Childminder in Trafford

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 September 2015 17 March 2011

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 The childminder has developed good systems for parents to contribute to the observation and assessment process. This provides continuity for children's learning and they make good progress in readiness for school.  The childminder is caring, approachable and friendly. She builds positive relationships and secure attachments with children. This helps children to feel happy and content in her care and they develop strong self-esteem.  The childminder regularly shares information about children's learning and development with other professionals. This helps all adults who work with children to be involved and contribute effectively to children's learning and development.  The childminder places a strong focus on helping children to develop pre-reading skills in time for school through activities that help children to develop the ability to link sounds and letters.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not take all opportunities within the daily routine to promote children's mathematical skills, specifically in relation to number.  The childminder does not always give children the opportunity to increase their ability to think for themselves.

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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

 provide children with further opportunities to solve problems and to link their thoughts and ideas more fully to help support them to become independent and critical thinkers  explore ways to best utilise daily routines to help children to further develop their understanding of number and simple number problems.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector evaluated a learning activity with the childminder.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of all adults living in the childminder's home.  The inspector took account of the views of parents as recorded in letters and written parental questionnaires.  The inspector viewed all areas of the childminder's home used for childminding and observed children engaged in a variety of activities.  The inspector viewed children's learning records, sampled policies, and training records and discussed the childminder's self-evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has attended child protection training. This has supported her in knowing what procedures to follow in order to protect and keep children safe from harm. The childminder demonstrates a commitment to her ongoing professional development. She is keen to attend regular childcare training to increase her professional knowledge, skills and understanding. This helps to ensure children's care and learning needs are well met. The childminder continually finds ways to enhance her provision and her self-evaluation is comprehensive and reflective. She takes on board comments and suggestions from parents and children to help improve outcomes for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The qualified childminder provides a child-centred environment where children feel settled, confident and ready to learn. The childminder provides a good balance of child-led and adult-led activities that meet children's needs, interest and abilities. During activities, the childminder describes what children are doing and holds meaningful conversations with children. This helps to support children's language development. The childminder asks thought-provoking questions to challenge children's thinking. However, the childminder sometimes answers questions herself and this means that children are not always able to think, solve problems and work things out for themselves. The childminder is skilful at promoting children's number recognition during activities to support their developing mathematical skills. However, not all opportunities are taken during daily routines to encourage children's understanding of quantities and simple number problems, in order

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

for children to make the best possible progress in this area of learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder is skilful at helping children to feel secure in her home. She lovingly displays children's artwork and photographs to help children to recall past activities and experiences they have shared and taken part in. This helps children to develop a secure sense of themselves as part of the wider world. There is a vibrant range of good quality and accessible resources available to children. This helps children to make independent choices, selecting toys and resources that they feel able to explore and investigate with freely. The childminder is a positive role model. Consequently, all children develop an awareness and respect for others, share resources well and are kind and caring to each other.

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Outcomes for children are good

The childminder uses observations and assessments of children's learning effectively to identify each child's learning needs. She plans successfully to help children move on in their learning and, consequently, all children demonstrate the typical levels of development for their age. The childminder monitors children's progress regularly so that any emerging gaps in development are swiftly identified to enable children to make the best possible progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY293565 Local authority Trafford Inspection number 861476 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Age range of children 0 - 17 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 17 March 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2004 and lives in Urmston, Manchester. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate 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

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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