Childminder

Childminder

Unique reference number (URN): 2757211 Registered with Ofsted: 30/10/2023 Registers: EYR, CCR, VCR

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Safeguarding standards met

The safeguarding standards are met. This means that leaders and/or those responsible for governance and oversight fulfil their specific responsibilities and have established an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed. As a result, children are made safer and feel safe.

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How we evaluate safeguarding

When we inspect settings for safeguarding, they can have the following outcomes:

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How we evaluate safeguarding

Met: The setting has an open and positive culture of safeguarding. Not met: The setting has not created an open and positive culture of safeguarding. Not all legal requirements are met.

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Achievement Strong standard

All children make excellent progress from their starting points, including those with barriers to learning. They benefit from receiving timely, tailored interventions to support their progression in line with their peers. As a result, children are highly independent, resilient and confident learners.

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Achievement Strong standard

Children are immersed in a language-rich environment. They are articulate communicators who express their needs from an early age in both their home language and English. Children excitedly fill in the gaps to familiar songs. Over time, children become increasingly independent in key areas of their self-care, such as toileting, feeding and dressing. They know to place their socks neatly in their shoes when they take their socks off without being asked. Children have a high level of confidence and respect towards others. They celebrate each other's achievements through clapping and cheering. They are well prepared for their next stages in learning, including a successful transition to school.

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Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines Strong standard

The childminder creates a respectful and inclusive environment. She forms extremely strong bonds with children from the start. This helps children to settle in very quickly to her care. Children build extremely positive relationships with each other. They warmly welcome their friends as they arrive at the setting and immediately invite them to join them in their play. The atmosphere at the setting is loving and caring. Children play harmoniously together. They take turns with resources and consistently listen and value each other's ideas.

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Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines Strong standard

The childminder has high expectations for children's behaviour. She sensitively encourages kindness and cooperation. Children gain a secure understanding of positive relationships through meaningful discussions and activities. For example, the childminder shares various pictures of children using 'kind hands' and holding hands with their friends. This motivates all children to copy what they see. Discussions about the importance of this help to embed their understanding of expectations. The childminder is an impressive role model, and children replicate this behaviour. They consistently use good manners when speaking with each other and the childminder. This helps to foster positive and respectful relationships. The childminder shares her policies and procedures clearly with parents so they understand expectations around children's attendance. She works closely with families and offers support and guidance where barriers arise. This collaborative approach has a positive

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Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines Strong standard

impact on children's wellbeing and helps to ensure that children fully benefit from their time in her care.

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Children's welfare and wellbeing Strong standard

Children are very well cared for, and secure relationships between the childminder and children are firmly established. The childminder knows each child extremely well and is highly responsive to their changing needs. The childminder works in very close partnership with parents to adapt children's evolving routines, such as reducing their daytime sleep. Children know to wash their hands without being prompted and show superb habits in personal care. The childminder enables children to develop an awareness of personal safety under her close supervision. She teaches children to turn the tap to the correct position to identify when the water reaches a safe temperature, indicated by an illuminated green light on the tap for warm water.

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Children's welfare and wellbeing Strong standard

The childminder fully involves children in the preparation of the nutritious and diverse range of meals they benefit from. They develop excellent control and coordination of kitchen utensils. Children plant and nurture vegetables in the childminder's garden that they harvest when ready. As a result, children show increased curiosity about the natural world, greater willingness to try new foods and pride in their achievements.

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Children's welfare and wellbeing Strong standard

The childminder is extremely impressive in developing children's awareness of their own and others' feelings, including more complex emotions such as 'bored' and 'surprised'. As a result, children show high levels of empathy towards their friends when they notice they need extra reassurance. The childminder provides calm and gentle encouragement to precisely meet these children's levels of need.

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Curriculum and teaching Strong standard

The childminder provides a meticulous curriculum that is firmly rooted in her thorough assessment of each child's starting points. She carefully plans engaging and purposeful activities that reflect children's individual learning needs through a sequenced approach and by following their interests. She implements activities with precision and adapts her approach to meet different developmental stages. As a result, children make rapid and sustained progress. The childminder's thorough analysis of the curriculum precisely informs any decisions for improvement.

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Curriculum and teaching Strong standard

The childminder reads to children with immense passion. She makes this highly interactive to build on and embed children's range of vocabulary. This motivates children to recall and talk about previous learning about patterns of spots. The wonderful, welcoming reading area is a comfortable haven where children indulge in books that are specifically selected to embrace every child's individual interests. The childminder's highly effective focus on sequencing through songs linked to when children arrive for the day supports their mathematical understanding in a meaningful and personalised way. She consistently uses clear explanations to reinforce order and position. Children develop a secure grasp of sequencing, such as first, next and last. The childminder ensures that children have an abundance of opportunities to build on their social skills, such as regular attendance at organised groups. They play with large groups of children and build wider friendship groups.

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Curriculum and teaching Strong standard

Children swiftly develop excellent physical skills. They play a traditional guitar and evaluate potential risks as they rotate in a low-profile, egg-shaped chair.

