Marshall, Teresa Ann

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 an engaging and fantastic role model whose dedication, commitment and high expectations for children provides them with a warm and welcoming environment where they positively thrive. Children are very well settled and display high levels of emotional security and close relationships with the childminder. Their behaviour is consistently excellent.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder provides exceptional care and education for children. She has a clear and concise focus for what she wants children to learn. She creates opportunities for the children to explore and lead their own play as well as planning carefully sequenced activities that support children in rapidly moving forward in their development.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder takes children out on a variety of outings to enrich and widen their experiences and help enhance their social skills. Children visit the library, forest school, allotment, the community farm and mix with other childminders and groups of children. This helps to build children's knowledge of their community. The childminder provides children with a range of new experiences and opportunities to build on their skills. For example, they are fully involved in preparing their own allotment area and nurturing seedlings ready to plant in it.

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need to do better?

n The childminder seamlessly weaves her curriculum through all activities. Each activity is carefully planned, sequenced and progressive. The childminder ensures that children's learning is consolidated and they are excellently prepared for the next stages of learning and development. n The childminder successfully weaves mathematical learning into children's play. For example, children engage in planting and growing experiences where they count and compare size. Children accurately identify the representing numerals matching the amount of flowers in the pot. The childminder encourages children to instantly recognise small amounts without counting. For instance, 'three donkeys' or 'two sheep' during their enrichment visit to the community farm. Children gain a strong sense of number and demonstrate impressive mathematical ability for their age. n Children's communication and language development is skilfully promoted

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throughout the day. Children engage in back-and-forth interactions with the childminder, who comments on their play and responds positively to the new words children use in their exploration. The childminder uses books and songs to promote and support her curriculum. She reads to children frequently, repeating words throughout activities, such as 'sprout', 'roots' and 'tiny'. This carefully planned repetition exposes children to a range of new vocabulary and helps the

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26 March 2025 youngest children to learn new words in a range of contexts. n The childminder understands the importance of children developing physical skills. Children have daily access to exercise and fresh air. From a young age, children learn to navigate the uneven, natural terrain. They demonstrate how they are well practiced in their fine motor skills as they effectively use pipette and intricately transfer tiny items such as seeds from one place to another. The childminder helps the children to consider and manage risks. For example, they know to only pet the friendly farm animals and have participated in creating the 'house rules' in order to keep everyone safe and happy. n The childminder promotes children's independence skills from a young age. For example, when washing hands, children demonstrate they are very familiar with the routine, using soap and drying thoroughly. Children understand the times

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when they need to wash their hands, including after petting the farm animals. n The childminder is proactive in seeking out opportunities to advance her excellent knowledge and skills and shares her initiatives with other childminders. She continues to strive to enhance her practice further by remaining up to date with current practice. Through use of webinars, training and by working alongside other childminders, the childminder maintains a fresh and motivated approach to her work. This translates effectively into a curriculum that is ever evolving to ensure that children gain the vital skills needed to be highly successful learners in the future. n Parents are extremely happy with the care their children receive. They know exactly what the childminder is focusing on to support their children to learn, and she provides parents with ideas, challenges and resources to help their learning at home. The childminder shares children's development with parents

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and values parents requests for what they would like their children to learn next.

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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 EY398891 Local authority Kent Inspection number 10380828 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 9 Date of previous inspection 25 June 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder has been registered since 2009. She lives in Kent. The childminder provides her service all year round, including during school holidays and on some weekends. She is in receipt of funding to provide free early education. The childminder holds an appropriate level 4 qualification.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder showed the inspector around her childminding premises to understand how the early years provision and the curriculum are organised. n The inspector spoke with the childminder about the leadership and management of the setting. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n A sample of documents was reviewed by the inspector, including suitability checks and a paediatric first-aid training certificate. n Parents' views were taken account of by the inspector.

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Inspection activities

26 March 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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