Waller, Amanda Jane

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 01/11/2012 Not Applicable

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early years provision

This inspection: 2 Previous inspection: Not Applicable How well the early years provision meets the needs of the range of children who attend The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children 2 The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the early years provision 2

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This provision is good

 Children are happy and settled. The childminder has a good understanding of children's individual needs and successfully promotes their emotional well-being.  The childminder has a good understanding of the learning and development requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. She uses effective systems to monitor, assess and plan for children's progress.  The childminder organises her home to provide a warm and safe place for children to play and explore.  Children feel secure and are kept safe as the childminder is extremely alert to potential hazards and uses close supervision and extensive documents and records to promote children's safety, both in the home and on outings.  The childminder promotes good relationships with parents, which results in her meeting children's individual needs well.

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It is not yet outstanding because

 systems for identifying future training needs are not yet fully focused on accurately targeting opportunities that will further develop the childminder's existing knowledge and understanding, while ensuring that continuous professional development is linked to those areas of practice identified for improvement.

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Information about this inspection

Inspections of registered early years provision are scheduled:  at least once in every inspection cycle. The current cycle ends on 31 July 2016  more frequently where Ofsted identifies a need to do so, for example where provision was previously judged as inadequate  brought forward in the inspection cycle where Ofsted has received information that suggests the provision may not be meeting the legal requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage; or where assessment of the provision identifies a need for early inspection  prioritised for inspection where we have received information that the provision is not meeting the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and which suggests children may not be safe  at the completion of an investigation into failure to comply with the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Information about this inspection

The provision is also registered on the voluntary and compulsory parts of the Childcare Register. This report includes a judgment about compliance with the requirements of that register.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities taking place in the kitchen and lounge.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the observations.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed various documents, including policies and procedures and children's assessment records.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day, as well as written comments from other parents.

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Information about the setting

The childminder was registered in 2012. She lives with her husband and children aged four and seven years in a three-storey house in Widnes, Cheshire. The whole of the property is used for childminding, with the exception of the second floor. There is a fully enclosed garden available for outside play. The childminder is able to take and collect children from local schools and pre-schools. She is registered on the Early Years Register and on both the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. The childminder supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who speak English as an additional language. She is a member of the National Childminding Association.

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Information about the setting

The childminder has one child on roll in the early years age group, who attends after school. She provides care all year round from 6.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday and will discuss alternative hours if needed.

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To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

 improve the process for identifying specific training needs to ensure that these are sharply focused on further developing knowledge and understanding that will constantly improve practice.

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who attend

Children are happy and engaged in purposeful play because the childminder has a good understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage. She successfully promotes children's learning by completing accurate observations and assessments of their progress, providing play activities that are relevant to their abilities and interests and linking these to the seven areas of learning. For example, children choose their favourite colours when making rockets and successfully cooperate when sharing the crayons. As a result, children are making good progress. Furthermore, the childminder is aware of her role and responsibility to carry out the check at two years and she describes, using guidance documents to support her, how to achieve this.

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who attend

The childminder provides a varied and interesting range of activities and play experiences that engage children's interest and enjoyment. Children are particularly interested in the adult-led activity in which they are encouraged to make rockets from the materials provided. The childminder uses this opportunity to discuss how they would stay safe on Bonfire night. The childminder is skilled in extending their learning as they play, asking them to wrap the paper round the pencil and seal the edges with tape. The childminder has a good awareness of allowing children time to make choices and to develop their imaginative play independently. She also knows when to intervene to support and extend their knowledge further. For example, she explains why the rocket will not work as the edges of the paper are not sealed and that this allows the air to escape. When the children have finished, the childminder praises their efforts and watches them as they try

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who attend

The childminder ensures that she gathers all of the required information she needs, in order to effectively promote children's individual welfare, learning and development. She has made a good start in observing and recording children's development. Also the childminder clearly identifies children's next steps so that she is able to tailor activities to suit their current interests and successfully promote their development. Parents are kept well informed about their child's progress through regular discussion, meetings and sharing their development records.

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The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children

Children feel secure and at ease with the childminder and thoroughly enjoy the time, which they spend together. Children are very well behaved and are learning good manners and how to share due to the childminder's positive examples. They also learn how to respond and behave around other people through going on outings to the local play park, library and toddler groups. Children confidently move around the ground floor rooms of the childminder's home. Toys and resources promote all seven areas of learning. These are at child-height and displayed in a way that attracts children's attention. For example, storage boxes have bright pictures and words, so that children know what they contain and can help themselves to what they want to play with. This helps children to become independent learners and supports them in developing the skills, which they will need in the future.

