Bray Yvette

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 November 2015 29 October 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

 The childminder completes self-evaluation that takes into account the views of parents and children to drive improvement. She has addressed the recommendation from the last inspection to develop information sharing with other settings children attend to promote continuity.  Children benefit from good relationships with the childminder and her assistant; they are confident, happy and have a strong sense of belonging. The childminder meets their emotional needs well, such as by offering them encouragement and praise for their achievements.  Children behave well. The childminder and her assistant are good role models and help children to take turns in their play and share their toys well with each other.  Children experience a wide range of outings in the community, such as visits to parks, beaches and farms. These experiences help children to understand about their local area and the world around them.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always give children sufficient time to explore some experiences and activities at their own pace before she intervenes in their play.  The childminder promotes children's learning well overall. However, her observation, assessment and planning are not consistently precise to ensure that she offers the best possible level of challenge during all activities to promote children's good progress 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

 ensure children have sufficient time to explore activities to their own satisfaction  develop a more consistent approach to observing and assessing children's progress to be able to plan as precisely as possible for their individual learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children engaged in activities and the interactions of the childminder and her assistant with them.  The inspector spoke with the children, childminder and assistant at convenient times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled various documents, including children's learning records, the childminder's self-evaluation, risk assessments and relevant policies and procedures.  The inspector took into account the written views of parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder ensures she and her assistant have up-to-date training and a good understanding of their responsibility to meet all the requirements to promote children's welfare and protect them from harm. She ensures they both update their skills and knowledge, such as through reading and researching current practice ideas. For example, they have used their learning well to organise a very stimulating environment to promote children's learning. The childminder monitors children's learning to identify and implement any additional support they need to help narrow gaps in their achievements. She has developed effective information sharing with parents, such as keeping them informed of the outcomes from regular questionnaires she uses to seek their views.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder and her assistant have a good understanding of how to promote children's learning through the play activities they offer. For example, children engaged in imaginative shop play with real fruits and vegetables. The childminder encouraged them to write shopping lists, count the number of potatoes and estimate how much the shopping was going to cost. Children develop a good understanding of the world through experiences, such as listening to the sound of the coconut when they shook it. They linked this to a previous activity when they smashed open the coconut, with the childminder, to see what was inside. Children have opportunities to explore changes to colours, for instance they mixed 'magic potions' using coloured water. Partnership with parents is good and they are involved in their children's learning. They comment positively on the exciting learning experiences the childminder offers, for example, the discovery of the life cycles of

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

caterpillars into butterflies, eggs into chicks and tadpoles into frogs.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder has a secure knowledge of how to keep children safe from harm. She completes regular risk assessments to minimise any hazards to children. She supports children well to develop an understanding of how to keep themselves safe. For example, she explains to them the importance of not leaving resources on the floor in case they slip or trip on them. Children learn to respect and value others. The childminder teaches children about developing healthy lifestyles, for instance, through the healthy snacks and meals she offers them and the daily opportunities to play outside in the fresh air.

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Outcomes for children are good

Overall, children are working within the typical range of development for their ages. They independently access a wide range of learning experiences that interest and motivate them to engage for good periods of time. They develop the skills they need for future learning in pre-school and school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY243369 Local authority Bristol City Inspection number 826483 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 18

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 29 October 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2003. She lives in the Whitchurch area of Bristol. The childminder works with an assistant. She is open all year round, Monday to Friday from 7.45am to 5.30pm.

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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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