Childminder EY480700

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 July 2016 Not applicable

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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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 Children show they feel safe in through their extremely good behaviour. They respond well to the childminder's excellent role model. For example, they respect her requests and eagerly take on suitable responsibilities.  The childminder has developed her practice effectively since her registration. For example, together with her co-childminder, she has adapted and strengthened the way in which risk assessments are undertaken and has kept her practice up to date.  The childminder uses her experience and qualifications well to further children's early education effectively. She checks their learning to make sure that any gaps are identified, and that children do not fall behind. Children follow their interests, enjoy their activities and make good progress from their initial starting points.  The childminder has high expectations of children. She promotes their communication and language development effectively, and extends their vocabularies particularly

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This provision is good

successfully. For example, children learn words, such as 'volcano', 'erupts' and 'blurb', and enjoy explaining in simple terms what these mean.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not identify areas of her teaching which are in need of improvement and focus her professional development on strengthening these areas.  The childminder has not established useful partnerships with other settings that children attend.

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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

 identify where teaching needs most improvement and determine how to achieve this through highly focused professional development  establish useful partnerships with other settings that children attend and a consistent approach to promoting children's progress.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's teaching and its impact on the children's learning.  The inspector and the childminder jointly observed the children's play and had follow- up discussions about the children's behaviour, learning and next steps.  The inspector took account of the parents' views.  The inspector checked the childminder's understanding of safeguarding matters and sampled a range of documents, including the risk assessment.  The inspector had discussions with the childminder about how she evaluates her service and plans improvements.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a robust understanding of safeguarding matters and her responsibility to protect children from harm. She supervises children vigilantly. She teaches children how to look after themselves in ways they understand; for example, children learn how to carry small chairs safely without hurting themselves or anyone else. The childminder checks that she covers all areas of learning so children have a good range of stimulating experiences. She encourages equality and diversity effectively. She makes sure that boys and girls have equal access to resources, such as using domestic-play resources. The childminder has positive relationships with parents and seeks their views to help evaluate her service.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder uses her good knowledge of how children learn and develop to make careful observations of their play, from which she knows their interests. She assesses what they need to learn next and plans challenging activities that reflect their interests. For example, to help develop children's coordination she capitalises on an interest in volcanoes, which children create using forks and mashed potato. The childminder encourages children to learn through trying things out for themselves.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Excellent relationships between the childminder and children underpin their confidence. The childminder recognises the vital importance of establishing trusting relationships with the children and their families. For example, she makes sure children are comfortable in her company before expecting them to explore their new environment when they first start. Children make substantial strides in gaining independence. For example, they learn to manage their personal needs very well from a young age and begin to think about how they feel. The childminder promotes children's understanding of healthy lifestyles highly effectively. For example, children enjoy eating nutritious, home-cooked meals made with many fresh ingredients and have very positive attitudes to playing outdoors. The childminder promotes children's social skills extremely well, such as by attending toddler groups to further promote confidence at being in a larger group of children.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress from their starting points and develop the key skills for the next stage in their learning. For example, they listen carefully to stories, know how to handle books and enjoy looking at these by themselves. They are curious, polite and extremely keen to join in with activities. They eagerly make electronic toys light up and work out how to fit various-sized toy space-vehicles into compartments. They learn early mathematical language as they play, such as by counting backwards to 'lift off'.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY480700 Local authority Wiltshire Inspection number 988286 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 1

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2014. She works from her co-childminder's premises in Purton, near Swindon, Wiltshire. She operates her service on Mondays and Tuesdays throughout the year, with the exception of family holidays and bank holidays. The childminder has a relevant 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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