Childminder in Bradford

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 December 2015 29 February 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

 Children are happy and confident in the childminder's home. She offers settling-in visits and builds strong relationships with children and parents. This helps to effectively foster children's sense of security and emotional well-being.  The childminder has a secure knowledge and understanding of how children learn. She makes accurate assessments of their skills and interacts effectively with them to support their development. All children make good progress and some make rapid progress in their learning.  Partnerships with parents are strong. Parents speak highly of the childminder and value the support and learning experiences she provides for their children.  Children's good health is successfully promoted. The childminder provides healthy snacks and nutritious home-cooked meals. Children learn about the importance of brushing their teeth after eating.  The childminder provides a wide range of resources and activities that helps young

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This provision is good

children to learn about people who are different to them and develop their understanding of the wider world.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Although the childminder evaluates her practice, she has not clearly identified specific professional development opportunities that will help raise the quality of teaching to an outstanding level.

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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

 strengthen procedures for evaluation, to help identify professional development opportunities to raise the quality of teaching to outstanding.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's interaction with the children, and spoke to her and children throughout the inspection.  The inspector had a tour of the areas used for childminding, including the lounge, kitchen, bathroom and rear garden.  The inspector carried out an evaluation of teaching with the childminder following a planned activity.  The inspector looked at children's records, a selection of policies and procedures including the self-evaluation form, and checked evidence of qualifications.  The inspector took account of discussions with parents and comments written by parents for the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder displays good knowledge of how to keep children safe. Effective policies and procedures underpin her good safeguarding practice. The childminder understands the recent changes to legislation and has updated her safeguarding file to include this. The childminder is committed to providing a high-quality service. Overall, she reflects on the quality of her setting and values comments and ideas from parents. The childminder is driven to continually improve what she offers and has made significant improvements to the learning experiences she provides in the garden. The childminder has developed good partnerships with other settings where children attend. She shares her observations and assessments of children's progress with teachers at nursery school. This helps to ensure continuity in children's learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The quality of teaching is strong. The childminder is well trained and qualified. She uses her knowledge to provide a wide range of challenging activities to promote children's learning. Children are extremely motivated and display excellent understanding of numbers as they play imaginatively. They use the play telephones to have conversations with each other and pretend to buy food from the shop they have made. Children display very effective language skills. The childminder asks thought-provoking questions about the polar animals that children explore. The exciting experiences she provides help children to develop their understanding of the world. She monitors and tracks children's progress, provides a termly summary of their development and plans for the next steps in their learning. The childminder identifies any gaps in children's learning and ensures that support is put in place to help them catch up quickly.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children flourish in this very welcoming and homely learning environment. The childminder recognises the uniqueness of each child in her care. Children are extremely confident, independent and make their wishes known. The childminder is very responsive to what children say. The childminder understands the importance of physical activity and challenge. Older children balance and climb on challenging outdoor equipment which helps to develop their physical skills. Babies crawl confidently and pull themselves up on sturdy furniture. The childminder has clear expectations and uses a variety of strategies to encourage children's good behaviour. She helps children to play cooperatively and take turns. The childminder encourages children to follow good hygiene procedures. Children wash their hands before sitting down to eat and after visiting the toilet.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children have long periods of uninterrupted time to play, explore and strengthen their learning. Disabled children and those with special educational needs are well supported. All children are progressing well towards the early learning goals. They demonstrate their curiosity and are acquiring the skills and dispositions they need for the next stage in their learning, including starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY260880 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 856002 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 11

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 29 February 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2003 and lives in Bradford, West Yorkshire. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate 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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