Childminder EY464241

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 July 2016 6 October 2014

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Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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 has not fully addressed the recommendations from the last inspection.  The childminder is not identifying clear starting points with parents regarding children's learning and development when they first start at the setting. She is not consistently assessing the progress that children have made at regular intervals afterwards.  Children have limited resources to support and challenge their learning across the different areas of the early years foundation stage. Activities are not always well matched to individual children's needs and interests. Consequently, children are just working within expectations for their age or are slightly below in some areas.  The childminder's system for self-evaluation is not robust enough. She is not gathering parents' views to help reflect on the effectiveness of the setting. She is not working on areas for development rigorously enough to drive forward improvements quickly.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder has developed strong links with other childminders. These help to improve her own knowledge through the sharing of ideas and practice. She also completes a sharing diary with the local nursery. This helps to support continuity in care and learning for the children.  The childminder effectively promotes children's independence. For example, children cut their own fruit at snack time, put their own shoes on and make their own choices in play.  Children benefit from close relationships with the childminder and their peers. They settle well and are happy to play with each other. This helps to support their emotional well-being.

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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

 gather more detailed information from parents about children's learning and development when they first start at the setting and regularly assess the progress children are making overall 01/09/2016

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 plan a challenging and enjoyable experience for all children in each area of learning to ensure individual needs and interests are well met and they are supported to make good progress. 01/09/2016

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

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 create a stimulating environment that offers a broad range of activities to interest and motivate children to learn  gather parents' views when evaluating the effectiveness of the provision and identify and act on areas for improvement quickly to monitor the impact of any changes on children's learning and development and to drive forward continual improvement.

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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 and had discussions at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at a range of relevant documentation, such as policies and procedures, records of children's details, the childminder's self-evaluation and children's assessment files.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has knowledge of child protection issues. She understands what action to take if concerned about the welfare of a child in her care. The childminder accesses some professional development opportunities to help improve her knowledge. She reflects on the effectiveness of her setting to identify some strengths and weaknesses in her practice. However, parents' views are not gathered to help identify and drive forward any changes. Recommendations for improvement from the last inspection have not been fully addressed. For example, tracking of children's progress is still inconsistent and starting points for them are not clear. This limits the childminder's capacity to continually improve and raise outcomes for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The childminder's interactions with children are fun and lively. She talks about the different types of fishes they saw at the aquarium and asks them questions while looking at pictures of activities they did last week. This helps to support their communication and language skills. She asks the children about the different colours they can see and encourages them to count items during play. She observes the children while they play and can describe the activities they have completed. However, she does not consistently assess what children have learnt or the progress they have made overall. Activities are not always well matched to children's individual interests or needs. For example, younger children struggle to join in a creative activity as they cannot peel the backs off the stickers and, therefore, loose concentration quickly. Parents are kept informed about their child's day through daily discussions and sharing of photographs.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Children behave well. The childminder expects children to be polite and encourages the use of good manners. She effectively manages children's behaviour in a calm and sensitive way. For example, children enjoy watching the pet budgie and learn how to stay safe by keeping their fingers away from the cage, 'In case he bites'. Children ride on scooters and push-along toys and practise playing tennis outside. This helps to promote their physical well-being. However, there are limited resources and activities for the children to choose from. For example, in the playhouse outside, there are no resources to develop their imaginative play further. Indoors, younger children choose trains to play with, however, they loose interest when there is a small amount of track to fix together. Children go to a wide variety of groups in the local area which helps to supports their all-round development and social skills.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children make some progress in their learning and development. However, this is not assessed frequently enough to ensure that teaching is tailored to children's individual needs and they make good progress. Children are developing some skills needed to support them in the future. For example, the childminder now uses self-registration and a weather chart to help children to feel more confident, supporting continuity with nursery routines.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY464241 Local authority Bury Inspection number 1044267 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 6 October 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2013 and lives in Ramsbottom, Bury. She operates all year round from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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