Childminder in Wakefield

Inspection report for early years provision

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Unique reference number EY277212 Inspection date 12/03/2012 Inspector Melissa Patel

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Type of setting Childminder to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection. If you would like a copy of this document in a different format, such as large print or Braille, please telephone 0300 123 1231, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. You may copy all or parts of this document for non-commercial educational purposes, as long as you give details of the source and date of publication and do not alter the information in any way.

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T: 0300 123 1231 Textphone: 0161 618 8524 E: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk W: www.ofsted.gov.uk This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006

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Introduction

This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under Sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of the registered early years provision. ‘Early years provision’ refers to provision regulated by Ofsted for children from birth to 31 August following their fifth birthday (the early years age group). The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and welfare, known as the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Introduction

The provider must provide a copy of this report to all parents with children at the setting where reasonably practicable. The provider must provide a copy of the report to any other person who asks for one, but may charge a fee for this service (The Childcare (Inspection) Regulations 2008 regulations 9 and 10).

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Introduction

The setting also makes provision for children older than the early years age group which is registered on the voluntary and/or compulsory part(s) of the Childcare Register. This report does not include an evaluation of that provision, but a comment about compliance with the requirements of the Childcare Register is included in Annex B.

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Introduction

Please see our website for more information about each childcare provider. We publish inspection reports, conditions of registration and details of complaints we receive where we or the provider take action to meet the requirements of registration. This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006

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Description of the childminding

The childminder was registered in 2004. She lives with her husband and two children aged 11 and 12 years. They live in Ossett, on the outskirts of Wakefield, within walking distance of local amenities, such as schools. The whole of the ground floor is used for childminding and there is an enclosed area for outdoor play.

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Description of the childminding

The childminder is registered on the Early Years Register and both the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. She may care for no more than six children under eight years, of whom three may be in the early years age range at any one time, including when working with her assistant. At present there are six children on roll, who attend on a full and part time basis, of whom three are in the early years age range. The childminder has links with other early years settings. She is a member of the National Childminding Association.

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The overall effectiveness of the early years provision

Overall the quality of the provision is outstanding.

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The overall effectiveness of the early years provision

Excellent consideration is given to The Early Years Foundation Stage, focusing extremely well on children's individual needs, supporting their well-being and supporting progress highly effectively. This ensures children enjoy themselves as they receive a very good balance of indoor and outdoor play that presents challenges. Partnership working with parents, other professionals and provisions where children also attend are extremely good in supporting children's overall welfare and learning. Highly effective evaluation is acted on to promote exceptionally good ongoing continuous improvement and therefore the outcomes for children are excellent.

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further?

To further improve the high quality early years provision the registered person should consider:

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further?

 extending opportunities for parents to contribute information to support their children's on-going learning and development.

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the early years provision

The systems in place to safeguard children are extremely good, ensuring maximum priority is given to keeping children protected. For example, all the people above the age of 16 years in the home have undergone suitable Criminal Records Bureau checks. The childminder makes highly effective use of the policies and procedures to support children's development and well being extremely well. For example, there are clearly defined evacuation procedures and very robust risk assessments This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 which are regularly reviewed minimising risks to children highly effectively. The organisation of the environment indoors and outdoors is excellent in providing challenges to children's learning, supported through the wide range of resources which are plentiful and of an excellent quality. Equality and diversity is supported exceptionally well through recognising the individual needs of the children ensuring

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the early years provision

all children are cared for in a highly inclusive environment. The childminder works with an assistant at times. The assistant is very well informed of his role with regard to supporting the childminder. This ensures that the children are consistently supported throughout the day.

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the early years provision

The evaluation systems for the provision are extremely effective, ensuring that all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage are covered to a very high standard. Plans are put in place to improve the provision continually. In addition, the childminder researches information and attends training to fully sustain excellent standards and this results in extremely good outcomes for children overall. The childminder has made excellent progress in addressing the recommendations set at her last inspection. She has ensured that the fire evacuation procedure is readily available to parents and practiced at regular intervals with the children and the complaints procedure is also shared with parents. The childminder has devised excellent systems to support children's progress in their learning, which are meticulous in detail, supporting children's individuality to a very high standard. The outdoor area has been reorganised with the input of a soft safe landing surface for

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the early years provision

children. Excellent consideration is given to children continuing their learning outdoors, supporting a multitude of skills exceptionally well, such as exploration, planting, and recognising numbers and colours as well as the development of physical skills. These improvements support children's safety and help them to make excellent progress in their learning.

