Childminder in West Northamptonshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 March 2016 18 December 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

 The childminder observes and assesses children's progress, and planning for future learning is based on a good knowledge of individual children and their families.  The partnerships with parents are good. The childminder shares good quality information with parents and they work together to ensure continuity of care and learning for children.  The childminder reviews her provision in order to improve. Support from local authority advisers helps her to identify areas for development and training. She seeks information online to keep her knowledge current and ensure she is up to date with current government requirements.  The childminder provides a good variety of activities that challenge and interest children. They play with resources at the childminder's home that link to activities they have enjoyed at home. For example, parents share information about a visit to a farm and so the childminder invites children to play with a toy farm.

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This provision is good

 Children are happy, settled and emotionally secure in the childminder's care. Relationships are very good.  Records, policies and procedures required for the safe and efficient management of the provision are very well maintained and implemented.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Occasionally, the childminder does not extend young children's language development as they begin to form simple sentences.  The childminder does not fully support children's knowledge of the wider world. Their understanding of people, families and traditions beyond their own is not fully extended through the experiences that she provides.

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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

 extend support for younger children's speaking skills as they begin to form simple sentences  extend opportunities for children to gain a greater awareness of similarities and differences, and an understanding of different people in the wider world.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities as children played in the indoor play areas.  The inspector observed an activity and discussed teaching methods with the childminder.  The inspector looked at evidence of the childminder's training and checked evidence of the suitability of all adults.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at a selection of children's assessment records and planning, policies and procedures and a range of other documentation.  The inspector took account of the views of parents as expressed in questionnaires and discussion during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder's home is safe and secure and children are always supervised. She is aware of the signs of abuse and neglect, and the local referral procedures if she is concerned about a child. Necessary suitability checks for all adults have been completed. Children's welfare is addressed effectively. The childminder keeps her knowledge about child protection, first aid and food hygiene up to date. In order to review and improve her provision she obtains information online from other early years providers and accesses early years websites. Actions raised at the time of the last inspection have been addressed well. Coherence of care and learning is addressed effectively through good communication between the childminder and parents. The childminder seeks parents' views about her provision, verbally and using a questionnaire. They are happy with the service that she provides.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder supports children effectively so that they acquire skills in order to reach the next steps in their learning. She ensures that children have access to resources that interest them. Children practise their good manipulative skills in a variety of ways. For example, they choose to play with toy trains and skilfully build the train track for themselves. The childminder encourages children to name the carriages, count them and identify the different colours. Children enjoy making marks in a variety of resources, such as, cornflour mixed with water, paint and play dough. They explore and identify change, for example, when they make biscuits and cakes. Children are able to copy the childminder as she moulds, rolls out and uses cutters to create the biscuits. They investigate the difference when eggs are added to the dry cake mixture. Young children are beginning to engage in role play. For example, they show care for baby dolls and soft

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

toys when they pretend to be the doctor.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are happy and emotionally secure in the childminder's care. She identifies that positive reinforcement is the main strategy for managing behaviour in order to boost children's self-esteem. Children learn to share and take turns. They develop an understanding of dangers and how to keep themselves safe. The childminder encourages children to do simple tasks for themselves. She promotes their good health well. Children eat healthy food and they are physically active each day.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress from their different starting points. They are developing skills in the prime and specific areas of learning that help them to be ready for the move on to pre-school and school. Children are very well prepared emotionally for moving on, for example, they socialise with other adults and children at groups. They are curious and keen to explore. Children's independence is supported effectively. They choose and select toys and activities for themselves. Their pencil control is developing well and young children are beginning to talk about their drawings.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 220594 Local authority Northamptonshire Inspection number 1036902 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 6 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 18 December 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1990 and lives in Brackley, Northamptonshire. She operates all year round from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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