Childminder in Cambridgeshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 October 2015 20 March 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 has a good understanding of the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage, which she implements effectively. She ensures all children have equal opportunity to learn and achieve their full potential.  The experienced childminder has a good understanding of how children learn and develop. She observes children as they play, assesses their progress and accurately identifies their next steps in learning. Children make good progress and acquire good skills and attitudes to support the next stage in their education.  The childminder establishes strong bonds with the children, who demonstrate they feel safe and secure in her care. They are confident to explore the environment and freely choose what they wish to play with.  The childminder is a good role model. Children are learning to share and respect each other. They respond well to the childminder's calm and consistent reminders about

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not make best use of meaningful information from parents about what their children can do on entry, to firmly establish their starting points.  The childminder does not always support children to think more deeply as they play and explore to work things out 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

 make prompt use of the information gathered from parents when children first start, to help to precisely identify their starting points, and use this to plan meaningful experiences to immediately support their learning and development  enhance the good teaching further to challenge children to think more deeply and imaginatively to work out problems and ideas for themselves.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and the children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as the children's learning journals, evidence of the suitability of adults living in the home, the childminder's training certificates and a sample of policies and procedures.  The inspector took account of the written views of parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder is committed to providing the children with a safe and stimulating home environment which meets their individual needs. Arrangements for safeguarding children are effective. The childminder assesses her home for potential hazards and takes appropriate action to minimise the risk for children. She has a good understanding of her role to protect children from harm and knows the procedures to follow should she have any concerns regarding a child's welfare. The childminder regularly reviews the impact her practice has on the progress children make. She welcomes parents' views on how to improve her practice to better meet their children's individual needs. The childminder makes good use of training opportunities to develop her skills and knowledge. She establishes effective partnerships with other early years providers to ensure children benefit from consistency and continuity in their learning and care. Parents are very

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

positive about the care their children receive. They typically comment that their children are happy and make good progress.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The quality of teaching is good. The childminder is very experienced and instinctively supports children to learn and develop. She knows the children very well and successfully promotes learning opportunities to challenge and engage them. She talks to the children as they play and listens to what they say in order to develop activities to reflect their emerging interests. Children enjoy making animal pictures with stickers and talk confidently about the animals they saw during a recent visit to the zoo. The childminder regularly shares information regarding children's progress with their parents. However, she does make purposeful use of parents' contributions to promptly identify and assess starting points on entry. Children enjoy sharing books with the childminder. However, sometimes she does not support their deeper thinking. Nevertheless, children are active learners and acquire good skills to support the next stage in their education.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder is kind, friendly and approachable. She quickly establishes strong bonds with the children, who enjoy spending their time with her. She is flexible to meet children's individual needs when they start, and they settle quickly. The childminder attends a variety of toddler groups with the children. She teaches children to share and take turns, and encourages them to respect each other. She also teaches children about road safety during their trips out. The childminder provides healthy fruit snacks for the children and encourages parents to provide healthy foods in their children's packed lunches. She sensitively supports children to become independent in their personal hygiene. Children become familiar with the school routine and environment as they attend school assemblies and collect children from school each day.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress given their starting points and capabilities. They are becoming independent and acquiring good skills and motivation to support their future education.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY102123 Local authority Cambridgeshire Inspection number 869604 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Age range of children 0 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 9

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 20 March 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2002. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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