Childminder in North Somerset

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 February 2015 17 January 2011

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Satisfactory 3 How well the early years provision meets the needs of the range of children who attend Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Good 2

The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the early years provision Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

The setting meets legal requirements for early years settings

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This provision is good

 The childminder provides strong support for children's key areas of development, particularly their language and communication skills. This prepares them well for their next stage of learning and school.  Children are extremely confident and emotionally secure because the childminder gives their safety and well-being the highest priority.  The childminder organises her environment highly effectively, to enable children to initiate their learning and extend their ideas. She uses their interests exceptionally well in her planning, which motivates them to learn.  Children new to the setting settle extremely quickly and enjoy their time because the childminder gets to know them very well and provides an exciting range of activities.  The childminder is skilful in promoting children's confidence in their own abilities, so that they persevere with new skills and learn through trial and error.  The childminder provides parents with good, regular information on their children's

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This provision is good

development and ways to support learning at home.  The childminder has gained an early years qualification, thereby extending her knowledge of child development and how to protect and promote children's welfare.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder sometimes misses opportunities to help children understand more about cause and effect, by encouraging them to think about how things change.  The childminder does not make maximum use of adult-led activities to fully challenge the more able children.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

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

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

 strengthen children's awareness of cause and effect by posing more challenging questions and encouraging them to think about how things change, to extend their understanding of the world further  extend the use of adult-led activities, to challenge the more able children even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's free play and adult-led activities indoors.  The inspector checked safeguarding information and risk assessments of the premises.  The inspector took account of parents' written feedback left for the inspection, the childminder's quality improvement plan and her parents' survey.  The inspector sampled documentation, including policies, procedures, children's development records and planning for their next stages of learning.

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who attend. This is good

The childminder has a good understanding of how children learn. She monitors children's development well to enable her to plan for their individual learning and development. As a result, all children make good progress. Children are confident communicators. During the inspection, they listened well and followed instructions when making masks. However, the childminder cut the masks out for them, missing the opportunity to further challenge the more able children. The childminder plans an exciting range of first-hand experiences and activities, so that children want to take part and persevere with new skills. Children practised using chopsticks to eat noodles and made them into shapes and letters, for example. Overall, the childminder makes good use of all situations to support children's learning effectively. For example, she showed the children how the dried noodles were hard. However, she did not encourage them to think about what would happen to them

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who attend. This is good

when placed in boiling water, to extend their learning further.

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outstanding

Children have an outstanding awareness of safe and healthy practices, demonstrating their understanding through cooking activities, for example. The childminder extends their knowledge even further by playing games that prompt discussions about healthy eating. Children have exceptionally high self-esteem and confidence, and build excellent relationships. Parents comment extremely positively on how confident their children are in social situations. Children initiate their own learning through excellent access to resources. For example, older children found and sounded the letters in their name using an alphabet poster. Then they helped younger children do the same, so that children learned from each other. Children thoroughly enjoy playing together; they share, take turns and demonstrate a very positive attitude to people's differences.

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provision is good

The childminder has a good understanding of her responsibilities in meeting the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. She organises her documentation well for the safe and efficient management of her provision. The childminder carries out effective risk assessments to keep children safe. Through regular training, she has a clear awareness of safeguarding procedures to protect children who may be at risk. The childminder continues to update and increase her knowledge, in order to provide good- quality care and learning. Through self-evaluation, she identifies her own training needs and looks for ways to improve. For example, she now supports children in using numbers, and understanding volume and problem solving when cooking or using the mud kitchen. In addition, she uses a questionnaire to seek parents' views.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY414864 Local authority North Somerset Inspection number 845143 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 17 January 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2010. She lives with her husband and two older children in Locking, Weston-super-Mare, in north Somerset. The childminder uses the whole of the property for childminding purposes. There is a fully enclosed rear garden for outdoor play. The childminder takes children to and collects them from the local school. The childminder is registered on the Early Years Register and the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. She holds an early years qualification at level 3.

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Telephone number

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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Telephone number

procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. 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, safeguarding and child protection.

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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

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