Childminder in East Riding of Yorkshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11/06/2013 20/10/2009

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early years provision

This inspection: 2 Previous inspection: 3 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

 The childminder has a good knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage. She demonstrates a good understanding of how young children learn and provides many play opportunities that effectively promote children's learning and development.  The childminder safeguards and promotes children's welfare effectively. She provides a safe and stimulating learning environment that meets children's individual needs and helps them make good progress.  Children are happy, motivated and eager to learn. They show good levels of independence and confidently explore a stimulating, well-resourced indoor and outdoor learning environment, which successfully promotes independent learning.  Positive relationships with parents and carers are developed through effective induction and frequent communication. Information is continually gathered and exchanged for the benefit of each child's continual care, learning and development.

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It is not yet outstanding because

 There is scope to enhance the learning opportunities for older children to develop their literacy, for example, through providing an environment that is rich in the written word, supporting children's learning about letters and sounds.

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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

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Information about this inspection

 scheduled more frequently where Ofsted identifies a need to do so, for example where provision was previously judged 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 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  scheduled 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 spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children playing and looked at the areas of the premises used for childminding purposes.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at a selection of documentation covering children's learning progress, safety and welfare, safeguarding procedures and children's records.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector took into account the written views of parents made available during the inspection and the childminder's self-assessment.

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Information about the setting

The childminder was registered in 2009 and is on the Early Years Register and the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. She lives with her husband and four children aged 10, eight and three years and an eight month old baby. They live in a house in the village of Cottingham, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The whole of the ground floor, the bathroom on the first floor and the rear garden are used for childminding. The family has two cats, a rabbit, bearded dragon and fish as pets.

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Information about the setting

The childminder attends a toddler group, music group and activities at the local children's centre each week with the children. She visits the shops and park on a regular basis. She collects children from the local school and pre-school.

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Information about the setting

There are currently seven children on roll, of whom two are in the early years age group, and attend for a variety of sessions. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder has a childcare qualification at Level 3.

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

 enhance the learning environment to support the older children to develop their literacy, for example, by providing labelling for resources promoting recognition of and understanding of the meaning of words.

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who attend

The childminder places a strong emphasis on children learning through play. She provides them with good levels of support to ensure they make effective progress across the areas of learning and development, taking into account their starting points. Consequently, children are prepared well for the next stage in their learning. The childminder interacts positively with the children at all times and encourages their personal, social and emotional development. She encourages children to freely access the range of well- organised resources, following their interests to support their learning. Children problem solve and develop an understanding of shape and size in everyday play.

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who attend

When children start to attend at the childminder's she discusses their starting points with parents and observes them at play to correctly identify their stage of development. Parents are kept well informed of the daily activities and given ideas to support their children's learning at home. The childminder has implemented a procedure to ensure the children's progress is monitored and assessed. She makes observations and takes photographs to show their development and identifies the areas of learning and the next steps to ensure continual progression. Her planning is supported by a wide range of activities, both in the childminder's home and in the local community. They visit a music group where they learn songs and action rhymes that they enjoy repeating at the childminder's home. For example, 'Sleeping bunnies' is a great favourite with the children. The activities at the local children's centre further develop children's social skills.

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who attend

The quality of teaching is good. Children have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of activities and experiences. There is a mix of adult-led and child-initiated activities that are open-ended. This allows the children to choose what they would like to do with a particular resource and to express their own ideas. The childminder joins in with play where she observes and supports children. She interacts appropriately based on each child's current learning objectives, such as when completing the weather chart, naming the days of the week with the older children. Communication and language are fully supported through activities, stories, songs and lots of discussions. A well-known book about a caterpillar gives the opportunity for children to use and understand words, such as 'chrysalis' and how it becomes a butterfly, learning about the natural world. Independence is promoted through following simple tasks, such as hand washing before snack and after

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who attend

messy play. The childminder takes children to groups and on various outings to places of interest in the local area where they learn about their own community and the wider world. The childminder organises her home well, providing a wide range of resources and activities that children can freely access, promoting free choice and building independence. However, the labelling of resources that develop the older children's understanding of writing for a purpose, is not fully promoted to maximise children's progress in this area.

