Childminder in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 25/04/2014 07/05/2009

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early years provision

This inspection: 2 Previous inspection: 2 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 maintains very good standards of health and safety in her home; this helps to ensure children remain safe and secure.  The childminder creates a warm and nurturing environment for children. As a result, children develop extremely settled and loving attachments with the childminder and her assistant, and good relationships with one another.  The childminder works efficiently with her assistant. Consequently, she meets children's needs and routines effectively and helps children make good progress in all areas.  The childminder provides a good range of toys and activities, which children explore easily, to promote their independent play.

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It is not yet outstanding because

 Some children become distracted on occasions during longer organised group activities, and as a result, lose interest and 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 observed activities and the quality of the childminder's interaction with the children.  The inspector observed the management of children's care routines.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector sampled the childminder's documentation and discussed her knowledge of the Statutory Framework for the requirements of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Information about the setting

The childminder registered in 1999. She lives with her partner and two children in Broadstone, Dorset. The whole of the ground floor is used for childminding purposes with sleep provision provided on the first floor. There is an enclosed rear garden for outdoor play. The family keeps two cats, which children can have supervised access to.

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Information about the setting

The childminder is registered on the Early Years Register and both the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. The childminder has seven children on roll in the early years age group. The childminder also works with an assistant.

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

 improve the organisation of long group activities to engage all children fully and help them maintain interest.

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who attend

The childminder monitors and promotes children's progress accurately and in partnership with parents. She obtains information from parents about their child's interests and stage of development. This helps the childminder to plan relevant activities and support their interests from the start. The childminder records observations of children in their learning journals and illustrates their progress with many photographs. The childminder uses her observations to update children's overall progress in each area of learning and to plan their next steps. The childminder keeps parents involved through sharing their child's learning journal with them and providing them with the required progress check for two- year-olds. This all helps children make good progress in relation to their starting points.

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who attend

The childminder provides a balance of activities for all areas of learning throughout the day. She organises adult-led activities with a specific learning intention. For example, they play board and activity games together as a group. The childminder interacts with interest and enthusiasm, shaping and adapting the activity to meet children's learning needs. This encourages children to take turns, to communicate verbally and promotes their understanding of numbers. However, on occasions, some children become distracted when these games last for long periods of time. As a result, children lose interest and the childminder does not always support these children in choosing other activities to maintain attention better.

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who attend

The childminder creates an exciting play environment with a good range of toys and learning experiences. Children explore these freely and with interests, focusing for long periods on these chosen activities. For example, children build with bricks and call out 'look!' to the show the childminder their models with pride. This helps children to develop their own ideas. Children choose favourite books to read spontaneously; they share what they find interesting with the childminder and some return to read these books again later in the morning. This helps to promote their interest in stories. Children benefit from activities within the local community. They visit the parks, beach and playgrounds to play actively and explore natural life, and visit the library to borrow books.

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who attend

The childminder interacts with interest and enthusiasm in children's play. She talks in a calm and clear voice to encourage children to listen well to her. She instigates lots of discussion time in which she asks children questions to encourage them to think, re-call events and share their news. For example, when asked, children explain why they got so wet this morning and tell others what they ate at home. The childminder extends discussions for older children to introduce new words, such as explaining what sugar snap peas are. These experiences help to promote children's communication, language and literacy skills effectively. Children are developing good independence. The childminder promotes this by asking them to complete simple task and teaching them to manage their own self-care in innovative activities. For example, children use photograph labels to identify and find their own outdoor shoes and coats to help them become more efficient at

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who attend

dressing themselves for home time. These skills help to promote children's future learning skills and school readiness.

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

The childminder forms extremely close and loving relationships with children. This is because she works successfully with parents and her assistant in getting to know children well and meeting their needs consistently. Children enjoy lots of cuddles and re-assurance, and share memories and laugh freely together. This helps children feel secure in the move between their home and the childminder's care. The childminder helps children to develop positive attitudes and good behaviour. The childminder and her assistant provide children with clear and consistent messages and support children well in learning to share and include others fairly. As a result, children play happily together and are forming friendships with one another. For example, children hold hands, kiss one another on the arm and help willingly when asked. This helps to promote children's personal, social and emotional development successfully.

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

The childminder maintains an extremely clean and well-maintained home environment in which children move around freely and safety. She organises toys with consideration to ensure children can choose and explore for themselves. Children play in a very safe and secure home in which the childminder helps them to learn about keeping themselves safe. For example, children learn how to manage steps safely, they learn about the potential hazards on outings and how to respond in an emergency. Children benefit from regular physical play in the garden, and on local walks and outings. This encourages them to move with energy and in different ways to develop their physical skills, and promotes children's health effectively.

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provision

The childminder has a good knowledge and understanding of the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage. She has a good understanding of her role and responsibilities to help safeguard children's welfare and the correct procedures to follow in the event of any concerns. The childminder maintains very good standards of health and safety for children. She implements thorough risk assessments which she uses to identify any potential risks to children. She then implements measures to address these areas, such as working with her assistant on outings. The childminder also provides key training courses for her assistant to ensure children's welfare is safeguarded when they are in her care. This helps to keep children safe and secure in her home and on trips out.

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provision

The childminder has successful systems to monitor and evaluate the quality of her provision. She keeps a written record with her assistant of the impact of their planned activities on children's learning and development, feedback from the local authority and information from courses they attend. The childminder identifies aspects for improvement which she successfully addresses. As a result, the childminder has attended training to extend her knowledge and skills and improved standards of safety to protect children when out of the house. She has also developed the learning journals to assess and promote children's learning more accurately.

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provision

The childminder establishes successful partnerships with parents, who she provides with clear information about her provision. The childminder keeps parents informed through displays in her home and face-to-face communication each day. The childminder values and obtains parents' views about her provision. Parents state the childminder 'teaches the children good manners and values, and treats each child equally'. They state the childminder and her assistant 'work well together' and their children have blossomed in their care. The childminder also meets with the other early years settings children also attend, to help ensure continuity of their care and education.

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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 109639 Local authority Poole Inspection number 965846 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 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

T: 0300 123 4234 Textphone: 0161 618 8524 E: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk W: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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