Childminder EY466603

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 April 2016 17 February 2014

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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 is very passionate about her role. Since her last inspection, she has worked effectively, together with her co-childminder and assistant, to implement many positive changes which underpin her good practice.  The childminder has a recognised early years qualification and she successfully uses her experience and knowledge to provide good quality learning experiences for children. She knows the children well and plans activities based on their differing interests and abilities. This helps to ensure children are motivated to learn and they all make good progress.  Children enjoy their time with the childminder and make good progress in their personal, social and emotional development. Children appear very happy, confident and settled. They form extremely secure, warm and nurturing relationships with the childminder and her assistant. This supports their emotional well-being effectively.

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This provision is good

 The childminder has a clear understanding of her legal requirements. She gives good priority to children's safety and security.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children are not always able to move with ease from one activity to another when playing indoors, due to the way activities and resources are organised in the available space.  The childminder has worked hard to develop different ways to effectively involve all parents in sharing information and in strengthening learning between home and the setting. However, these strategies are not yet fully effective for all parents.

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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

 give greater thought to how all children can easily access the available resources and activities in the indoor environment, giving consideration to the size of the specific room that is being used and the amount of clear floor space to enable them to move freely  continue to develop effective strategies which effectively involve all parents to share information and further strengthen learning between home and the setting.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector jointly observed and discussed the teaching and learning activities provided by the childminder and her assistant.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including evidence of the suitability of adults living and working on the premises, the childminder's qualifications, children's development records and a selection of policies and procedures.  The inspector talked to the childminder about her plans for further development.  The inspector took account of the written views of parents through parental questionnaires and in letters they provided for the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder demonstrates a secure awareness of the procedures to follow should she, or her assistant, have any concerns about a child in their care. The childminder offers effective support and supervision to her assistant. The childminder works very closely with the early years staff at the local school and children benefit from a consistent approach to their care and learning. She includes the views of her co-childminder, assistant and parents in the self-evaluation process to help drive improvement. Since her last inspection, the childminder has moved house and has made plans about how to use her new garden and the local environment to support children's learning even further.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has effective methods of assessment that help her to detect any gaps in children's learning. She observes children, and plans activities that provide challenge, help to close any gaps and promote children's interests and learning. Children are helped to develop good mathematical skills as they play. Young children learn to count as they stack bricks and knock them over. Older children enjoy challenge, problem solving as they find ways to build blocks taller than them. Children develop good literacy skills. They enjoy looking at books and repeat phrases and rhymes as they listen to well-read stories. They have good opportunities to develop early writing skills, for example, they make marks using different materials both indoors and outdoors. Children enjoy opportunities to climb, slide, jump, throw and run as they develop their physical skills. Children are given the time, encouragement and opportunities to persevere at activities and to return to activities

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

later, in order to practise and refine the new skills which they are learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder and her assistant are good role models. They promote children's good behaviour effectively. They praise children often and children develop their self-esteem and confidence. Children play happily together and even the youngest children learn to share, take turns and respect each other's views, in ways which are appropriate for their age. Children benefit from planned visits to local places of interest. The childminder has a good understanding of how to support children's physical well-being. She provides well- considered healthy snacks and home-cooked meals. Older children are reminded and supervised to wash their hands before snack and lunch, while babies and toddlers are given appropriate help. The childminder is aware of how to provide food and drinks which support children's dental health.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children behave well. They are polite and learn to be considerate of the feelings of others. Activities, discussions and resources are used effectively to promote children's awareness of the wider community and diversity. Children make good progress and are working at, or above, the typical levels of development expected for their age. They gain many skills and positive attitudes needed for the next stage in their learning and are well prepared for the move on to nursery and school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY466603 Local authority Kingston upon Hull Inspection number 1043645 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 9 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 17 February 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2013 and lives in Hull. She operates all year round from 7am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3. The childminder works alongside another registered childminder and she often works with an assistant. The childminder provides funded early education for 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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Telephone number

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