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the early years provision

Partnership working with parents is highly effective overall in supporting children's welfare and learning. Information gathered from parents through questionnaires, shows that parents are very happy with their child's care and how they are developing whilst at the provision. Extensive and detailed information displayed on the walls keeps parents very well informed about the activities children do. Other information about healthy eating, safety and the local area is available to support parents. In addition, the extremely well organised and comprehensive range of policies and procedures are shared to demonstrate the highly effective running of the provision. Parents are included very well in their children's learning and development to aid progress overall. For example, the childminder regularly shares the children's development records with parents to generate discussion about the children's progress. Although there are some comments from parents on some of

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the early years provision

the development profiles, the information available is not yet fully maximised to fully demonstrate the opportunities parents have to contribute to their children's on-going learning and development. The highly effective links established with other early years provisions where children also attend, ensures an excellent cohesion to children's continuity in learning and their transition. This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006

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and outcomes for children

Children make excellent progress towards the early learning goals because they have opportunities to extend their skills, using an excellent range of resources that supports their individual needs. The childminder uses her recorded observations, which are highly detailed and extensive, extremely consistently to plan for children's next steps in their learning. Children develop highly effective skills across all six areas of leaning. For example, very young children demonstrate excellent abilities, according to their age and starting points, in developing small and large physical skills. Their understanding of how equipment operates is shown through twisting and turning dials, and exploring cameras. They show great skill in controlling the large toy golf club outdoors as they extend their hand and eye co- ordination to move the large ball. They develop a very strong sense of security as they confidently move around the environment, receiving encouragement and

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and outcomes for children

praise as they achieve tasks, such as making music with the instruments. This supports children's emotional well-being extremely well. Therefore, their behaviour is extremely good. For example, they smile and happily play alongside each other, showing great respect for one another as they acknowledge and move around each other carefully. Children show high levels of concentration and interest in what they do throughout the day.

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and outcomes for children

Children receive an exceptionally good balance of indoor and outdoor play. For example, they extend their physical skills in an excellent manner through the broad range of resources that promote skills, such as balance as they use the swing or as they use small push and pull toys, and through digging and planting. They also have great opportunities to have fun whilst they achieve outdoors, such as exploring different textures and materials, and listening to sound as they explore the sensory resources. This helps them make sense of the world extremely well. These activities also support children's understanding of living a healthy lifestyle highly effectively as they receive regular fresh air and exercise outdoors whilst enjoying themselves. Children develop very good hygiene routines, such as washing their hands and they are cared for in an environment that is maintained to a high standard of hygiene.

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and outcomes for children

Children's early reading skills are supported highly skilfully through an environment that is rich in print arranged at low level. Children often practice early writing skills and some children can write their name. Excellent consideration is given to children's communication and language skills through gestures, talk and clever questioning at the right time to engage children's full interest. Children are learning about healthy eating extremely well, they eat fruit and parents provide sugar free juice or they can have water or milk. They are often involved in preparing foods and as well as learning about healthy eating during the activity they learn extremely well about weighing and measure. Reading skills are also skilfully incorporated as they make biscuits in the shape of the caterpillar they learn about in a story. Currently the main meals are provided by parents. Children are learning about how to keep themselves safe highly effectively, a visit is arranged for them

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and outcomes for children

with the road crossing lady, to discuss crossing the roads safely. Photographs are displayed to remind them of the experience and the importance of being safe while This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 outdoors. Children are learning about diversity and the wider world extremely well overall. The children celebrate different festivals, such as the Hindu festival of Holi, and they explore many resources, which depict highly positive representation of different cultures, lifestyles and disability, which are used in their play. This helps extend children's learning about differences highly successfully and helps all children to learn to value one another and enjoy diversity exceptionally well. This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006

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Annex A: record of inspection judgements

The key inspection judgements and what they mean

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Annex A: record of inspection judgements

Grade 1 is Outstanding: this aspect of the provision is of exceptionally high quality Grade 2 is Good: this aspect of the provision is strong Grade 3 is Satisfactory: this aspect of the provision is sound Grade 4 is Inadequate: this aspect of the provision is not good enough

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children in the Early Years Foundation Stage?

The capacity of the provision to maintain continuous improvement

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Early Years Foundation Stage

The effectiveness of leadership and management in embedding ambition and driving improvement The effectiveness with which the setting deploys resources 1 The effectiveness with which the setting promotes equality and diversity The effectiveness of safeguarding 1 The effectiveness of the setting’s self-evaluation, including the steps taken to promote improvement The effectiveness of partnerships 1 The effectiveness of the setting’s engagement with parents and carers

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Stage

The quality of the provision in the Early Years Foundation Stage 1

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Stage

The extent to which children achieve and enjoy their learning 1 The extent to which children feel safe 1 The extent to which children adopt healthy lifestyles 1 The extent to which children make a positive contribution 1 The extent to which children develop skills for the future 1

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Stage

procedures set out in the guidance available from Ofsted’s website: www.ofsted.gov.uk This inspection was carried out under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006

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Annex B: the Childcare Register

The provider confirms that the requirements of the compulsory part of the Childcare Register are: Met

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Annex B: the Childcare Register

The provider confirms that the requirements of the voluntary part of the Childcare Register are: Met

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