Childminder in Hampshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 05/08/2014 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 requires improvement

 The childminder is sensitive and supportive of young children, interacting positively to help children move onto the next steps in their learning and development.  The effective partnerships established with parents' means that the childminder follows children's routines so that she meets their individual needs well.  Children enjoy looking at books with the childminder. She introduces new words helping children to develop new vocabulary.

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It is not yet good because

 The childminder does not obtain written parental consent to administer prescribed medicines. This is a legal requirement.  The childminder does not always limit the background noise. This is distracting for the children, interrupting their concentration as they play and explore.

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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 the indoor activities and interaction between the childminder and the children during play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke with the childminder at appropriate times throughout the inspection.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at documents relating to Early Years Foundation Stage provided by the childminder, including children's assessments.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at the childminder's systems to evaluate her practice, including parent questionnaires.

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Information about the setting

The childminder registered in 2014. She lives with her partner and their young child in a house in Eastleigh, in Hampshire. The whole of the property is available for children and there is a rear garden for outdoor play. The family has two cats.

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Information about the setting

The childminder is registered on the Early Years Register and the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. She supports children who speak English as an additional language. There are currently two early years children on roll.

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must:

 obtain written permission from children's parents and/or carers to administer a particular medicine.

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

 review the organisation of the play environment to minimise the background noise and enable children to concentrate on their play activities without distractions.

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who attend

The childminder has a secure understanding of children's individual abilities and stages of development. She obtains detailed information from parents about children's routines, likes and dislikes, when they first start. This enables the childminder to tailor the play activities to suit children's interests to help them settle. Play experiences include a mix of adult-led and child-initiated play activities that motivate children to learn. As a result, children are making good progress in their learning in relation to their starting points.

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who attend

Children enjoy playing and exploring through a varied range of fun, stimulating play and learning experiences. On occasion, the background television noise is distracting for the children, interrupting their concentration as they play and explore. Children benefit from the positive interaction they received from the childminder. For example, she encouraged young children to explore the various musical toys demonstrating how to create the sounds. Children copied and showed control as they pressed buttons with their fingers and used the tools to make music. This engaged children well, and they reached into the toy box to select different instruments to use. The children babbled and vocalised to the music and the childminder repeated their babbling sounds and introduced the rhyme 'Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake' to extend the activity. This provided children with purposeful play activities and promoted their early communication skills.

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who attend

The childminder provides opportunities for young children to use crayons to enable them to experience mark-making activities. Children enjoyed looking at a book with the childminder and showed control as they turned the pages as they listened to the story. The childminder encouraged young children to feel the different textures of the animals, introducing words 'Soft' and 'Fluffy'. This helps to develop children's language. The childminder has ordered some dual language books from the library to enable children to see and hear their home language. She counted with children in both English and German as they played introducing them to number names and counting from a young age. Children learned about size and shape as they put the different sized balls into the corresponding holes. The childminder praised the children, clapping and saying 'Well done, you know where they go'. This helped build the children's confidence and they repeated

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who attend

their action. Children have regular opportunities to explore creative play experiences, such as water, sand, paint and dough. This enables them to use their senses to investigate different textures.

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who attend

The childminder makes effective use of observation and assessment to help her monitor the children's progress and identify any gaps in their learning. She collates this information in the children's individual online records. Parents have a password to enable them to access their children's records. The childminder provides the parents with good information about their child's care, learning and development through informal discussions and by sharing the children's assessments. This encourages parents to become actively involved in their child's learning.

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

Children develop a secure bond with the childminder and benefit from her warm and caring interaction. The childminder is tuned into children's needs and organises her day around their individual routines. She follows parent's wishes when organising the children's sleeping arrangements and feeding requirements. For example, she recognised when the younger children were getting tired and settled them down for a sleep. This helps promote children's emotional well-being, and makes children comfortable and settled.

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

The childminder is clear of her responsibility to provide children with a safe and secure environment. She carries out risk assessments of all areas of her house and for any outings to help her identify and minimise risks to children. This means that children are able to move around freely and safely in their play. The childminder supervises the children appropriately and makes use of a baby video monitor so that children are within sight or hearing at all times. The childminder follows appropriate routines when on outings with children, such as the use of a buggy and harness, and teaching children about road safety. The childminder takes account of the children's levels of understanding when teaching them to learn to share with others. For example, when young children tried to take a toy off another child she distracted them with another toy, and explained they can have a different toy. This keeps the children occupied and interested.

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

Children have access to a suitable range of clean, age appropriate resources with younger children's toys easily accessible in low storage units. This enabled children to choose some of the play equipment independently. Overall, the childminder promotes children's good health. Children have use of the childminder's garden and go on frequent outings, such as trips to the beach and library. This means that children get regular fresh air and exercise, and widens their learning experiences. The childminder keeps appropriate records of any medication she gives to children. However, she does not always obtain written consent from parents prior to administering medication. This is requirement of both the Early Years Register and the Childcare Register. However, the childminder does gain verbal consent from parents before administering any medication to children, which reduces the impact of risk to children.

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provision

The childminder has an understanding of the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. She has developed policies and procedures to support her childminding provision, which she shares with parents. This informs the parents of the childminder's roles and responsibilities. The childminder has a sound understanding of child protection and safeguarding issues. She is clear of procedures to follow if she has concerns about a child in her care. Overall, she uses the required documentation to support children's safety and well-being. However, the required medication records are not complete.

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provision

The childminder has only recently starting childminding and has a positive attitude to the ongoing development of her provision. She has some systems in place to help her reflect on ways she can improve her provision. She has attended training on observation, assessment and planning and is keen to attend further training courses to develop her childminding role. However, the childminder does not always review the play environment effectively. For example, the television is playing in the background, which distracted children during the play activities. The childminder uses the arrangements to observe and assess children's progress effectively to help monitor children's development. She has yet to implement the two-year-old progress check but through discussion demonstrates she is aware of this requirement.

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provision

The childminder works effectively in partnership with parents to meet children's needs. She welcomes feedback from the parents to help her develop her provision further. Parents comment positively about the childminder's care, the regular updates about her practices and the feedback she provides about their children through the daily book and verbal report on collection.

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The Childcare Register

The requirements for the compulsory part of the Childcare Register are

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actions)

The requirements for the voluntary part of the Childcare Register are

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To meet the requirements of the Childcare Register the provider must:

 keep a record of a parent/guardian/carer's consent for any medicines administered to a child (compulsory part of the Childcare Register)  keep a record of a parent/guardian/carer's consent for any medicines administered to a child (voluntary part of the Childcare Register).

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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. We re-inspect nurseries and pre-schools judged as requires improvement within 12 months of the date of 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

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Grade Judgement Description

is not meeting the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. It will be monitored and inspected again within six months of the date of this inspection. Met There were no children present at the time of the inspection. The inspection judgement is that the provider continues to meet the requirements for registration. Not met There were no children present at the time of the inspection. 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 EY474898 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 956551 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 2

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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

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

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