Childminder in Stockport

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 May 2016 2 March 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 reflects on her practice, taking into account the views of parents. She has a strong drive to continually improve. Overall, she monitors her professional development and that of her assistant and is proactive in seeking opportunities to enhance their knowledge and skills. This helps to improve outcomes for children.  The childminder has created supportive and trusting partnerships with parents. She provides information about children's learning through regular newsletters, discussions and through sharing children's learning records. All children make good progress in their learning.  The childminder and her assistant are qualified and experienced. They provide an environment that is richly resourced and interesting. Children relish opportunities to solve problems and find ways to do things for themselves. This helps them to gain skills for their future learning.  Children are beginning to learn how to follow rules and boundaries. They respond well

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This provision is good

to the calming and consistent support from the childminder and her assistant and they welcome positive praise and encouragement.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder and her assistant have not fully considered ways to identify and focus on what children need to learn next, in order to help accelerate their already good progress.  The current systems to monitor the assistant's practice are not yet fully embedded, to help ensure that the overall quality of her teaching continues to improve to an even higher level.

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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

 focus more intently on identifying what children need to learn next and further accelerate their already good progress  strengthen the existing systems to review the assistant's practice and help raise the overall quality of her teaching to an even higher level.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector took account of the views of parents as recorded in written parental questionnaires.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder and her assistant. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the childminder's self-evaluation and evidence of the suitability and qualifications of the childminder and her assistant.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder ensures her assistant receives full training in safeguarding and child protection and there is a robust safeguarding procedure in place. Both the childminder and her assistant are aware of the correct procedure to follow if they had a concern about a child's welfare. Overall, supervision arrangements are effective and help the assistant to know what is expected of her to meet children's needs. Recruitment procedures are robust. Vetting processes are secure and help ensure all those who come into contact with children are suitable to do so. The childminder ensures that the environment is safe for children and she is particularly vigilant in her supervision of them. This helps to keep them safe from harm.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The outdoor learning environment is interesting and engaging. The childminder plans a good range of interesting play opportunities that engages and motivates children. For example, children enjoy exploring various creative and investigative materials, such as, sand, mud and water. They competently use a range of different tools which helps to develop their small-muscle skills. Children use paintbrushes and water to make marks on the pavement and walls. This actively contributes to helping children develop their emergent writing skills in readiness for future learning and for school. Children enjoy independently investigating living things, such as tadpoles and other creatures, in a pond. Children learn about the life cycles of living things and how to care for living things within the environment. Overall, good support is given to children as they develop skills to support their future learning. For example, the childminder holds meaningful discussions

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

with children and builds on what they say throughout their play. This helps to support children's good progress in their communication and language development.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The key-person system is secure and helps children to establish supportive and trusting bonds with the childminder and her assistant. They demonstrate a secure sense of well- being and security. Children are confident, happy and settled. Outdoors, children's physical development is supported well. For example, they learn to climb on and off equipment, such as slides, competently and confidently. Children demonstrate they are beginning to learn how to keep themselves safe from harm. For example, outdoors, they help to clean the water off the slide before using it. Children make good progress in their health and self-care. For example, they quickly learn to become independent as they learn to wash their hands and use open, non-spill cups to drink from.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress from their various starting points. Children benefit from the swift intervention and support from external agencies and any identified gaps in their learning are steadily closing. Children demonstrate an enthusiasm for learning. They are motivated and willing to try new experiences.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY415068 Local authority Stockport Inspection number 851581 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 17 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 15

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 2 March 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2010 and lives in Stockport, Manchester. She operates Monday to Friday, 7.30am until 5.30pm, term time only. The childminder works with an assistant. Both hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 2 or above.

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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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