Childminder in Nottinghamshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 January 2016 12 May 2009

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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 interacts well with children to promote their understanding and speech development. She asks questions encouraging them to think about what is happening and what they are doing. She encourages them to think about what might happen next, which effectively promotes their imagination.  Children are settled and happy. They develop secure emotional attachments with the childminder and enjoy her cuddles, praise and reassurance. The childminder is sensitive to their individual personalities, interests and capabilities, which enables her to successfully meet their different needs.  The childminder is a good role model. She gives clear guidance about expected behaviour. Children learn to share, take turns, cooperate with one another and behave well.  Children's good health is successfully promoted. They are provided with healthy snacks, drinks and nutritious home-cooked meals. They have plenty of opportunities to be

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This provision is good

physically active as they play in the garden and visit local parks.  The childminder establishes good relationships with other settings that children attend to enable frequent sharing of information. This effectively promotes consistency in children's care and learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always take full advantage of opportunities to promote children's early numeracy skills during their play, activities and daily routines.  The childminder does not consistently ask parents to share information about children's learning when they first attend.

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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

 make the most of all opportunities to build on children's understanding of counting and quantity  improve ways of gaining information from parents about their children's learning when they first begin at the setting.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector was given a tour of the areas of the home used for childminding purposes.  The inspector looked at evidence of the suitability of the childminder and other adults in the household, children's assessment records and a sample of policies.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector discussed the self-evaluation process, spoke to a small number of parents and looked at written parental feedback.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Children are kept safe because the childminder understands how to protect them from harm and knows what action to take if she has concerns about their welfare. Risk assessments are well maintained and implemented to a high standard, ensuring children are exceptionally well cared for and kept safe from harm. The well- qualified childminder is highly experienced. She works closely with parents and children to evaluate the service she provides.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The quality of teaching is consistently good. The childminder demonstrates a good understanding of how children learn. She uses her knowledge to challenge children's development through effective interaction and accurate assessment. The childminder sensitively joins in with children's play and uses effective questioning to support the development of their language. She introduces new activities to broaden children's play experiences. Children are motivated to learn and demonstrate excellent imagination skills, as they invent new games and ideas throughout their play. They immerse themselves in various role-play activities and use available resources to develop their play further. For example, the childminder asks the child why her doll is ill as they play together. She supports the child to use bandages to make the doll better. The childminder adapts her practice well to meet the unique needs of children. For example, she helps a younger child

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

explore sensory toys while an older child develops their imagination with role play. As a result, the impact of teaching is good and all children make progress and develop essential skills for future learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children enjoy a range of healthy snacks and learn about foods that are good for them. The childminder has good relationships with parents. She shares information about children's learning and development, as well as their daily care routines. She intuitively understands when children need to eat, have time to rest or need reassurance. Positive attachments are in place and relationships are extremely warm. Children enjoy the enthusiasm of the childminder and giggle with delight as she joins in their play. She sets children small tasks and consistently praises them. This builds up children's self-esteem and confidence as their achievements are celebrated. Consequently, children's behaviour is good. Children are polite and helpful. They enjoy accessing resources and putting them away, and they show care for younger children as they play. Opportunities for independence are entwined throughout the provision.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress from their starting points. They are well prepared for their next stages in learning and gain the skills they will need in preparation for their move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY375416 Local authority Nottinghamshire Inspection number 858301 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 3 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2008 and lives in Awsworth, Nottinghamshire. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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