Childminder in West Sussex

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 09/10/2013 Not Applicable

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early years provision

This inspection: 3 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 3 The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the early years provision 3

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This provision is satisfactory

 The childminder has a satisfactory knowledge and understanding of children's learning. She has suitable systems in place to show how children are achieving and making progress in her care.  The childminder clearly encourages parents to share and exchange information regularly, and this increases their trust and supports children's ongoing development.  The childminder provides close supervision and involvement with children throughout their play and this maintains children's safety and suitably supports their emotional development.

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It is not yet good because

 The childminder has not successfully developed systems of planning activities to promote children's individual learning, resulting in less challenge for more able children during some play experiences.  Play resources to meet individual children's needs are not always easily accessible and this impacts on children's level of interest and their opportunity to increase skills of concentration.

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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 arrived and showed identification documents.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed the home and observed children playing with the childminder indoors and outside.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector gained evidence through discussion and by viewing a range of documentation.  The inspector provided feedback and gave the inspection judgements.

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Information about the setting

The childminder registered in 2013. She lives with her partner and one child in a first floor apartment in Horsham, West Sussex. Access to the family home is via one flight of stairs. Children play in the sitting/dining room only and have a bathroom on the same floor. One bedroom is available for sleeping during the day. The family have a pet lizard, contained in a vivarium. The childminder is registered on the Early Years Register and the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. The childminder is currently caring for four children on a part-time basis, three of these children are in the early years age group.

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must:

 use the observations of children's progress to plan for individual learning needs and in this way increase challenge during activities for children of different ages.

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

 make sure toys and play equipment to increase challenge for more able children are easily accessible to support individual children's interests and promote their ongoing learning.

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who attend

The childminder has a suitable understanding of her role in promoting children's development. She recognises younger children's individual capabilities and she provides opportunities for children to make satisfactory progress during play and daily routines. For example, the childminder encourages children to build the train track together and she leads their imaginary play. She begins to create a story and uses interesting voices to represent the characters. These ideas maintain children's interest for a short time and the childminder includes suitable questions to develop and promote children's communication skills. Children show they are settling and developing confidence and this increases their ability to speak and express themselves. Children show they understand and respond well to the childminder's frequent explanation of daily routines. They also show a clear interest in stories and listen well for more extended times when the childminder reads and shares

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who attend

books. Children have some choice and freedom to access resources, they are eager to explore the musical instruments, and instantly recognise which ones they shake or bang to make a sound. These actions show that the children have regular opportunities to experiment and they recognise how to use the instruments.

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who attend

The childminder has appropriate systems to monitor children's early development. She obtains full information from parents and records children's individual achievements, making clear links with the areas of learning. For example, the childminder knows when children can easily manage simple puzzles and she recognises the need to find more complicated puzzles to hold their interest. However, not all resources, such as puzzles are organised well and readily available. This means children lose interest because they cannot find the pieces to the more challenging puzzles. The childminder does not fully use the knowledge she has about individual children to plan effectively for their future learning, and this often results in short-lived activities with limited challenge.

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who attend

There are realistic assessments of children's progress at the age of two years and the childminder appropriately shares this information with parents. Parents often use emails to exchange daily information about their children and in this way, the childminder is informed about progress at home.

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who attend

The childminder is aware of preparing children for moving on in their learning by increasing their independence and encouraging them to take responsibility. She includes opportunities throughout the daily routines of finding shoes and clothes, learning to manage the stairs to the ground floor and listening to her instructions. Children show they are adequately learning to understand and manage these daily routines.

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

The childminder has warm relationships with the children in her care. She provides close supervision and is positively involved with children throughout their play. This maintains children's safety and suitably supports their emotional development. Children are comfortable and relaxed in the childminder's home and they respond to her well and follow instructions. Children are learning to consider each other's needs and feelings and they share the musical instruments and learn to take turns with these. The childminder encourages children to show affection for each other and especially if they need to say sorry for mistakes during play.

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

Children have very frequent opportunities to develop an understanding of safety. They practise daily routines of descending the stairs carefully with the childminder for outdoor play. They listen and follow instructions to wait and walk together, learning to hold on and take their time. Children do this well and they have already learned the childminder's rules for outdoor play because the grassy area is not enclosed. The childminder fully supervises children and includes frequent reminders to keep them together and maintain safety. The childminder is aware that younger children need this daily exercise and opportunity for increasing their physical development. Children run and chase each other happily, they are keen to throw, kick and learn how to catch the ball. The childminder provides a variety of opportunities for healthy exercise by attending different group venues and walking with children in the locality. She also promotes children's understanding of eating healthily by

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

having balanced food at snack and meal times. The childminder encourages children to eat fresh and dried fruit for snack time. She prepares healthy sandwiches and sticks of raw vegetables. Children have plenty of drinks throughout the day and they are learning to understand the importance of this for maintaining a healthy body.

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

Children have a range of appropriate resources at their level and they move freely within the room to select and make choices. However, play equipment to provide further interest and extend older children's capabilities is not always readily accessible to enable independent choices. The daily free play and the organised routines for outings or visiting other venues provides variety and suitably meets children's all round development for future learning.

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provision

The childminder has a clear awareness of meeting the learning and development requirements and she has appropriate systems of assessing children's learning and development through play. This enables her to monitor children's progress and recognise any gaps in their achievement levels. Although she is not fully using children's identified next steps in development to plan for future activities and this reduces the level of challenge for some children.

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provision

The childminder has steadily developed an understanding of safeguarding children through attending training. She clearly understands her responsibility to recognise the signs and symptoms of concern and she knows how to seek advice or refer any concerns. The childminder has written policies and procedures in place for many areas of her care, including safeguarding and complaints. She ensures that parents read these to increase their understanding. The childminder has developed a range of documentation to support children's care and meet the welfare requirements, although, this is not always readily available for inspection.

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provision

The childminder has a written self-evaluation of her provision and she uses this appropriately to show how she plans to drive improvements for the future. She understands the need to develop systems of sharing information with other providers when children attend another setting. The childminder has already prepared for this and she will extend these links to promote children's progress.

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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 EY459679 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 909001 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 2 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection not applicable

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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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