Childminder, Out-of school day care in Oxfordshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 October 2015 26 March 2009

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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

 Effective assessments of children's learning are used to help enable the childminder to monitor their development. She uses these to plan activities that meet children's needs and interests so they develop well and make good progress in their learning.  The childminder evaluates her practice and uses information from this and training activities to make improvements. She keeps her safeguarding knowledge up to date and makes parents aware of any changes in requirements for safeguarding children. She demonstrates a good understanding of how to keep children safe and effectively drives ongoing improvements to her practice.  Good partnerships with parents and other professionals ensure regular exchanges of information are maintained. This enables the childminder to know the children well, helps her to promote their learning and support them through changes, such as moving on to playgroup or school.  Children feel secure and happy, and become confident learners in the childminder's

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This provision is good

company. The childminder devotes her time and attention fully to children in her care and visibly enjoys her role.  The quality of teaching is good. The childminder helps all children to learn through enjoyable and challenging experiences across all areas of learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children can only choose from a small range of resources that stimulate their interest in using technology and exploring how things work.  The childminder does not always organise her toys and resources so that children can independently choose them for themselves, to fully engage them in their play and develop their exploration and investigation skills 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

 increase the range of resources further that promote children's understanding of technology and how programmable toys work  review the organisation of toys and resources, so that children have greater opportunities to choose for themselves what they explore and investigate with.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the indoor and outdoor learning environments.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and the children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records, planning documentation and a selection of policies and procedures, including safeguarding, complaints and risk assessments.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and carers from written testimonials provided to the childminder.  The inspector discussed the childminder's self-evaluation and discussed with the childminder her plans for improvement.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has attended safeguarding training to ensure that she has a good knowledge and that her procedures are robust. She ensures children are well cared for and always supervised. She monitors the children's learning well to ensure they are making good progress. The childminder has a good understanding of the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. She has effective self-evaluation systems in place. She highlights any areas for improvement to raise her standards of teaching and identify her training needs. This is reflected in her good practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder monitors children's development using observations and assessments of them playing and learning. This helps her to plan experiences that promote their development further. Children are confident and happy. The childminder asks the children questions and repeats words correctly for them. This is helping children's speech and language develop well. Children learn how to use tools, for example, as they use binoculars to spot birds in the garden. The childminder uses this to link their learning to their interests and the natural world. She counts as the children play games to support their turn taking and to promote their mathematical skills. Children experiment and use clay to create animals using pine cones and leaves. She shows them how to make their favourite animals, such as hedgehogs and owls. Consequently, children use their imagination and recall familiar objects. The childminder teaches children to develop their

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

early writing skills, for example, as they make pictures with pens and stamps. She encourages them to develop their early literacy skills, for example, as they recognise the sounds letters make and write their own name. Children are well prepared to start school.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder promotes children's health and safety effectively. Children learn to understand the need to keep safe. For example, they regularly practise the emergency evacuation procedure and talk about road safety when going out for walks. Children behave well. They are encouraged to be polite and kind. The childminder talks with the children about healthy eating so they learn how to make good choices about the food they eat. The childminder takes children to different settings in the local area where they socialise with others. As a result, they learn how to mix with other children, which builds their self-esteem and confidence, and helps them understand other children's feelings.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress in their learning. The childminder meets their care and learning needs well. Children are learning to be independent and demonstrate their skills as they peel their own fruit, take themselves to the bathroom and change their shoes ready to go outside. This prepares children well for the future and moving on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 133966 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 825575 Type of provision Childminder Day care type 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 26 March 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder registered 1992 and lives in Bicester, Oxfordshire. The childminder offers care on weekdays, all year round.

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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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