Squires, Sharon Lorraine

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 September 2015 8 August 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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 The childminder plans interesting, challenging activities and outings. As a result, children enjoy their time with her and are motivated to play and learn.  Well-established exchanges of information between the childminder and parents promote continuity for children. The childminder provides parents with ideas of how to support their child's learning at home and parents discuss progress they have noticed. As a result, children make good progress in their learning.  The childminder has excellent relationships with other settings children attend. She communicates with them effectively. For example, she provides an assessment record of children's progress. This promotes good continuity in children's learning.  The childminder knows the children very well and they flourish in her care. Her warm, calm and caring approach helps all children to form very strong emotional attachments.  Children show high levels of confidence in their play. They behave very well and

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This provision is good

cooperate with others in their games. This helps them to build strong friendships and increases their ability to learn.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 On occasions, children do not always have opportunities to explore and solve problems to develop their creativity and thinking skills further.  The childminder is not always proactive in addressing all improvements she identifies to extend her good practice even further.

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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 opportunities for children to develop their problem solving and thinking skills to extend their learning further  strengthen how improvements are targeted so that even more high-quality changes are made that benefit children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children participating in activities and interacting with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector reviewed the children's assessment records and a selection of policies and procedures.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to and read letters of reference from parents to take account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder completes regular training to increase her knowledge and understanding of early years practice. She uses this in her practice well, for example, behaviour management training helps her to offer advice to parents to support children's behaviour at home. This helps to promote a consistent approach. As part of her self-evaluation process, the childminder gains the views of parents and children to assess and improve the quality of her provision. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder prioritises children's safety and has a secure understanding of how to safeguard children. She attends regular safeguarding training and updates her policies to reflect any changes. The childminder keeps parents well informed of their child's progress, such as through written reports.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The quality of teaching is good. The childminder uses observations and assessments well to develop a clear understanding of children's abilities and progress. This helps her to monitor the quality of children's learning experiences and their progress effectively. As a result, she quickly identifies and closes any gaps in their learning. Children develop into confident talkers because the childminder supports their language skills well. For example, she introduces vocabulary in meaningful ways as they play with shakers they have made. The childminder extends their early reading and mathematical skills well. For example, children happily turn the pages of counting books and independently attempt to count the objects on the page. As a result, children make good progress.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder provides a very exciting environment to promote children's learning. She encourages children's independence skills extremely well with easily accessible activities that follow their interests. This helps them to sustain their learning effectively. The childminder works exceptionally well with parents to meet children's care needs, including those children who have additional care requirements. She finds out excellent information about each child's individual needs and routine. As a result, children settle extremely quickly and there is excellent continuity in meeting their needs. The childminder promotes children's understanding of equality and diversity very effectively through planned experiences. For example, they retell and act out stories set in other countries and taste a wide range of fruit.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress. Their individual personalities and styles of learning are understood well by the childminder, which helps her provide learning experiences tailored to their needs. Children gain the skills they need to move on to school. For example, they develop positive social skills and independence with dressing and toileting.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY284959 Local authority Kent Inspection number 847269 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 8 August 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2004 and lives in Lordswood, Chatham, Kent. She cares for children between the hours of 6.45am and 6pm on weekdays for most of the year. The childminder is accredited to receive government funding for the provision of free early years education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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