and outdoor activities and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The childminder and the inspector carried out a joint evaluation of an activity. n The inspector spoke to a parent during the inspection and viewed written feedback from parents. She also gained written feedback from the school that Nursery- and Reception-aged children also attend. n The inspector sampled documents, including those related to children's learning and the childminder's continued professional development.

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20 January 2025 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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