Hendy, Kimberley

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 07/01/2014 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

 The childminder has a secure knowledge and understanding of how to promote the learning and development of young children. She regularly completes assessments of children and uses these to effectively plan a range of challenging activities.  The childminder provides a safe and stimulating environment with a good range of child-accessible toys and resources that promote children's learning.  The childminder nurtures children's confidence and self-esteem and helps them feel safe comfortable and secure. She is attentive towards children's needs and as a result, children settle easily into her care and are happy and content.  Children's welfare and learning needs are quickly identified and well-met thorough effective partnerships between parents. This ensures parents are fully informed of their child's daily activities.

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It is not yet outstanding because

 There is scope to improve opportunities to promote children's understanding of growth and living things through their play.  Children have fewer opportunities to access the outdoor play equipment to further enhance their physical skills.

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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 throughout the inspection regarding the care provided and activities on offer.  The inspector conducted a tour of the premises during the inspection.  The inspector interacted with children and observed them during their play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at children's learning records, evidence of the suitability of adults living on the premises and a selection of policies and procedures.

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Information about the setting

The childminder was registered in 2013 on the Early Years Register and the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. She lives with her partner and three-year- old child in a house in Walsall, West Midlands. The whole of the ground floor is used for childminding. There is a fully enclosed garden available for outside play.

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Information about the setting

The childminder is able to collect and take children from the local schools and pre-schools. There are currently seven children on roll, of these, three are in the early years age group. Children attend for a variety of sessions and one attends on a full-time basis. The childminder operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm Monday to Friday all year round, except for family holidays. She is a member of the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years.

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

 enrich opportunities for children to increase their knowledge of the natural world

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

 improve opportunities for children to play outdoors to enable them to be more physically active and exuberant.

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who attend

The childminder provides a calm environment where children are happy, relaxed and settled. This enables them to make good progress in their personal, social and emotional development. She has a good awareness of the Statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage and provides children with a good range of experiences which cover the seven areas of learning and supports children's development in the prime areas. The childminder knows the children well and plans a good range of stimulating activities around children's interests. This helps children to feel motivated and excited about their learning. Activity plans are displayed in the entrance area for parents to view which ensures that they are fully informed of their child's daily activities. Through discussions with parents and regular observations, the childminder is able to establish what children know and what they can do. She regularly observes children and effectively monitors their

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who attend

progress to see that it is in-line with developmental milestones. This helps to ensure any areas of concern are promptly addressed with parents so that every child is assisted to meet their full potential. As a result, children make good progress from their starting points and are acquiring the skills for the next steps in their learning. The childminder positively engages with children and is interested in what they are doing. She continually talks to them ensuring that she gets down to their level and maintains eye contact. This promotes children's self-worth. She supports their language development skilfully by modelling sentences and building on what children already know and can say. For example, she teaches younger children to repeat simple words and sounds and children have great fun singing and dancing to favourite nursery rhymes. Children are also encouraged from a young age to use simple sign language to enable them to effectively

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who attend

communicate their needs. This supports their communication and language skills. From an early age, children have good opportunities to practise their pre-writing skills. For example, older children enjoy drawing and colouring and younger children use chalks to make marks. All children join in a variety of creative activities to enable them to use their imagination and express themselves, such as, salt dough, painting, baking, collage, printing and modelling. They enjoy rolling the dough back and forth and competently use cutters to make different shapes. The childminder skilfully encourages the children to think about shape texture colour and number. This helps to develop their understanding of simple problem solving. As result, children gain skills in readiness for school. Books are attractively displayed to entice children to use them. Younger children particularly enjoy looking at cloth books and sharing the experience with the childminder. This ensures

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who attend

children see words in print and promotes their early literacy skills.

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who attend

The childminder provides a good variety of resources to support children's understanding of how things work. For example, young children know how to use a cash register and mobile phone and have great fun as they confidently use a variety of musical and programmable toys. They show their delight giggling as they tap the different buttons and levers to see what happens next and confidently move their bodies to the beat of their tunes. They also have access to a good range of resources to help develop their coordination and large muscle control, such as, wheeled toys and sit and ride resources. However, children have fewer opportunities to play outdoors in the garden to enable them to be more physically active and to do things in different ways and on different scales than when indoors.

