Childminder 119912

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 May 2016 1 December 2008

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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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 There is excellent attention by the childminder to children's personal development, welfare and behaviour. Children build extremely strong relationships with the childminder and her assistant.  The childminder and her assistant have good teaching skills. They understand child development, know how children learn and provide purposeful play activities, which motivate and engage the children. Children make good developmental progress.  Child-friendly, well-resourced play areas, indoors and outdoors, enable children to make choices in their play in all areas of learning.  The childminder builds extremely strong and lasting relationships with parents who write glowingly of the setting. Parents are well-informed about children's care and the progress that they make.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times, the childminder and her assistant do not seize all opportunities to extend the most-able children's learning during play and activities.  Younger children do not benefit from a wide range of media and materials, to explore and investigate using their senses.

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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 spontaneous teaching moments to extend children's learning further, to help them make the best possible progress in their all-round development  extend opportunities for children to use their senses to investigate resources and activities, to satisfy their curious and exploratory nature.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's play activities and the childminder's and her assistant's interactions with them.  The inspector undertook a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder about the children and looked at their learning records.  The inspector sampled some safeguarding and leadership documentation.  The inspector viewed written feedback from parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder attends regular training, such as child protection and is clear on the process to follow if she was worried about a child's welfare. The childminder provides support for her assistant's personal development, for example, to gain an early years qualification. Although the childminder has not maintained the outstanding grade awarded at the previous inspection, she is self-aware and evaluates her provision well. For example, she has some ideas for future improvement after undertaking an audit of her setting. The childminder works well overall, with other childcare settings that children attend to provide a shared approach to children's care and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder and her assistant observe children, assess their abilities well and deliver children's next learning aims through active play. Overall, the childminder provides age and stage appropriate play resources and activities, which interest and engage children, and supports their development well. She has a secure understanding of her role to support them successfully through purposeful interaction. For example, she encouraged children to look closely behind logs in the garden to find living creatures, which they talked about together. Children looked inquisitively at the lizard, describing what they saw, such as, 'very little' 'it jumpy'. The childminder explained toads jump and lizards walk, successfully developing their knowledge and speaking skills further. The assistant supports children to develop their mathematical skills well through play.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children acquire high levels of well-being. They develop superb bonds with one another and the adults who care for them. Children thrive, showing from a young age how safe and secure they feel in the childminder's nurturing home. For example, they very happily sit together in a 'family group' having an outdoor picnic lunch and then swiftly go off to sleep in cots or their pushchair after lunch. Children behave extremely well for their age and stage of development. The childminder encourages children to eat healthily and to be physically active each day. She uses her garden and varied outings in the community for example, so children have plenty of fresh air and exercise. Children gain a thorough understanding of the world.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are keen and active learners who are developing valuable future skills. They engage happily in their play and show motivation and confidence from a young age. For example, they complete simple puzzles and sing favourite rhymes linked to puppets and books in the outdoor playhouse. The youngest children develop excellent physical skills as they skilfully negotiate the garden and varied play equipment.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 119912 Local authority Isle of Wight Inspection number 825215 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 12 Number of children on roll 19

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 1 December 2008

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1996. She lives in West Cowes on the Isle Of Wight. The setting is open all year round, from Monday to Friday. She works with an assistant and is able therefore, to care for more children, keeping within the requirements. The childminder and her assistant hold a recognised early years qualification at level 3.

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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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