Childminder 250963

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 2 September 2016 8 November 2012

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Good 2

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The childminder has failed to notify Ofsted that a family member has moved back into the household. This means that the correct procedures have not been followed to enable Ofsted to re-confirm the suitability of all household members. This demonstrates a weakness in the childminder's management systems.  The childminder does not yet fully utilise her planning to ensure that all children continuously have access to highly challenging activities in order for them to achieve their full potential.

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It has the following strengths

 Children are happy, settled and confident while at the setting. They demonstrate very secure relationships with the childminder and communicate their needs and feelings well.  The childminder uses a tracking system to monitor children's progress, successfully identifying where children may need extra support and adjusting her practice accordingly.  The childminder has formed strong partnership working with parents. Parents are very pleased with the high standards of care that their children receive.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and the Childcare Register the provider must:

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Due Date

 ensure that Ofsted are provided with the necessary information to enable checks to be completed, in order to establish the suitability of anyone aged 16 years and over living on the premises. 15/09/2016

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 strengthen planning to ensure that all children participate in highly challenging activities to extend their learning fully and enable them to reach their full potential.

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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 observed a planned activity and jointly evaluated this with the childminder.  The inspector held a meeting with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation, such as how the childminder evaluates practice, and evidence of the suitability of household members.  The inspector took account of the views of parents as provided in documentation.  The inspector reviewed how the childminder reflects on her practice.  The inspector looked at other documentation, including safeguarding procedures and policies, as well as observation and assessment documentation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The childminder demonstrates a good understanding of how to identify any child protection concerns. She keeps up to date with relevant guidance from her Local Safeguarding Children Board. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder conducts regular risk assessments to ensure that children are in a safe and secure environment. She demonstrates a good understanding of the learning and development requirements. However, the childminder has failed to notify Ofsted that a family member has moved back into the household. This shows a weakness in the leadership and management of the business. However, the impact on children is minimised as this person holds a Disclosure and Barring Service check, has no role in caring for the children and is not left unsupervised with children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has created an engaging and exciting environment. Children are able to lead their own play and self-select activities. The childminder demonstrates a very good understanding of children's individual learning styles and levels of development. She uses this knowledge well during her interactions with children, skilfully questioning and extending their learning, for example, using water play to experiment with mixing different colours together. The childminder ensures that planned activities are based around children's interests. As a result, children are enthusiastic to participate and show good levels of concentration. However, some activities do not offer the highest level of challenge for each child so that their progress is better than good. The childminder monitors each child's development to identify any gaps in their learning, which she is quick to address.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The welfare of children is not yet at the highest standard as the childminder has failed to keep Ofsted up to date about household members. Children demonstrate a love of exploring and show an enthusiasm for trying new activities. They are very inquisitive about the world around them. Children show high levels of self-esteem and self- confidence, and are keen to share their achievements with others. Children learn about how to keep healthy and how to look after themselves. The childminder consistently promotes positive behaviour and children respond well to the boundaries and expectations set. Children's independence is very well supported and children are enthusiastic to try tasks themselves.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are all making good progress across all areas of learning. They demonstrate good social and communication skills, and have the foundations in learning that will enable them to be successful learners when they move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 250963 Local authority Suffolk Inspection number 1059468 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 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 8 November 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1997 and lives in Mildenhall, Suffolk. She operates on Monday to Friday from 7am to 6pm and all year round, except for bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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