Walker, Claire Hazel

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 2 December 2015 22 January 2014

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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 Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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

 The childminder does not always plan activities to meet children's individual needs. As a result, some of the activities do not provide enough challenge to extend some children’s learning and ensure they make consistently good progress.  The childminder does not always gain sufficient information from parents on what children already know and can do when they start at the setting. This means that initial assessments do not always accurately show what stage they are at in their development.  The childminder has taken steps to evaluate her practice, but has not put in place clear, targeted plans for ongoing improvement.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder provides a clean, safe and welcoming environment for children to play and explore both indoors and outdoors. Children are settled and happy in her care.  The childminder understands her roles and responsibilities to safeguard children. As a result, children's well-being is effectively promoted.  Children develop their mathematical skills well because the childminder encourages children to talk about numbers and count during activities.

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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

 ensure focused activities are well planned to provide greater challenge for older or more-able children 31/01/2016

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Due Date

 obtain more information from parents about what children can and cannot do when they first start so that the initial assessment is more precise and clearly identifies children’s learning needs 31/01/2016

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Due Date

 improve self-evaluation by setting targeted improvement plans from reviews of practice, to drive the quality of teaching and experiences for children, and maximise opportunities for their learning and development. 31/01/2016

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Inspection activities

 The inspectors viewed all areas of the home and garden used for childminding to assess how well the childminder keeps children safe.  The inspectors spoke to the childminder and her co-childminder at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspectors looked at relevant documentation including children's learning records and policies and procedures.  The inspectors observed the quality of teaching to assess how well the childminder promotes children's learning.  The inspectors read written feedback from parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has a range of policies and procedures in place to keep children safe and promote their well-being. She is clear about how to implement them; for example, she knows the process to follow if she has concerns about a child's welfare. Regular risk assessments of the premises and for outings minimise potential hazards to children. The childminder works well in partnership with parents and provides them with daily communication about the care provided to their children, and the activities they have been engaged in. She has started to evaluate her own, and her co- minder's practice, and recognised steps they could take to improve learning opportunities for the children in their care. However, she has not yet implemented these improvements. This means that children's learning and development is not always being maximised.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Children are generally engaged and interested in the range of activities and resources provided both indoors and outdoors. They enjoy developing their creativity using mark- making tools to imprint pictures and make shapes with playdough. The childminder creates opportunities for children to develop their understanding of maths as she encourages them to count the straws in the playdough cake they are making. The childminder makes initial and ongoing assessments of children's learning. However, these are not always accurate because she does not always gather sufficient information from parents about what their children know and can do when they start at the setting. This means that some planned activities do not meet the individual needs of all children who attend, and they are not always sufficiently challenged. This inhibits the progress they can make.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The childminder tailors her settling-in process to meet children's individual needs. She has developed warm relationships with the children in her care. Subsequently they are settled and secure in their surroundings. Children are encouraged to develop their independence and social skills as they eat lunch together and serve themselves from their lunchboxes. As a result, children develop some skills to help prepare them for school. Children behave well and have formed positive friendships with one another. The childminder displays children's artwork which provides them with a sense of belonging and achievement. She provides children with some opportunities to develop their physical skills in the garden area where they enjoy playing in the mud kitchen, running together and bouncing balls.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Although the childminder makes regular assessments of children's learning, some of these assessments are not accurate because they do not encompass all of children's achievements. This means that although children are making typical progress, opportunities for them to further develop their skills and make consistently good progress are being missed.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY372577 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 1030931 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 3 Number of children on roll 10

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 22 January 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2007. She lives with her four children in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. The childminder works with another registered childminder from her home address. The whole of the ground floor of the house and first floor toilet facilities are available for childminding and there is a garden for outside play. The family has four cats. The childminder walks or drives to local schools to take and collect children and she attends the local pre-school groups. Her provision is open all year round from 8am to 6pm with some flexibility from Monday to Friday except for family holidays agreed in advance. The childminder is registered on the Early Years Register and both the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.

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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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