Childminder in South Gloucestershire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 December 2015 Not applicable

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The childminder's observations and assessments of children's learning and development are not fully effective to ensure she consistently plans challenging activities based on children's individual needs. This means that not all activities focus sufficiently on children's next steps in learning so they make good progress across all areas.  Tracking of children's progress is not fully effective, so that the childminder is able to identify accurately any gaps, in line with expected achievements appropriate for children's age and stage of development. This means she is not able to ensure all children work comfortably within the expected range of development.  The childminder does not always make the most of opportunities to extend children's communication and language skills, and for them to use numbers and counting more in their play.  Self-evaluation is not fully effective so that the childminder can oversee her strengths

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

and weaknesses, and make improvements that benefit children's experiences.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder provides a welcoming, homely environment and creates good emotional attachments with children, which means they behave well, settle and are happy.  Children enjoy regular outdoor play at local parks and attractions that support them to be physically active.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 improve observations and assessments of children's progress to effectively plan and provide challenging activities that build on what children already know to help them make good progress in their learning 02/02/2016

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Due Date

 improve the monitoring of children's progress to accurately track the progress they make across all areas of learning, to identify and tackle any gaps in learning promptly. 02/02/2016

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 engage children more in conversations to extend their communication and language skills further  provide more opportunities for children to see and use numbers and counting during play  develop a more accurate method of self-evaluation to identify and target weaknesses in practice, to improve outcomes for children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed the areas used for childminding and observed activities inside the childminder's home.  The inspector observed interactions between the childminder and children.  The inspector spoke with the childminder at convenient times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at a range of documents, including those relating to children's welfare, safeguarding arrangements, and the children's records and learning diaries.  The inspector looked at suitability documents relating to adults living on the premises.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Weaknesses in self-evaluation mean that although the childminder has made some changes to her practice, they have not been fully effective. Observation, assessment, planning and tracking of children's learning and development is not fully effective to ensure children's good progress. The childminder does not use her observations well enough to assess what children have learnt and need to learn next; resulting in some activities that do not focus strongly enough on children's needs and, therefore, on occasion lack challenge. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder is clear about her responsibility to protect children from harm and report any child protection concerns she may have. The childminder provides a safe environment for children to play and uses effective risk assessments to ensure she addresses any potential hazards. The childminder is currently completing a level 3 qualification, which is helping her to change some of her

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

practices, for example, to improve children's outdoor physical play. The childminder works appropriately with parents and shares information about children's activities, so they are aware of what their children enjoy and learn.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Although the childminder provides children with activities they enjoy based on their interests, she does not successfully ensure they always address children's learning needs fully. For example, children enjoy the trains and tracks, and the childminder helps to build the track; however, she does not allow children to be more active in this process or introduce more language and discussion about the process, to extend their communication and mathematical skills. Children are confident and enjoy the childminder's support and positive interaction. She introduces some new words as children play to reinforce their understanding of what they see. She ensures children enjoy plenty of outdoor play, which supports those children who prefer to learn outdoors.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children build secure attachments with the childminder and show that they feel safe in her care. The childminder is patient and caring. She praises children for their achievements, which boosts their confidence and self-esteem. The childminder takes children out in the local community to toddler groups and local parks, providing a good range of activities. Children experience different environments and see different animals to develop a love of the outdoors and nature, and gain important socialising skills.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children gain some skills for future learning and moving on to school, but these are not as good as they could be. Monitoring of children's progress and planning for their learning are not fully effective to ensure children make stronger progress based on their starting points.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY467813 Local authority South Gloucestershire Inspection number 960205 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013. She lives in Little Stoke, Bristol. Opening times are from 7.15am to 5.30pm, all year round.

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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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