Home Childcarer in Bracknell Forest

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 October 2015 23 February 2012

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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 promotes children's behaviour well through positive role modelling. Children are well behaved and gain good self-esteem.  Partnership working with parents is good. The childminder shares information with parents on a daily basis, which helps to support children's well-being, learning and development.  The childminder has a good knowledge of safeguarding procedures and has attended training to ensure her knowledge is updated. She is clear about the procedures to follow should she have a concern about a child in her care and this helps to keep children safe.  Teaching is effective. The childminder has a secure knowledge and understanding about how children learn and develop. She plays alongside children, skilfully challenging their thinking.  Children enjoy the time they spend with this friendly and caring childminder and they make good progress in their learning. The childminder provides children with a range of

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This provision is good

activities to meet their individual learning needs.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder sometimes does too much for the children. As a result, they have slightly fewer opportunities to develop their skills during everyday activities.  The childminder does not always make the most of her observations and assessments of children's learning to plan activities that enable children to make outstanding progress.

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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 learn to undertake tasks for themselves during everyday activities  make better use of information from observations and assessments to help children to make rapid progress in their learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at documentation and a selection of policies and procedures, including children's information, risk assessments, certificates and evidence of the childminder's suitability.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection and carried out a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector viewed the areas used for childminding purposes.  The inspector took account of the information provided in the childminder's self- evaluation document and from written and verbal feedback from parents.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The well-qualified childminder has a secure understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements, and implements them effectively. She has a wide range of policies and procedures to effectively underpin her provision. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder fully understands her responsibility to protect children. She reflects on her practice and values parents' views about the quality of her setting. She demonstrates a strong commitment to further training to strengthen her knowledge and practice to continually improve standards for children. She shares information with parents so they are fully informed of their children's learning and progress. Parents comment positively on the wide range of good-quality experiences, outings and activities the childminder offers.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has a good understanding of how children learn and uses teaching strategies well to support them. For instance, she encourages children's vocabulary very well to extend their communication and language skills. Children learn to concentrate effectively during their play and activities. For example, when making rockets they enjoy choosing particular colour feathers to enhance their design. The childminder uses regular and detailed observations to assess children's progress in all areas of learning. This enables her to quickly highlight any potential gaps in children's learning and to seek support if required.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder provides a very nurturing environment where children feel relaxed and safe, which helps support their emotional well-being effectively. The childminder takes children on a broad and stimulating variety of outings to promote their learning. For example, they take a bus to see the changing of the guard at Windsor Castle. This helps to support them to develop an understanding of the world around them and create good social and physical skills. Children develop a good understanding of how to manage risks and challenges relative to their age in safe surroundings, for example, they learn about road safety. The childminder provides the children with healthy snacks and meals, and drinks of water. Children are able to choose the toys and resources that they wish to play with as the childminder stores them effectively. There is a good range of resources to cover the children's ages and stages of development across all areas of learning.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children engage well with the activities and learning experiences. Under the childminder's supportive care, they become independent learners. Children make good progress from their starting points. They develop positive attitudes to others to prepare them for the next stage in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY280317 Local authority Bracknell Forest Inspection number 833538 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 1

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 23 February 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2004 and lives in Ascot. The childminder holds a recognised early years qualification at level 3. The childminder works from 8am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, term time only.

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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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