Childminder in West Sussex

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 08/01/2014 16/01/2013

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early years provision

This inspection: 2 Previous inspection: 4 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 provides a wide range of resources and activities that fully support children's developing curiosity and skills of discovery.  Children benefit from the good quality interactions of the childminder, who supports their language development and communication skills well.  The childminder uses self-evaluation effectively, reflecting on what is working well and identifying a clear vision for her setting and how she wishes to develop in the future.  Children's individual needs are clearly understood and planning of activities ensures a good balance of child-initiated and adult-led activities.  The childminder builds warm, close relationships with children and this gives them a strong sense of security.

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It is not yet outstanding because

 The childminder does not fully extend children's understanding of numbers and letters, in the outdoor environment  There are fewer opportunities for children who are learning English as an additional language to see and hear their home language in their play.

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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 held discussions at appropriate times with the childminder about children's activities and their progress.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed interactions between the childminder and the children in her care.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector sampled the childminder paperwork, which included children's records and the childminder's policies and procedures.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector took account of parents views obtained through parents letters and feedback questionnaires.

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Information about the setting

The childminder registered in 2003. She lives with her three school-age children in Crawley, West Sussex. The ground floor of the home is used for childminding, where children have access to a lounge, dining area and the conservatory; they also use the bathroom on the first floor. There is an enclosed garden available for outside play. The childminder is registered on the Early Years Register and on the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. The childminder is currently caring for three children who are in the early years age range.

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

 extend the range of resources available to enable children who are learning English as a additional language to see their home language

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

 develop opportunities to extend children's awareness and use of numbers and letters in their outdoor play.

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who attend

Children make good progress in all areas of their learning. The childminder has a full awareness of how to promote children's individual skills and learning styles, to enable them to reach their full potential. The childminder gets to know the children in her care very well, which enables her to effectively plan a educational programme based upon their current development and interests. She focuses on supporting the communication and language and personal, social and emotional skills for younger children while making sure she covers all areas of learning for the older children. Working closely with reception class teachers, her objective has been teaching children literacy skills. The use of homemade resources along with other resources available has provided good opportunities to support this area of learning for older children. The childminder undertakes regular observations and completes detailed assessments of children's progress. This helps her to effectively

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who attend

identify children's next steps in their development and to provide activities that will help children make good progress in their learning. The childminder has clear systems in place to support her in monitoring the progress of children aged two to three years. Overall, children are receiving good support to acquire the skills and make progress in their learning.

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who attend

The childminder supports children's chosen activities well, as she is on hand to lead and to extend their play. The childminder constantly talks to children, supporting their use of new words, which increases their vocabulary and makes sure they make good progress in their communication. She praises children when they use new words and makes a note of the words heard. This enables the childminder to make use of the new words used by the children, to consolidate and extend their learning. Children's interest and excitement is aroused at story times as the childminder uses story sacks. This good use of props help the stories come to life and helps children make good associations as the story unfolds. As a result, children become confident to express themselves in response to that they see and hear.

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who attend

The childminder enables children to follow their own desires and work together. Children thoroughly enjoy playing with a range of toys that arouse their curiosity and skills and of discovery. For example, they sit for prolong periods of time looking and feeling a range of different textures and matching them together as the childminder makes it into a game. She introduces new words such as 'soft' and 'smooth', 'hard' and 'rough' to children as they explore the different textures. This enhances children's sense of touch and introduces describing words into their vocabulary. Children show delight as they set up a 'marble tree'. They patiently wait their turn, to place the marble on their wooden leaf and watch it makes the journey down to the bottom. The childminder uses this opportunity to teach children to count as she counts aloud as the marble drops from leaf to leaf, making a noise. The children respond to this as they nod their heads in time to the sound being

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who attend

made, showing their ability to make gestures in response to what they are hearing. The childminder provides a range of good quality resources to enable children to develop their physical and exploration skills within the garden. For example, as they play with sand, water and the newly introduced mud kitchen. However, opportunities for children to develop their early writing and number skills, in the outdoor play environment are not fully utilised. Children enjoy acting out scenarios from their own lives within role-play situations. Children learn how to care for others and use their imaginations as they show affection and care to dolls, giving them cuddles and settling them down for their nap, gently covering them with a blanket.

