Childminder EY474900

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 February 2016 Not applicable

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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 monitors children's learning effectively. She can easily identify any weaknesses in learning and development and knows how to access advice from other professionals when needed to ensure children make good progress.  Parents are very complimentary of the quality of care their children receive with the childminder. For example, they comment on how well informed they are of their children's daily activities and how they feel their children are safe, happy and well- supported in the childminder's care.  Children behave well, and are polite and considerate. The childminder is a good role model and promotes sharing, turn-taking and good manners in daily activities and play.  Children have good opportunities to develop essential social skills to help them with moving on to pre-school and school. For example, through visits to local groups, they learn to mix with and make friendships with other children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not take full advantage of all daily routines to challenge children and extend their independence skills.  The childminder has begun to evaluate her practice to improve the quality of her provision. However, she does not routinely seek the views of parents to improve practice further.

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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 everyday routines to extend and promote children's independence further  extend self-evaluation to include the views of parents and children to help improve practice further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children engaged in activities and the childminder's interaction with them.  The inspector sampled a range of documents, including risk assessments, policies and the children's files.  The inspector viewed the areas of the house that children use, and the toys and resources available.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at convenient times, and discussed the childminder's self-evaluation.  The inspector took into account the written views of parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder fully understands the requirements and responsibilities of her role. She accesses appropriate training to update her professional knowledge and skills, reflecting on her new learning to enhance children's learning experiences. For example, she has extended her resources to help children understand similarities and differences between themselves and other people. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder promotes children's welfare well and is vigilant in protecting them from harm. She is confident in following required procedures and knows who to contact if she has a concern.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has a good understanding of how to promote children's learning. She involves parents in sharing information about their children's play interests and promotes children's learning through good use of her observations and assessments to plan interesting experiences for them. The childminder skilfully promotes children's thinking skills. For example, when children hunted for sea creatures hidden in foam, she challenged them to think of other creatures that lived in the ocean. The childminder promotes children's early interests in literacy effectively; for example, extending their interest in naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet when completing a puzzle, by encouraging them to think of words beginning with the letter sounds.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children have a good relationship with the childminder and enjoy her involvement in their play. She offers children encouragement and praise, helping to build children's self- esteem, confidence and emotional well-being. The childminder helps children to learn about keeping themselves healthy. For example, they have regular opportunities to play outside in the fresh air, and enjoy the healthy and nutritious food the childminder offers. The childminder teaches children about keeping themselves and others safe. For example, when they decorated branches during a craft activity, they learnt to take care when handling them and developed the understanding that the small twigs could be hazardous.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress with the childminder from their starting points. They learn valuable skills to prepare them for future learning and school. Children are developing a good understanding of numbers. For example, they use mathematical language spontaneously in their play. They enjoy books and stories and are confident communicators. For example, they described events and characters from the illustrations in books and demonstrated curiosity asking questions to support their growing understanding.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY474900 Local authority Bath & NE Somerset Inspection number 967149 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 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2014. She lives in East Harptree, in Bath and North East Somerset. Her service is open all year round from Monday to Friday.

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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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