Childminder in East Riding of Yorkshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 March 2015 18 May 2011

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Good 2 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 Good 2

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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 children with a broad and varied range of well-planned activities which supports them to make good progress in their learning.  Children are familiar with all of the childminder's routines. They enjoy a cuddle with the childminder and strong, warm relationships are clearly evident. This helps children to feel emotionally secure.  The childminder teaches children in a variety of ways. She makes learning fun and interesting. She demonstrates basic skills to children so that they can copy her to practise, and eventually achieve, their goal.  All children are provided with excellent support to develop good communication and language skills. The childminder is confident to help children learn to speak and extend their vocabulary according to their individual needs.  The childminder is reflective about her practice and uses information gained from training, and shared by parents and others, to drive improvement.

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This provision is good

 The childminder makes frequent checks on children's progress. She records her findings to share with parents and partners.  The rooms children use help to keep them engaged and interested because the different environments successfully support their play, learning and well-being.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder has not yet introduced young children to resources that will help them to learn how to express their feelings.  The childminder does not use highly-effective strategies to support parents to extend their child's learning at home.

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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

 extend the use of toys and resources that will help young children to express themselves, as part of their learning about how to deal with their feelings, frustrations and emotions  support parents to engage in highly successful ways to extend their child's learning at home.

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Inspection activities

 The childminder provided the inspector with a tour of her setting.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's records, including those shared between joint providers, and a range of other documentation, including policies and procedures.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder.

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who attend. This is good

Children are very eager and enthusiastic to play with the varied range of high-quality toys and resources that the childminder provides. They experiment using different materials, such as play dough, and work with a broad range of tools. Children demonstrate that they are making sense of the world around them as they model what they have seen and experienced. For example, they appropriately use the pretend hairdresser's equipment and the doctor's medical kit. The childminder teaches children by involving them in many different activities that arouse their curiosity and motivate them to solve problems. She understands about providing children with choice. She encourages them to make decisions so that they grow in confidence and independence. Children are supported to learn how to behave, through providing praise and engaging in conversations with the childminder. She does not use resources to help children fully understand about their emotions or the

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good

Children have use of a wide variety of books and toys that are well organised in an extremely comfortable and interesting playroom. The childminder helps them to use scissors safely as they learn how to cut out the pictures they have drawn. She demonstrates how to hold the paper in such a way as to make the task easier and says, 'snip, snip, snip' to make the job fun and help them to remember. Children learn about eating healthily and take part in frequent outdoor activities that provides exercise and promotes their physical development. They regularly meet with other children and adults when they attend the variety of different play groups in the local area. This helps them to develop socially and learn how to form relationships with others in preparation for school. Children search for small insects in the garden with magnifying glasses and grow sunflowers, which promotes their learning outdoors.

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provision is good

The experienced childminder fully understands and confidently implements the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. She effectively uses the information she receives from the different training events that she attends. This helps her to review the quality of her provision for children's learning. The childminder has formed good relationships with parents and other providers of settings that children attend. She completes regular and precise assessments of children's progress, and uses these to plan for their learning. The childminder builds on what she finds out about children's interests to help guide her activity plans. However, this information is not used effectively to provide ideas and strategies for parents, to extend children's learning at home. The childminder is skilful at adapting activities to make sure that all children are fully involved and included. She knows how to identify and respond to any safeguarding concerns and

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provision is good

helps children to learn and understand how to keep themselves safe, fit and healthy.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 314535 Local authority East Riding of Yorkshire Inspection number 868224 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 17 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1994 and lives in Hessle, East Yorkshire. She operates all year round, from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Thursday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder supports children who speak English as an additional language

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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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