Childminder in Bristol

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 June 2016 29 July 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 committed to improving her provision to benefit the children in her care. She has addressed the actions and recommendations from the last inspection.  The kind and caring childminder provides a welcoming home-from-home learning environment. Children form secure emotional bonds with her and settle quickly on arrival. They eagerly make choices from accessible resources and engage in play.  The childminder plans and provides a broad range of activities and experiences based on children's interests, and their next steps in learning. She assesses and tracks their progress, identifying and targeting any areas where they fall behind, to close any gaps.  The childminder builds strong partnerships with parents. They speak extremely positively about the quality of the provision, the wealth of information that the childminder shares with them and the good progress that their children make.

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This provision is good

 The childminder provides extremely good support for children who are learning English as an additional language. They make very good progress in their communication and language development from their starting points.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children, particularly boys, do not always benefit from a wide range of stimulating activities to encourage them to develop their pre-writing skills as well as possible.  The childminder does not seize all opportunities to help young children to understand why it is important to eat healthy food.

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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

 find more ways to encourage all children, especially boys, to develop their early writing skills and express their ideas  provide more opportunities for children to learn about the importance of eating nutritious food, to reinforce their understanding of healthy lifestyles.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector toured the premises with the childminder and viewed the range of resources on offer to children.  The inspector observed the childminder interacting with children during activities and daily routines indoors, and discussed children's learning with her.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder and interacted with children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including children's records, suitability checks, policies and procedures, and the childminder's written self-evaluation.  The inspector spoke to parents to obtain their views and read written feedback from parents and children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder is confident about what to do should she have any concerns about a child. She is well organised and carries out daily checks on her premises, to identify and remove any hazards to children. The childminder is committed to improving her skills and knowledge to benefit children. For example, she completed an early years qualification, attends regular training and networks with other childminders. She used her extended knowledge from a speech and language course to work well with parents and other professionals, to support children's speaking skills. She evaluates her practice and provision well, gaining feedback from parents and children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder uses information from parents and her observations to identify children's starting points. She helps children move on in their learning during activities and daily routines. The childminder involves children of different ages successfully in activities. For example, children snuggled up on the sofa and enjoyed listening to a story about a fire and rescue service. The childminder asked skilful questions to encourage older children to predict what would happen next, developing their thinking skills. She supported children to recognise written numbers and encouraged them to count items in the pictures. She helped younger children to develop their vocabulary, including through talking about the pictures and providing the correct name for things.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder encourages children to make links in their learning. For example, as they explored play dough and talked about birthday cakes, she introduced small metal cooking pots and utensils, and suggested they could make a cake to develop their imagination. Children showed good hand-to-eye coordination as they used scissors and plastic knives to cut up pieces of play dough for their ingredients. They thoroughly enjoyed mixing the ingredients before baking their cake in the toy oven. Children benefit from many different outings in the local community where they gain daily fresh air, exercise and opportunities to socialise with other children. The childminder meets children's different dietary and cultural needs, and provides healthy snacks and meals. Children learn to share and take turns, and develop their independence skills.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children gain important skills for the future. Overall, they behave well and learn to play cooperatively together. Older children show kindness and consideration to younger children. All children are eager to play and learn. They gain confidence and learn good social skills. Children develop counting skills from an early age. Children learning English as an additional language thrive in this setting, becoming confident communicators.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY406506 Local authority Bristol City Inspection number 1049341 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 29 July 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2010. She lives in Brislington, Bristol. The childminder offers her service from Tuesday to Friday throughout the year, with the exception of family holidays and bank holidays. She holds a relevant 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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Telephone number

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