Childminder 148456

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 offers a highly stimulating curriculum, which is precisely tailored to each child. She is ambitious for children to achieve their goals, regardless of their starting points. This means that no child is left behind. Children thrive in the care of the childminder. They are highly motivated to learn and are extremely inquisitive as they investigate their environment.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder knows how to enhance children's knowledge, while keeping everything fun and exciting. For instance, children show delight as they sing and dance in the rain. They are extremely curious and keep trying until they manage to catch it on their tongues. The childminder is highly skilled at keeping children engaged and uses their interests and ideas to continually build on their learning. For example, she challenges children to investigate and discuss differences in water flow as they tip rain water from leaves and the tarpaulin.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder actively embeds clear routines and expectations for behaviour. She consistently encourages children to have a go and test out their ideas. For example, with encouragement, young children experiment and attempt to balance their towers on slopes and different surfaces in the garden. Younger children learn from their older peers, and they too demonstrate great confidence and a sense of security in the care of the childminder. All children share resources with enthusiasm and show a strong sense of empathy for others.

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n The childminder delivers an exceptional curriculum that begins with thorough assessments of each child's starting points. Her deep understanding of their individual needs allows her to create highly stimulating activities that challenge and inspire children to learn. For example, as children build dens, she skilfully encourages them to problem-solve and test out their ideas. Even the youngest children confidently explore how to clip blankets together using resources such as pegs. They actively make predictions and work out how many they need. This nurtures their critical thinking and supports a genuine love of learning. n The childminder expertly weaves speech and language development into all areas of learning. For example, when children discover a ladybird, the childminder captures their curiosity and encourages them to describe its movements and imagine how it flies. She skilfully extends this further through

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related storybooks and creative activities, which support children to deepen their understanding of new concepts and vocabulary. Children make exceptional progress in their communication skills. They express themselves with confidence and show they are becoming highly effective communicators. n The childminder fosters young children's early interest in mathematics. For

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28 August 2025 example, as children pretend to sell ice creams, she introduces rich mathematical language, such as 'more than' and 'less than', into their play. As they express enjoyment in counting out scoops, she deepens their understanding and encourages them to recall these words. The childminder extends their learning further and weaves in the idea of money and pricing. She links in real life experiences at home, which helps build a secure foundation in children's mathematical thinking. n The childminder creates an exceptionally nurturing environment where children feel secure, respected and deeply understood. She sets clear, consistent expectations for behaviour and skilfully supports children in recognising and expressing how they and others feel. For example, children use words, such as 'scared', to express how birds might feel if they get too close when feeding them. Children flourish under the childminder's unwavering positivity and

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encouragement. n The childminder demonstrates a strong commitment to partnership working. She sends assessment reports to nurseries and schools to ensure staff in other provisions have a clear understanding of each child's needs and ongoing development. This continuity of care and learning enables children to settle quickly and continue to make strong progress in new settings. n The childminder builds commendable parent partnerships. Parents value the range and quality of activities and learning opportunities the childminder offers their children. They comment that she shares what their children enjoy and learn daily and state their children's development is rapid across all areas of their development. n The childminder has a genuine passion for continually developing her professional development to benefit the children. She uses her precise knowledge of each child to successfully target meaningful training. This enables

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her to increase her skills and understanding in areas that will provide the greatest support to children.

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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 148456 Local authority Wokingham Inspection number 10408220 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 12 Number of children on roll 3 Date of previous inspection 28 January 2020

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2001 and lives in Three Mile Cross, near Reading. She operates all year round, from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder has an early years masters degree at level 7 and holds early years professional status. She provides government-funded childcare. The childminder works in partnership with her husband, who is also a registered childminder.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder and the inspector discussed how the childminder organises their early years provision, including the aims and rationale for their early years foundation stage curriculum. n Children communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n The childminder and inspector discussed how the curriculum had been implemented and the impact that this had on children's learning. n The inspector took into account the written views of parents. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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Inspection activities

28 August 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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