Skinner Jayne

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 August 2016 10 September 2015

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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

 The childminder reflects well on how she provides different learning experiences for children. She plans activities, and adapts her teaching, to meet children's differing needs and interests well. Children make good progress in their learning.  The childminder provides plenty of superb opportunities for children to socialise and mix with others, including through outings. She prepares children well for change and moving on to playgroup or school. Children are extremely confident learners.  The childminder is an exceptional role model for the children. They form very secure attachments and children's behaviour is outstanding.  The childminder forms good relationships with parents. She shares information regularly with them to help her identify children's starting points, interests, needs and abilities. Children benefit well from consistent experiences and support between the childminder and home.

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This provision is good

 Children develop good communication skills, including through talking with the childminder and others. All children are confident in expressing their needs.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 On occasion, the childminder misses some opportunities to support children to think and solve problems as they play and learn.  The childminder has not fully developed her evaluations of the provision to include the views of parents and children, to help her make further changes and improvements.

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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

 help children to engage better with activities and experiences in ways that encourage them to think and solve problems  extend evaluations of the provision to make sure parents' and children's feedback on the overall provision are used to help identify improvements.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of the childminder's teaching in the home and garden.  The inspector took into account the views of parents through written testimonials and speaking with a parent.  The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of children's learning with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled paperwork, including children's records, planning and self- evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder has completed all the actions from her last inspection and made some good improvements. For example, she has changed the way she monitors children's progress, to ensure her plans effectively challenge children to make good progress in their learning and development. She has increased the variety of opportunities for children outside. For example, she has taken children on many trips as well as developing the garden to include a play shed for all-weather use. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has updated her policies, including how she handles allegations and has shared this with parents. She knows what to do if she has concerns about a child's welfare. She has improved her knowledge and skills, including through talks with other professionals, training courses and personal research, to help her support well all children who come to her setting.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children are excited to share what they know. For example, they eagerly explained the different pocket monsters they could see in a book and talked about how they captured these through the game on their parents' mobile phones. They used good expressive language to explain how these monsters evolved, discussing their favourites. Children enjoyed filling the top of the table leg with sandy water and noticed the water flowed onto the ground, developing their understanding of cause and effect. Children dressed up and pretended to be police officers, helping each other and catching 'baddies' as they developed their imaginations.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Older children respect and care for each other exceptionally well. For example, they helped younger children put on shoes and to get on the ride-on toys in the garden. Older children display high levels of understanding others' feelings. For example, they shared the answering of questions so they could all have a turn. The childminder enhances children's grasp of the world and different people in it extremely successfully. For example, she took them to see a film in the cinema, which included information about different children, countries and being kind to others. She extended their learning by reading them the story of the film. Children talked eagerly about what they had seen and read, making connections to the different countries by looking at a map of the world.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress. Older children can to count in tens up to 100 and in twos up to 20, and match the mother animal with the right baby for example. Younger children can feed themselves and express their needs, such as letting the childminder know when they are tired.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY275263 Local authority Swindon Inspection number 1057652 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 10 September 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2003. She lives in the Old Town area of Swindon. The childminder's service is open from Monday to Friday, all year around, except for family holidays. She holds a relevant childcare qualification at level 3. The childminder receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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