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who attend

Babies and young children enjoy exploring treasure baskets filled with natural materials, such as, conkers, pine cones and leaves. The childminder talks to them about changes in weather and they thoroughly enjoy visits to the park where they collect leaves for their collage pictures. These opportunities encourage children to explore, investigate, ask questions and learn about the natural world they live in. However, there is scope to improve opportunities to promote childrens understanding of how things grow, for example, sowing and tending seeds. Children are helped to consider and value diversity and have access to a variety of resources which acknowledge cultural differences. For example, books, puzzles and dolls. The childminder also borrows additional books and resources from the local library and toy library that promote children's learning about other festivals which are celebrated around the world.

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who attend

The childminder exchanges a daily feedback sheet with parents to ensure they are fully informed of their child's activities. She encourages parents to view their child's learning journey record and make comments and consider ways in which they can continue to support their child's learning at home. The childminder is fully aware of the requirement to complete a progress check at age two and share this with parents to ensure that they are informed of their child's progress and development. As a consequence, children are supported well to acquire the skills and capacity to develop and learn.

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

Children benefit from a well-organised environment where they play, rest and eat in safety and comfort and access good quality resources which appeal to them. Information from parents about their child's welfare and care routines is shared from the onset and the childminder requests that they complete an 'All about me' form. This means children's individual needs are effectively met. The childminder provides a flexible routine to help children settle. She is very attentive towards children's individual needs. As a result, children feel emotionally secure in the care of the childminder and this helps children to feel valued.

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

Children are learning about acceptable boundaries in their behaviour. They respond well to the childminder and have established good relationships with her and her family. The childminder encourages children to use their manners, to share, to be kind to each other and take turns. She leads by example and is very calm and patient and regularly praises children for their achievements. As a consequence, children are learning to play well together.

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

Children's health is supported well. Children are becoming familiar with the daily routine and are beginning to understand the importance of washing their hands at appropriate times. Children know to sit at the table to eat their food and the childminder encourages the younger children to develop their independence skills as they learn to feed themselves. The childminder is aware of children's individual dietary needs and ensures these are met. Children are helped to understand how exercise keeps them healthy. They walk to and from school with the childminder and the younger children attend the local playgroup. These opportunities help support children's overall physical well-being and develop their social skills in preparation for later transitions to nursery and school.

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provision

Safeguarding procedures are effective because the childminder has a good understanding of child protection procedures. She has devised a clearly written safeguarding policy which she shares with parents and has attended training to improve her knowledge. Children benefit from the childminder's commitment to keeping the premises safe through ongoing risk assessments and the use of safety equipment, such as, a stairgate and fireguard. Access to the premises is monitored and vetting procedures for household members ensure their suitability.

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provision

The childminder has made a good start to her childminding service and demonstrates a very organised and professional approach to her business. She displays a good understanding of both the welfare and learning requirements and is clear about her role in the delivery of the Statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage. She recognises the importance of observation and assessment and regularly evaluates and monitors her planning to ensure children move forward in their learning. She holds an early years qualification at level 3 and has experience working in several private day nurseries with young children. The childminder has a positive attitude towards further training and development and demonstrates a strong commitment to improving her service through regular monitoring and evaluation of her practice. As a consequence, she has a clear vision of the future of her setting to help improve outcomes for children.

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provision

The childminder works in close partnership with parents to support children's care and education which ensures children's needs are effectively met. It is evident from questionnaires received that parents are happy with the care and learning that their children are provided with. For example, one parent commented that 'my children now use their manners really well and that they always come home with a smile on their face'. Information is shared with parents through ongoing dialogue to ensure that they are informed of their child's activities and care routines on a daily basis. Parents are requested to sign the induction pack stating that they have read and agree with the policies and procedures. This means that they are fully informed of the care, learning and service provided. The childminder is aware of the importance of partnership working and has established links with other early years providers and schools to promote consistency in

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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 EY464891 Local authority Walsall Inspection number 932140 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 17 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 7

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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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