Childminder in Bradford

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 April 2016 17 May 2011

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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 effectively fosters children's emotional well-being. She gathers extensive information for new children and continues with successful channels of communication with parents. This promotes a very consistent approach to children's care and learning.  The childminder complements and builds on children's learning and social skills through a variety of interesting outings.  The childminder motivates and engages children with her enthusiastic manner. She intervenes at opportune moments to extend children's learning and develops their thinking with effective questioning. Children make good progress.  Children's safety and physical well-being are effectively promoted.  Children learn essential social skills, supported by the childminder's good role modelling. Toddlers are beginning to play alongside their older peers, who show care and consideration. Children's appreciation of difference is promoted well.

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This provision is good

 The childminder's strong commitment to her professional development positively impacts on her childminding practice.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Occasionally, adult-planned activities and the learning environment are not precisely organised for younger children, given their current skill level, interests and stage of play. This means that they cannot always achieve what they set out to do and their learning is not fully optimised.  The childminder does not fully track children's progress in order to identify and target any gaps in their learning.

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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

 facilitate younger children's interests and support their individual learning to the highest level during adult-led activities and as they lead their own play  enhance the tracking of children's progress and identify and plan for any gaps in their learning with even greater success.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as the childminder's self- evaluation, children's records of learning, certificates of training and evidence of the suitability of those living on the premises.  The inspector viewed written feedback from parents and children in the form of letters and questionnaires. She also spoke to a parent during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder targets areas for development well. She values the views of parents and children, distributing detailed questionnaires, for instance, to help inform her service. She makes very good use of training and many sources of information to keep up to date with current or future changes and develop her practice. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Hazards are minimised well and the childminder has a secure understanding of child protection issues. Daily diaries, newsletters, displays, and the regular sharing of progress summaries and records of learning keep parents well informed. Parents add very complimentary comments about their children's development. They also contribute to planning, for example, bringing in photographs of holidays. Furthermore, children take home favourite stories to share with parents at home.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Information from parents is used well to establish what children know and can do on entry. Overall, the childminder continually observes children and plans for their interests and what they need to master next well. She does so in close consultation with parents. More-able children use language very confidently and enjoy sharing experiences as they play imaginatively with role-play resources alongside toddlers. Toddlers show perseverance while learning new skills. The childminder uses lively dialogue. This enhances children's enjoyment and supports their communication skills. Toddlers babble away and are quickly developing new words. More-able children readily talk about planting cress seeds the day before and show good levels of interest and focus as they play. Adult- planned arts and craft activities are particularly successful with them. Children enjoy favourite stories, enhanced with innovative homemade props, such as a knitted stick man

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder gets to know children well, for example, through the detailed documents that parents complete and then update regularly. The effective settling-in arrangements means that children build secure attachments to the childminder. Toddlers who are new to the setting enter happily and quickly settle. More-able children readily manage their self- care skills, developing good levels of independence. The childminder encourages parents to provide healthy food for their children's lunch to help reinforce messages about healthy lifestyles. More-able children demonstrate their understanding of this. They recall and reflect on their visit to the supermarket with the childminder to buy healthy snack items.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress. More-able children behave very well, acting as positive role models for their younger peers. They have a positive approach to learning, are sociable and enjoy sharing experiences. Children are independent, inquisitive and acquire important skills that prepare them well for moving on to school. They are clearly developing an awareness of how to be confident, successful learners.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 302575 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 867395 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 10 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1991 and lives in the Little Horton area of Bradford. She operates all year round, from 7am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 4. She is eligible to provide 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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