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who attend

The childminder demonstrates a good understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage and knows the children in her care well. She bases her planning on children's interests, providing good levels of support to ensure children have opportunities to make good progress in their learning and development, taking into account their starting points. The childminder completes a photographic record of what children do, linking these to her observations and assessments of children's learning, sharing this regularly with parents in the children's individual learning journey records. The childminder is aware of completing children's progress check at age two and information is collated to enable these to be completed as required.

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

Children enjoy a warm and close relationship with the childminder. They are settled and comfortable in her care and confident and friendly when visitors arrive. The children enjoy stories and singing activities, which help them develop attachment to the childminder, while promoting their confidence and well-being. Children's behaviour is good, showing they feel safe in the childminder's home. There are appropriate house rules in place and these are reinforced with quiet reminders by the childminder when required. Children learn to keep themselves safe by following good road safety practice when out in the community and they learn to use resources safely as they play. The childminder supervises the children in her care effectively both in the home and when on outings. She works closely with parents to agree age appropriate behaviour for walking the older children to and from school. Children's behaviour is good, the childminder provides a good

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

role model for manners and consideration of others. Children enjoy the outside play in the garden and walks to the park for fresh air and exercise. They learn about healthy eating as they enjoy the fresh fruit snacks and help the childminder to bake and prepare nutritious snacks.

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

The childminder has formed good partnerships with the local school, which ensures consistency of care, although most exchanges of information about the children's development are made with parents. She understands the importance of preparing children for the transition to pre-school and school, ensuring they are confident, independent in their personal care and can communicate and follow instructions.

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provision

The childminder has a good understanding of safeguarding and knows how to protect the children in her care. She has undertaken training and has a good knowledge of the local child protection procedures and who to inform should she have any concerns. Areas of the home used by the children are well organised and enable them to move around the premises and outside space safely and freely. Risk assessments and daily checks ensure the environment is clean and safe for when children arrive, reducing the risk of accidents.

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provision

The childminder has a good understanding with regard to her role and responsibility in meeting the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. The childminder provides a comprehensive range of activities, which cover all the areas of learning. The children can freely choose what they wish to use. She has monitoring and assessment procedures in place that effectively chart children's good progress. Activities are linked to their individual development needs, providing challenge and interest. Systems for observing what children can do are in place and photographs show special achievements and fun activities they enjoy.

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provision

The partnerships with parents are good, they share information about their children each day and become closely involved in their children's welfare and learning. The childminder ensures they have updated information about her provision and the policies and procedures, which she uses to provide a safe and welcoming environment. She has reviewed them in line with the requirements of the regulations. The required consents from parents are available.

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provision

The childminder is committed to providing the best quality care and learning for the children and works to keep improving her practice. As part of her professional development she has embraced the Early Years Foundation Stage and is using the Development matters in the Early Years Foundation Stage publication to enable her to monitor and assess children's progress through the areas of learning effectively. She is confident about providing activities for them as a secure foundation to their learning. The past actions and recommendations from the last inspection have been successfully completed. The requirements for maintaining children's safety are in place, for example, the smoke detectors and risk assessments for outings. The childminder has attended training to develop her understanding of how children learn and develop and now provides a good range of age appropriate activities, linking to individual children's stage and

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provision

interests that promotes their learning. The welfare requirements have been effectively addressed and children learn about personal hygiene in every day routines. These impact favourably on the activities provided and the childminder's ability to enhance her practice. The childminder has fully embraced the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements and has used these to make improvements for the learning and welfare of the children in her care.

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provision

The childminder asks parents and children for their views of the care she provides in order to evaluate her service to ensure she continues to meet their needs. They are confident with the care provided by the childminder and that their children are safe and happy. The childminder understands the importance of working closely with others who share care of the children if required.

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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 action. 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 EY311501 Local authority East Riding of Yorkshire Inspection number 917726 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 17 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 7

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Telephone number

set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: 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, which are usually the childminder’s 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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