Childminder EY482178

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 August 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

 The childminder provides a wide range of activities to engage and motivate children. Children are confident and eager to learn. Resources available to children help them to develop all of their skills. They successfully solve problems, use their imagination and investigate using all of their senses.  The childminder has developed positive partnerships with parents. Parents welcome regular opportunities to discuss their children's progress and achievements. This helps them to be fully involved in their children's learning.  Children learn to listen and respond effectively to the childminder. The childminder uses appropriate language and encourages children to repeat new words to enhance their communication skills.  The childminder fully enhances all aspects of children's learning. She provides creative activities for children to develop their physical and mathematical skills as they explore and investigate.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Arrangements in place with regard to sharing information with other early years providers that the children attend are not fully effective. This means that children's continuity of care and learning is not consistently met.  The childminder does not obtain sufficient information from parents about their children's development and interests when they first start. This means that she is unable to successfully identify children's starting points and plan precisely for their individual learning needs from the outset.

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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

 share information with other early years settings that the children attend, in order to ensure continuity of their care and learning  gather more information from parents when children first start and use this to identify children's starting points and plan more precisely for their learning from the outset.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities both indoors and outdoors and reviewed the quality of teaching.  The inspector viewed all areas of the home used for minding.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records and a range of other relevant documents.  The inspector checked the suitability of the childminder including evidence of the childminder's qualifications.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder at appropriate times during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder attends safeguarding training and keeps up to date with Local Safeguarding Children Board procedures. She has a sound knowledge of abuse and neglect, and knows what to do if she has concerns about a child. Risk assessments are carried out regularly and include all areas of the home that children have access to. Children know and understand not to run indoors and to sit down at the table for meals and snacks. The childminder keeps her knowledge up to date and attends all mandatory training. She evaluates her practice and uses this information to make changes and continually improve.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder uses her knowledge of how children learn to ensure that children make good progress. She provides a stimulating and interesting environment that supports children's learning effectively. The childminder carries out regular observations and assessments of children and provides activities to promote their learning. Children imaginatively use a wide range of resources to develop their physical skills. They make pretend meals and food for each other with play dough and transform a large cardboard box from a puppet theatre into a space rocket. The childminder skilfully helps children to be physically confident and competent. She teaches them how to safely climb and balance on more challenging equipment, such as the new slide and tricycles. Children's self-care skills are well promoted by the childminder. Children hang their coats and bags up when they arrive, and know where to find the aprons to wear for messy play activities during

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are happy and well settled. The childminder sensitively helps children to feel comfortable within her home. Toys and equipment are stored in low-level boxes and shelves to enable children to easily select what they want to play with. Children independently wander from the playroom into other rooms as they confidently initiate their own play. Children behave well because the childminder is a positive role model. She successfully helps children to recognise and understand the feelings of others. Children share and take turns with favourite toys. They are developing a good attitude to healthy lifestyles. Children enjoy healthy food and snacks and have daily opportunities to be physically active in the fresh air.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress and are well prepared for their future learning, including starting school. Young children count with increasing accuracy. They recognise and talk about numbers, colours and shapes as they complete shape sorter puzzles, and connect the train track together. Outings into the community help children to learn about the world around them. They mix with other children and adults to help develop important social skills which they will need when starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482178 Local authority Shropshire Inspection number 993176 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2014 and lives in West Felton, near Oswestry. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate 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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