Childminder EY481113

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 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 works alongside her assistants and guides their teaching. She provides opportunities for them to extend their professional development by attending training courses. This helps her assistants to reflect on their practice and improve outcomes for children.  The childminder has procedures in place to help keep children safe. She completes risk assessments of her home before children arrive. The childminder practises evacuation procedures with children, so they know how to safely leave the home in an emergency.  Children make good progress. The childminder provides children with a wide range of resources, indoors and outdoors, to support their learning. She encourages children to develop their own play and offers focused learning opportunities that help to extend their learning.  Children demonstrate good social skills. The childminder encourages children to share, take turns and to play harmoniously together. She manages children's behaviour in a

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This provision is good

positive manner and gives children lots of praise and encouragement, supporting their self-esteem.  Children learn about a healthy lifestyle. They are provided with experiences to be physically active as they visit the local park daily to use equipment that enables them to be more active. The childminder provides children with a range of healthy foods.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not obtain detailed information from all parents about what their children already know and can do when they first start. As a result, she is not always able to make accurate assessments of the starting points for children's learning.  Sometimes, the childminder and her assistants do not provide children with opportunities to fully support their developing independence.

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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

 gather more detailed information from parents about their children's capabilities on entry, to help inform the assessment of the starting points for children's learning from the outset  provide children with more opportunities that fully support their independence skills.

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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.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and her assistant at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as the childminder's and her assistants' training certificates.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of people working with children and adult members of the household.  The inspector took account of views and comments left by parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder shares her policies and procedures with parents and her assistants. She has attended child protection training and knows the procedures to follow to report any concerns she may have regarding children's welfare. The childminder uses observations and assessments to monitor children's ages and stages of development. She uses this information to help her to narrow any gaps in their learning. The childminder completes the progress check for children aged between two and three years. She shares this with other professionals to support children's progress. The childminder extends her professional development by meeting with other childminders and subscribing to early years publications. This helps her to keep up to date with changes in legislation and to provide children with a wide range of activities to support their learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has a good understanding of how children learn. This helps her to provide children with learning experiences to complement their interests. Children are motivated, arrive happily and are keen to explore the well-resourced garden. The childminder plays alongside children and listens to their views and ideas. Children excitedly run around trying to catch bubbles as they float in the air. Older children pretend to eat them. Children are confident and demonstrate their physical agility. Younger children explore using their senses. The childminder's assistant helps them to understand how foam feels on their hands. She uses words, such as sticky and squelchy, to extend children's vocabulary and support their communication and language skills. Parents comment positively about the childminder. They say that the she will go the extra mile for them or their children.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children learn how to be kind to animals. The childminder reminds younger children to say hello and to stroke her cat nicely. Children are helped emotionally during changes in routine. The childminder's assistant shakes a tambourine to give children a timely warning before the routine changes. Children help to look after their environment and are encouraged to tidy away toys. Babies go to the childminder or her assistant for comfort if they are unsure of what is happening during these times. This shows that they have developed strong relationships with them. Children are physically active. They negotiate the different surface levels in the garden and ride wheeled toys around obstacles, developing their balance and coordination.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those in receipt of funding, make good progress in their learning. They develop skills needed for their next stage of learning and move on to school. Older children develop their communication and literacy skills. They listen attentively to the childminders assistant as she reads them a story and write their name on artwork. Younger children demonstrate good problem-solving skills. They use a toy drill and show deep levels of concentration as they negotiate how to secure a screw into a hole.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY481113 Local authority North East Lincolnshire Inspection number 994343 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 15

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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 Immingham. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early years education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. She holds a childcare qualification at level 4 and works with two assistants.

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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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