Childminder EY310861

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 May 2016 3 November 2009

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The childminder does not have fully effective systems in place to monitor children's progress and target her teaching specifically to help them make good progress.  The childminder does not consistently use effective teaching techniques to help children develop their language and ideas. This limits the opportunities for widening children's vocabularies, speaking and thinking skills.  The childminder does not always recognise when to promote children's independence and encourage them to do things for themselves.  The childminder's self-evaluation is not strong enough to identify all areas for improvement to raise the quality of her provision and the outcomes for children.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder provides a safe and secure environment for children. They have established good relationships with the childminder and are happy in her care.  The childminder teaches children useful social skills for their future lives. They learn to make friends, play together and behave well.  The childminder has suitable relationships with parents. She ensures they receive daily information about their children's experiences.  Children enjoy exploring the range of indoor and outdoor toys and confidently follow their interests as they play.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 make better use of accurate and ongoing assessment to identify children's abilities and provide a programme of activities to help them make good progress across all areas of learning. 29/08/2016

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 give more consistent support for children to think through their ideas and express their views  provide more opportunities for children to develop their own independence  develop the use of self-evaluation to help identify areas where improvement is needed.

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Inspection activities

 Discussions took place with the childminder at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector observed activities and the childminder's interactions with children in the home and garden.  The inspector looked at documentation, including a sample of children's records, and checked documents to confirm the suitability of the childminder and other household members.  The inspector took account of the views of children spoken to and of written accounts from parents. The inspector discussed the childminder's self-evaluation with her.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The childminder promotes children's welfare appropriately but she is less successful in the arrangements to promote their learning and development. She does not help children make consistently good progress. She offers children a suitable range of activities and learning experiences. However, there are weaknesses in the quality of assessment and teaching. The childminder does not have a good enough knowledge and understanding of how children learn to ensure she is promoting each area through well-planned and purposeful play. The childminder understands how to recognise signs that may indicate a concern about the welfare of a child and knows what action to take should the need arise. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder completes some useful self-evaluation and parents have opportunities to feed back their opinions. However, this process has not helped to identify weaknesses in assessment and teaching.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The childminder completes some observations of children's learning; however, she does not do this regularly enough to build an accurate picture of their abilities. The childminder does not determine children's starting points to check their progress in all areas over time. She does not sharply identify what each individual child needs to learn next to make the best possible progress. The childminder offers children opportunities to lead their own play. They choose what they want to play with and she plays alongside them with interest. At times, the childminder is too quick to prompt children and offers too much direction. She does not always recognise when to wait and give children time to think through and communicate their ideas.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Generally, children engage well in their play. The childminder makes adequate use of her garden to promote outdoor learning opportunities. The childminder promotes healthy lifestyles. For example, she ensures that all children eat healthy foods and snacks while in her care. The childminder misses some opportunities in daily routines to promote children's independence and often does things for them rather than encouraging them to attempt manageable tasks. The childminder teaches children some skills for their future development. They develop a suitable understanding of how to stay safe; for example, they learn about road safety using resources in the garden.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Overall, children are happy. They make progress in their learning but this is not consistently good and not as rapid as possible. Children achieve some useful skills to help them move on to school and the next stage in development. For example, they play well together, take turns, share attention and show some confidence in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY310861 Local authority Wiltshire Inspection number 834313 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 2 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 3 November 2009

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2005. She lives in Chippenham, in the county of Wiltshire. The childminder has a relevant early years qualification at level 3. The childminder operates her service from Monday to Friday throughout the year, including before and after school.

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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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