Childminder EY444144

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 1 July 2016 6 September 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 provides a good range of activities that support children's interests and promote their learning. Children make good progress from their starting points.  Children are happy and confident in the childminder's care. They have good relationships with one another, and demonstrate that they are self-assured and feel safe in the environment. Children behave well and share effectively.  The childminder promotes children's understanding of healthy lifestyles and their general well-being effectively.  Partnerships with parents and other professionals involved in children's care are good. The childminder shares information regularly to support good outcomes for children.  The childminder now reflects on her practice well and identifies its strengths and areas for development. This has helped to raise her overall standard of service. She is committed to advancing her teaching practices and regularly seeks professional

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children do not have the best opportunities to use and explore toys and resources which support their sensory development.  Children's learning about the similarities and differences between themselves and other people in the world around them is not as well advanced as other aspects of their social development.

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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

 plan and provide rich opportunities for children to use their senses for find out about the world around them  take every opportunity to extend children's knowledge and understanding of people's differences in the wider world.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the main play areas of the childminder's home.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at planning documentation, children's progress records and a range of policies and other records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of child protection issues and is confident in the procedures to follow if she has any concerns. The childminder now has good methods to track and assess children's learning. These help her to successfully highlight their next steps in learning and to incorporate these into effective planning, to help children continually make good progress. Self-evaluation processes clearly identify strengths and areas to improve. The childminder has a positive attitude to improving her provision further and has successfully addressed her last inspection recommendations to improve outcomes for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder promotes children's learning and development well. She provides toys and resources which encourage imaginative play well. For example, children enjoy pretend play where they are pirates with swords. The childminder communicates well with children and develops their language skills effectivity. For example, when playing together, the childminder skilfully models language to help children with pronunciation, to build their speech. The childminder promotes children's mathematical understanding well in activities that they enjoy. For example, she talks to them about numbers and encourages them to sort cars by colour, and skilfully interweaving other mathematical language, including 'bigger' and 'smaller'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are happy and confident in the childminder's home. They behave well and are well mannered. The childminder provides good support to the children and promotes their self-confidence effectively. Children's good health is very well promoted, for example, through regular outings and exercise in the fresh air. Children develop their physical skills effectively, for instance, as they play at the park. Children develop an effective understanding of personal safety, such as when the childminder teaches them safety rules about the dangers of cookers through playing with the toy oven.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children are well prepared for their next stage in learning. They are self-reliant and enjoy deciding what to do. Children show strong independence skills and follow the childminder's expectations. For example, they readily help to tidy away. They learn to persevere and, for example, try to put on their socks and shoes ready to go out. Children gain early literacy skills; for example, they enjoy looking at books and learn rhyming words, which helps prepare them for the move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY444144 Local authority Reading Inspection number 1049547 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 6 September 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2012. She lives in Tilehurst, in Reading, Berkshire. She operates her service on weekdays for most of the year.

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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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