Childminder EY444868

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 June 2016 29 November 2012

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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 is unable to provide documented evidence that she has relevant first aid training as required.  Children do not have good opportunities to develop their thinking and learning. The childminder does not use her accurate assessments of their progress successfully, to plan suitably challenging activities that support their all-round learning and development well.  The childminder does not take all opportunities to encourage children to learn to compare, categorise and count, to build on their mathematical understanding.

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It has the following strengths

 Children settle well with the childminder and they generally play well alongside each other. The childminder supports their awareness of playing safely and good behaviour.  The childminder enables children to make choices from a suitable range of resources so that they can play with things that interest them.  Children have some opportunities to develop valuable skills for independence.  The childminder supports children to make some suitable progress overall from their starting points in learning.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

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

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Due Date

 ensure that records of first aid training are easily accessible and available for inspection 20/07/2016

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Due Date

 use assessments of children's progress effectively to provide consistent opportunities for challenge and to help them progress more quickly. 20/09/2016

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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

 develop opportunities to extend children's skills in comparing, categorising, counting and using mathematical language, to fully support this area of their learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities indoors.  The inspector and the childminder observed and discussed activities together.  The inspector talked to the childminder about her practice at appropriate points throughout the inspection.  The inspector sampled available documentation, including children's assessment records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The childminder confirms that she has current first aid training, although she was not able to provide her training records for inspection. Nevertheless, she does have a sound understanding of how to administer first aid, so the effect on children's well-being is not significant. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder understands child protection procedures and who to notify in the event of concerns about a child's welfare. Since the last inspection, the childminder has improved her knowledge of assessment, to track children's progress more carefully. However, she does not always use this information successfully to enable children to build on previous learning. The childminder evaluates her practice adequately overall and is aware of some areas for further improvement.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The childminder knows children well and gathers valuable information about their starting points in learning from parents. She supervises children closely as they play and interacts with them routinely. The childminder introduces new vocabulary and helps children to choose the resources. However, she does not use all opportunities to explain and demonstrate mathematical ideas to children, to encourage their ideas and help them find solutions to problems. The childminder works well with parents, carers and other settings that children attend, to provide some continuity in children's learning experiences.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The childminder helps children to share and to play carefully around each other. She is a positive role model. She helps children to learn about people who are different to themselves, and children celebrate a range of cultural festivals. The childminder enables children to follow their interests, and to play and learn outdoors routinely. She encourages a positive approach to healthy eating and children join in with food preparation. She also teaches children how to use equipment safely, such as how to cut safely with appropriate knives. These opportunities for independence help children to develop confidence. However, the childminder is not able to prove that she is qualified to administer appropriate first aid to children in the event of an accident.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Babies develop good physical skills and settle quickly with the childminder. Older children enjoy exploring the learning environment but have few opportunities for good quality focused learning. They are able to categorise objects and use the language of size and quantity to some extent, but do not have many opportunities to build on this. Children have positive communication skills and follow instructions. They have opportunities to develop their early writing skills and enjoy chalking on the garden path. Overall, children are adequately prepared for their next stages in learning and for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY444868 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 1049562 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 29 November 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2012. She lives in Carterton, Oxfordshire. The childminder offers full-time care, Monday to Friday, all year round.

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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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