Childminder in Devon

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 November 2015 21 July 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 The quality of teaching is good. The childminder monitors children's progress well and plans very effectively to make sure all children are challenged. As a result, they make good progress in learning, relative to their starting points.  Children are content and happy. They develop good relationships with the childminder, and are kind and caring towards each other. They show through their behaviour that they feel emotionally safe and secure in the childminder's care.  The childminder works closely with parents to meet children's individual needs. She has developed good strategies to involve parents in children's learning from the outset, such as including them in helping to identify children's starting points. Parents provide regular feedback about children's achievements at home, which the childminder includes when planning for future progress.  The childminder's self-evaluations are good and she has a clear understanding of her

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This provision is good

strengths and of where there is room for improvement. Her monitoring systems are effective in helping her to identify any gaps in learning. She takes prompt action to address these and knows where to obtain additional support, if needed.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children do not have regular opportunities to learn how to keep themselves safe should they need to evacuate the premises hurriedly.  The childminder does not always obtain enough information about children's learning at other settings in order to further support their development.

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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

 develop children's understanding of how to keep themselves safe in an emergency  improve systems of sharing information with other settings attended by children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder engaged in activities with children.  The inspector spoke to the childminder about how she monitors children's progress.  The inspector spoke to children and read feedback from parents.  The inspector sampled documents and records required to support children's welfare.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder monitors her practice well. She uses skills and knowledge gained from her own training and development effectively in improving children's learning experiences, such as looking at how questions to children are phrased to make sure there is no sense of judgement conveyed but only interest in the child's view of the world. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has good procedures in place to help protect children from the risk of harm and she implements these well.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children communicate confidently and respond very well to the childminder's good questions that encourage them to think about and build on what they know. For example, during a fishing game, children talked knowledgeably about different sea creatures. The childminder extended this well; children looked at books about sea life, they learned about different types of whales and their names, and which breeds are biggest and smallest. The childminder uses her skills well very well to encourage children to identify objects and identify similarities and differences. For example, children grouped pictures of fruit and vegetables by colour and then identified those that started with the same initial sounds. This developed further as children counted and calculated the total numbers of objects in the pictures, extending their mathematical skills well.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are well behaved, and older children are kind and considerate to younger friends. They share and take turns well. For example, they worked cooperatively to create a large group painting. Card games teach children about waiting their turn and develop their number recognition. Children enjoy spending time outside and being physically active. Activities such as egg-and-spoon races help them to develop balance and coordination. Children develop a good understanding of how to keep healthy. For example, they make sure they use tissues and cover their mouths when the cough or sneeze because they understand they can catch colds from each other.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children of all ages and abilities make consistently good progress. They are confident, independent and communicate well. The childminder focuses very effectively on making sure that children are well equipped to move on to the next stage in their learning, including, for older children, going to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 104337 Local authority Devon Inspection number 824746 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Age range of children 2 - 9 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 21 July 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2000. She lives with her husband, who is also a registered childminder, in Sampford Peverell, Devon. The childminder is eligible to provide funded early education for children aged two, three, and four years. She operates her service Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm all year.

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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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