Childminder in Hampshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 December 2015 22 April 2010

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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 demonstrates a strong commitment to providing a high-quality provision. She uses effective methods to evaluate her provision, which helps her identify areas for further development and improve outcomes for children.  The childminder is very sensitive to children's needs and takes effective steps, such as undertaking personal research to find ways to support them. She very successfully promotes children's emotional development.  The childminder knows children well and makes precise assessments of their levels of development. She plans a broad range of activities that engage children and help them to make continued and sustained progress in their learning and development.  The childminder works very closely with parents and other early years providers children attend to help her provide seamless continuity in children's care and learning.  Children demonstrate great levels of confidence and a positive attitude to learning.

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This provision is good

They are well prepared for the next stages in their learning and the move to school.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always seize opportunities to help children learn how to use information technology to research and extend their ideas and learning.  The childminder does not always provide activities and resources that help children learn about three-dimensional shapes effectively, to extend their mathematical skills.

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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

 seize opportunities for children to extend their skills in using information technology  extend the range of activities provided to increase children's early mathematical skills further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's interaction with children during activities and looked at the range of resources and equipment available for their use.  The inspector talked with the childminder and the children.  The inspector undertook a number of joint observations with the childminder.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including records relating to children, safeguarding procedures and feedback from parents.  The inspector had discussions with the childminder about her provision.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder attends training to help keep up to date with current legislation and to help her know how to deal with a child protection concern. She has addressed the recommendations made at the last inspection well, which has attributed to her maintaining her good standards. For example, she skilfully uses opportunities as they arise to help children understand and respect people's differences.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder is clear about how to promote children's learning and interacts with them very well at all times. For example, babies confidently experiment making many sounds and begin to form words in response to the childminder who talks and sings to them. They focus intently as the childminder brightly encourages them to crawl through the tunnel, which helps to develop their physical skills. The childminder responds quickly to the older children's interests to help extend their learning. For example, as older children begin to talk about parts of the body, the childminder talks about the purpose of the skeleton and names specific bones. This helps deepen children's understanding of their body and how their joints work. Children develop wide vocabularies and learn about size as the childminder encourages them to consider the differences and compare the spines of the different people they know. Children have good literacy skills. The childminder teaches

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

children about letters and their sounds, and how to write their names.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder goes to great lengths to help children settle when they start with her. Parents report her strong commitment has as significant effect on their children who are very happy in her care. For example, she has learnt to use baby signing as parents use at home to help provide consistency in children's care. Children behave extremely well and play very cooperatively with each other. The childminder promotes children's physical needs well. She follows the sleep and feed routines of babies and helps older children learn good self-care skills. Children learn to keep safe when out walking and to keep small toys out of the reach of young children.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make more than at least typical progress in their learning and development. They show many of the key characteristics of learning, such as focusing on activities for long periods and determination to complete tasks. This has a very positive impact on their learning outcomes.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY253779 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 833075 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 22 April 2010

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2003. She lives in the Warsash area of Hampshire. The childminder provides care weekdays for most of the year. The childminder holds a relevant childcare qualification at level 3.

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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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