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Inclusion Strong standard

The childminder proactively identifies and assesses children's individual needs. This enables her to take swift action to adapt her practice. For instance, she ensures that children receive extra reassurance following periods of absence to rebuild their social confidence, if needed, through a meticulously planned and graduated process. The childminder responds with patience and care. This helps children to feel relaxed and form positive relationships in a supportive environment. The childminder superbly adapts her practice to ensure that all children at different stages of their development are fully included in everything she offers. For example, during a planned activity she teaches younger children how to use a water spray and supports them to understand cause and effect. She invites them to fully explore the sensation of water on their hands in response to their actions. For older children she teaches them to independently operate the spray and direct

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Inclusion Strong standard

The childminder has a superb knowledge and previous experience of implementing specialist strategies in close partnership with parents and external professionals to meet the individual needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The childminder has an extensive knowledge of child development and completes training that is specifically targeted at supporting the individual needs of children. She meticulously monitors children's progress to ensure that her inclusive and responsive practice ensures that every child is respected, supported and given the best opportunity to thrive.

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Leadership and governance Strong standard

The childminder is highly reflective of the provision she provides in partnership with parents and any assistants she works with. Parents' feedback is regularly sought and meticulously analysed to continue to improve and adapt the curriculum and provision she offers.

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Leadership and governance Strong standard

The childminder is proactive, hard working and committed to making a difference for children and their families. She actively seeks advice and guidance to ensure that she continues to offer high-quality care and education. The childminder uses her precise knowledge of each child to successfully target meaningful training. This enables her to increase her skills and understanding in areas that will provide the greatest support to children. For example, recent training has had a positive impact on how she teaches children to regulate their behaviour. The childminder continually makes adaptations according to the needs of the children attending and always has children's best interests at heart. She takes great care to ensure that children who need additional support receive this in a timely manner. She knows how to make swift referrals to specialist services when required to support children's learning and

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Leadership and governance Strong standard

The childminder has strong, warm and trusting partnerships with parents. She keeps them fully informed about their children's daily experiences and ongoing progress. There is a true collaborative approach towards children's assessments and priority of their next steps in learning. The childminder shares bespoke ideas and information to support children's learning and development at home. Feedback from parents is incredibly positive. Parents comment how impressed they are with the childminder's 'passion for providing the very best for children'.

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Compulsory Childcare Register requirements

This setting has met the requirements of the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.

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Register

When we check if settings meet the Compulsory Childcare Register requirements, they can have the following outcomes:

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Voluntary Childcare Register requirements

This setting has met the requirements of the voluntary part of Childcare Register.

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Register

When we check if settings meet the Voluntary Childcare Register requirements, they can have the following outcomes:

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What it's like to be a child at this setting

Children are happy and secure and thrive in the childminder's warm and attentive care. They experience a nurturing environment where their safety and wellbeing are always a priority. Daily routines are well established, and children seek reassurance or support when they need it. For example, children confidently approach the childminder for cuddles when they need comfort. This thorough sense of emotional security enables them to explore, have a thirst for learning and confidently ask inquisitive questions.

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About this setting

Children enjoy rich and varied experiences that extend far beyond the home environment. The childminder takes them on outings and to community spaces, such as farms and nature walks where children explore seasonal change and observe wildlife. Children are inspired by real-life experiences, such as observing an artist at work. These experiences are thoughtfully revisited and extended within the setting. Children eagerly look at photos taken by the childminder of the artist before exploring their own creativity using a range of tools, including paint palettes and brushes. As a result, children are highly engaged, develop their language skills through meaningful conversations and deepen their understanding by recreating and reflecting on what they have seen.

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About this setting

Children's individual needs are very well met because the childminder is passionate about her work and understands how children learn and develop. This helps to ensure that any potential barriers to learning are swiftly minimised. All children are very happy, sociable and highly independent individuals from a young age. They benefit immensely from the childminder's high expectations, which are firmly embedded. Relationships with children's families are excellent. They report that the childminder actively seeks and highly values their input. They feel fully involved in their child's learning journey and well informed about their progress. This contributes to a strong, collaborative approach to support every child's development.

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Next steps

The childminder should sustain her work to ensure continued improvement and high standards. She should focus on creating a transformational impact on the outcomes and experiences of disadvantaged children and those who may face other barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing.

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About this inspection

The inspector spoke with the childminder, any assistants she works with and children during the inspection.

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About this inspection

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. Unique reference number (URN): 2757211

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About this inspection

Operating hours: Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday : 07:30 - 18:00

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Facts and figures used on inspection

This data was available to the inspector at the time of the inspection.

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Exceptional

Practice is exceptional: of the highest standard nationally. Other settings can learn from it.

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Strong standard

The setting reaches a strong standard. Leaders are working above the standard expected of them.

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Expected standard

The setting is fulfilling the expected standard of education and/or care. This means they are following the standard set out in statutory and non ‑ statutory legislation and the professional standards expected of them.

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Needs attention

The expected standards are not met but leaders are likely able to make the necessary improvements.

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Urgent improvement

The setting needs to make urgent improvements to provide the expected standard of education and/or care.

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Urgent improvement

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Urgent improvement

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