Candeland, Julie Anne

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 November 2015 19 June 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 forms good relationships with children and their parents. She gains and uses information about each child's interests and unique ways to help all children settle well when they first start.  A range of outings in the local area successfully support children to learn about their community and gain a good understanding of the natural world.  The childminder purposefully takes children to local groups where they develop confidence and good social skills. This helps to effectively support children's emotional well-being.  Children develop well physically. They gain a secure understanding about the importance of regular exercise as part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.  The childminder works closely with parents and other professionals involved with the families to exchange information about children's health and care routines. This helps her to effectively support disabled children and those who have special educational

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This provision is good

needs.  Children's listening and speaking skills develop well. The childminder encourages children to take interest in different sounds, including the hailstones falling on the conservatory roof.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always make the most effective use of all information, including that from home and other settings children attend, when assessing their learning. This lessens her ability to challenge children's good learning to a higher level.  The childminder does not always make the best use of her monitoring and evaluation to set clear priorities and challenging targets for improvement.

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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

 assess children's learning and identify learning targets more precisely, making greater use of all available information, including that from home and other settings children attend  strengthen the focus on evaluation and monitoring to develop even clearer priorities and more challenging targets for continuous improvement.

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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 childminder.  The inspector talked with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at a range of documentation including policies, evidence of the suitability of household members, observation and assessment documentation, and the safeguarding procedures.  The inspector took account of the views of parents provided in writing.  The inspector talked to the childminder about her self-evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder assesses risks in her home and checks daily to ensure safety measures are in place. She keeps her first-aid qualification up to date and has recently completed training to refresh her knowledge of child protection and food hygiene. This helps her to keep children well protected and free from harm. The childminder keeps her knowledge of statutory and government requirements current through reading information on the internet. She also receives regular bulletins from a recognised childminding association and makes good use of the information to keep her knowledge and practice up to date.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Since the last inspection, the quality of some information shared with parents about children's learning has improved. The childminder identifies children's starting points and evidences their ongoing progress more clearly using photographs, written observations and a tracker form. She shares these records of children's learning with their parents more often. She also provides more focused information in a daily diary, which helps parents to support their child's learning at home. The childminder assesses and identifies what each child needs to learn next, although not always with enough precision to promote the best possible progress. Nevertheless, through everyday activities children make good progress, including in their mathematical thinking. They accurately count the number of cucumber slices at lunchtime and balls as they are placed in a ball pool. The childminder knows each child very well and is able to carefully question children during activities to extend their

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

learning. She provides a broad range of interesting activities, which include making marks with ice cubes of paint. This encourages children's early writing skills and enables them to experiment with and explore colour mixing.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder follows the children's usual routines at home, which helps children to feel emotionally secure and safe. She takes children to local activities and groups, which provides children with further interesting activities to engage in, while also supporting their social skills. Children enjoy a varied diet and talk about healthy eating as they cut up pears, bananas and pineapple. The childminder teaches children how to be careful with knives and how to safely use the apple corer. Children are learning to behave well. They effectively learn that people have different cultures, beliefs and values that need to be respected. Activities include tasting pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, colouring Rangoli patterns at Diwali and making poppies for Remembrance Day. Children also talk about and consider the needs of others as they make biscuits for national charity events.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children move freely around the ground floor choosing activities from a wide range of good quality toys and books. This helps to promote children's independence and supports them to become active learners. Children make good progress from their starting points and are at the expected levels of achievement for their age and stage of development. They are prepared well for starting school emotionally and with essential skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY432669 Local authority Wirral Inspection number 853325 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 19 June 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2011 and lives in Bebington. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.45pm, 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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