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

The childminder shows high levels of affection towards the children, which enables them to feel settled and secure in her care. They show that they have close bonds with her, as they approach her for cuddles and make indications as to what resources they wish to use through pointing. The childminder has a very caring and gentle manner, which creates a calm and reassuring atmosphere. Children are taught to be co-operative and well behaved. Through the support of the childminder, they have learnt to share the play resources and to wait their turn. They learn that there are enough resources for all to enjoy, due to the duplication of popular resources provided by the childminder. This prevents children from becoming distressed when wanting to use toys that others are using.

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

The childminder works well in partnership with parents in the provision of meals. She provides information to parents to encourage healthy eating. Mealtimes are a social occasion, where the childminder sits with the children. This teaches children good eating habits and good manners from a young age. Children have many opportunities to play out of doors, either in the garden, or on outings, where they have access to a range of large physical play equipment. This helps children to gain awareness of a healthy lifestyle.

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

The childminder teaches children to develop an awareness of their own personal safety. For example, the she supervises children closes when playing with marbles so that they do not pose a hazard to them. The childminder has a good understanding of how to promote diversity and provides an inclusive environment for all children in her care. Children explore culture and traditions that are pertinent to them as well as others through a variety of activities, resources and pictorial displays. However, the childminder has fewer resources that reflect the home languages for children who are learning English as an additional language.

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provision

The childminder demonstrates a full and secure knowledge of the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. She is fully aware of her role and responsibilities relating to child protection. She has updated this knowledge through her attendance of further training. The childminder fully understands the procedures that she must follow should she have any concerns about a child in her care. She has appropriate guidance documents to hand should she need to make a children protection referral. She keeps parents informed of her role through her written safeguarding statement. She makes sure children can play, learn and develop in a child-friendly environment, where their safety is of paramount importance. The childminder maintains her home to high standards, by undertaking thorough risk assessments and daily visual checks to minimise risks to children. This ensures that children are cared for within a safe

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provision

The childminder has undertaken a robust self-evaluation of her service. This clearly indentifies what is going well and what her priorities are for the continued development of her provision to support the outcomes for children. Since her last inspection, the childminder has successfully acted upon the actions and recommendations raised. She has activity sought the support from her early years partnership and attended a range of courses in support of her work and her own professional development. As a result, she now meets all the legal requirements. One element of her improvement is the attainment of her first aid certificate, which is a requirement of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage. This means she is able to treat accidents promptly and appropriately. She has improved the way she provides information for parents. For example, parents share their views through periodic feedback questionnaires that the

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provision

childminder has devised. This helps her to make improvements to her provision. She also keeps an accurate and up-to-date register to show when she is caring for children. This also helps to keep them safe in the event of an emergency.

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provision

The childminder communicates well with parents and other early years settings. This enables a consistent approach to care and learning in support of children's individual needs. On a daily basis, the childminder shares details of the child's day and their achievements both verbally and through written communications. This provides a detailed feedback of children's routines achievements through the day. Parents readily access a wide variety of information and complete appropriate records regarding their child prior to care commencing. The parent's notice area enables them to view registration details as well as other useful information. Regular newsletters enable parents to be kept fully informed as to forthcoming events. This provides a cohesive approach to learning and care, thereby effectively supporting children's individual needs. Written comments received at inspection from parents highlight their total satisfaction of the care that their

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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 Requires improvement The provision is not giving children a good standard of early years education and/or there are minor breaches of the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. It will be monitored and inspected within twelve months of the date of this inspection. 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

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Grade Judgement Description

the Early Years Foundation Stage. It will be monitored and inspected again within six months of the date of this inspection. 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 EY258084 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 917520 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 3

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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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