Childminder EY473721

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 Children are cared for in a welcoming, safe and well-resourced play and learning environment. They have strong emotional attachments to the childminder.  The childminder provides children with a broad range of interesting and challenging play activities and practical experiences. Children make good progress all round.  The childminder establishes good partnerships with parents. For example, she provides them with regular reports on children's progress and a detailed written daily summary of their activities and achievements. She works closely with them, and with children's previous and future early years carers, to support children's settling-in experience and preparation for moving on to other settings.  Children enjoy a varied range of physical activities, such as climbing, woodland walks, and music and movement, to support their good health and physical development.  The childminder has made a good start to childminding and has strong capacity to

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This provision is good

continue improving her practice and skills.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder's knowledge of child development and her quality of teaching practice are not high enough to support children in making better than good progress.  The childminder does not make full use of the good quality observations she completes to identify the most appropriate next steps for children's learning.

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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

 make greater use of professional development opportunities to help raise the quality of teaching to a level of excellence  refine the use of the good quality observations to identify next steps for children's learning more precisely and help them to make rapid progress.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's interaction with children during activities indoors and in the garden. The inspector also looked at the range of resources and equipment available for children's use.  The inspector discussed the childminder's practice with her, including the impact of her teaching methods, and use of observation and assessment to support children's progress.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation relating to safeguarding, children's progress and well-being, the childminder's suitability checks, and self-evaluation.  The inspector took account of parents' views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder has not been caring for children for very long and the targeting of her professional development is in the early stages. However, she attends regular childminder meetings, which keeps her abreast of important early years developments. She also gains ideas for activity planning from these meetings. The childminder is aware of the gaps in her knowledge and practice and is keen to find solutions to support her training needs. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has carefully considered how to protect children's welfare and has a good understanding of the procedure to follow if she is concerned about a child's well-being.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has established processes for completing assessments on children and for tracking their progress from their starting points. Her observations of children are insightful, although she does not always make the best use of these to identify the most pertinent aspects of children's development to focus support on. Children enjoy their play and learning, particularly when the childminder plans activities linked directly to their interests. For example, she helped them to find spiders in the garden and then provided resources for them to make their own. After enjoying taking part in a community sports day, they made 'ready-steady-go' flags out of a wide range of creative materials and sticks they collected from the woods. The childminder asks children questions that encourage them to think, use words to express themselves, develop their own ideas and solve practical problems, such as working out how much glue to use.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are cared for in a safe and nurturing environment. Toddlers sleep comfortably in cots at times consistent with parents' wishes. They know where everything is and confidently help themselves to toys and resources. Toddlers are becoming very independent, for instance, in putting on their own shoes. Children behave well. They understand the childminder's motto for using 'kind hands' and know to tell the childminder if another child does something they dislike. The childminder plans creative activities to introduce and help young children to develop a positive attitude towards different customs and beliefs. These are greatly enjoyed.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are well prepared, practically and emotionally, for the next stage of their learning, such as moving on to pre-school. For example, children enjoy weekly visits to different community group activities so that they are used to mixing in large groups. They develop early writing and mathematical skills. For example, they make marks with their hands in shaving foam and with chalks and pencils. Children count as they play or when they climb the stairs at naptime. Children are creative and interested in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY473721 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 968224 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 2 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 2

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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 lives in Chertsey, Surrey and works full time throughout 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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