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The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children

Children learn about how to manage risks and to keep themselves safe. For example, they are reminded not to run on the wooden floor as they may slip. Children adopt healthy lifestyles as they enjoy a nutritious diet of home-cooked meals that are freshly prepared. They learn about different healthy foods as they take part in cookery activities and help to grow strawberries in the garden. Children choose a cup to drink from and independently fill it with water whenever they are thirsty. They sit at a table that is child-height to enjoy a healthy snack of fresh fruit. Children can move between the indoor and outside environment as they wish, dependant on their age and abilities. They enjoy plenty of fresh air as they play in the garden and go to the local park and shops. Children independently go to the toilet and are provided with individual towels to ensure that they are developing good hygiene habits.

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The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children

The childminder effectively promotes children's understanding of diversity and plans activities that encompass different celebrations. For example, during Chinese New Year, children try and taste different foods. She helps promote children's awareness of diversity as they use dolls, books, maps of the world and small world toys that reflect difference and similarities.

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provision

The childminder has a good understanding of the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Arrangements for safeguarding children are strong and well embedded and she is aware of the procedures to follow if she is concerned about a child. The childminder is newly registered. She is very committed to her professional development and uses self-evaluation extremely well to monitor and address any areas for development.

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provision

The childminder has a good understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum. She has a secure knowledge of the characteristics of effective learning to support young children and helps them to investigate, concentrate and try out new ideas. She has a good awareness of how to support their learning experiences through a mix of adult-led and child-initiated play and has developed effective assessment methods to monitor children's progress. The childminder uses the 'Development Matters' guidance to identify children's progress and this helps her to successfully monitor and assess what progress they are making and identify the next steps in their individual learning.

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provision

Partnerships with parents are a strong aspect of the service provided. The childminder gathers comprehensive information from parents and finds out what children can do, in addition to their likes and interests, before they start in her setting. This enables her to understand children's starting points and provide a benchmark to measure their progress. Parents comment that they are very happy with the service provided and their children are enthusiastic to attend.

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provision

The childminder is committed to developing her practice to ensure continuous improvement. She evaluates her strengths and identifies areas for development, in order to build on the good practice already achieved. She is keen to attend further training courses to develop and extend her current skills, although, has not yet fully cemented this through the use of a specific professional development plan that accurately links and targets future training to areas identified for improvement. The childminder makes positive links with local schools and other childminding colleagues to help further develop her knowledge and extend and support children's learning experiences.

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The Childcare Register

The requirements for the compulsory part of the Childcare Register are Met The requirements for the voluntary part of the Childcare Register are Met

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Grade Judgement Description

Grade 1 Outstanding Outstanding provision is highly effective in meeting the needs of all children exceptionally well. This ensures that children are very well prepared for the next stage of their learning. Grade 2 Good Good provision is effective in delivering provision that meets the needs of all children well. This ensures children are ready for the next stage of their learning. Grade 3 Satisfactory Satisfactory provision is performing less well than expectations in one or more of the key areas. It requires improvement in order to be good. Grade 4 Inadequate Provision that is inadequate requires significant improvement and/or enforcement. The provision is failing to give children an acceptable standard of early years education and/or is not meeting the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. It will be inspected again within 12 months of the date of this inspection.

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Grade Judgement Description

Met The provision has no children on roll. The inspection judgement is that the provider continues to meet the requirements for registration. Not Met The provision has no children on roll. The inspection judgement is that the provider does not meet the requirements for registration.

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Inspection

This inspection was carried out by Ofsted 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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Setting details

Unique reference number EY445011 Local authority Halton Inspection number 798860 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 17 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 1

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

set out in the guidance ‘raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted', which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.ofsted.gov.uk. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk.

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Type of provision

For the purposes of this inspection the following definitions apply:

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Type of provision

Full-time provision is that which operates for more than three hours. These are usually known as nurseries, nursery schools and pre-schools and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. They are registered on the Early Years Register and pay the higher fee for registration.

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Type of provision

Sessional provision operates for more than two hours but does not exceed three hours in any one day. These are usually known as pre-schools, kindergartens or nursery schools and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. They are registered on the Early Years Register and pay the lower fee for registration.

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Type of provision

Childminders care for one or more children where individual children attend for a period of more than two hours in any one day. They operate from domestic premises that are usually their own home. They are registered on the Early Years Register and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Type of provision

Out of school provision may be sessional or full-time provision and is delivered before or after school and/or in the summer holidays. They are registered on the Early Years Register and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. Where children receive their Early Years Foundation Stage in school these providers do not have to deliver the learning and development requirements in full but should complement the experiences children receive in school. 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,

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Type of provision

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Type of provision

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