Childminder in Shropshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 September 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 home visits for each family. This ensures that she has the opportunity to gain information from parents about what their child already knows and can do. This information is used to ensure children's starting points are concise so that activities and each child's learning are tailored from the outset.  Children develop strong emotional attachments with the childminder. The childminder provides a welcoming environment where children develop resilience and manage their own behaviour. Children have high levels of empathy for one another, which helps them to build strong friendships.  Children make their own choices about what to play with from the easily accessible resources. They are able to move freely between the indoor and outdoor areas as they wish. This builds on children's confidence and independence, and promotes their readiness for the next phase in their learning including school.

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This provision is good

 The childminder includes all parents and their children in the evaluation of her provision. This helps to identify targets for improvement that will promote children's care, learning and development. This makes sure that outcomes for children are good. The childminder works closely with other providers to ensure continuity in children's care and learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not provide enough learning opportunities for children to develop their awareness of shape, space and measure.  The childminder does not share information with parents that will support them to help with their child's continued learning at home.

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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

 enhance opportunities for children to explore and investigate shape, space and measurement  extend the information provided to parents so that they can build on their confidence in supporting their child's learning at home.

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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 review of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector held a meeting with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the childminder's self-evaluation and evidence of the suitability of all persons living or working at the setting.  The inspector spoke to some of the parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder attends child protection training and implements a comprehensive safeguarding policy and procedure. This, and robust identification and minimisation of possible risks in all areas, promotes children's safety and well-being. Regular observations of children as they play, helps the childminder to plan for their future learning across all areas of their development. The childminder monitors the educational programmes to ensure all areas of children's learning and development are fully included.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder provides exciting activities for the children. Children spend much of their day outdoors. Here they engage in imaginary play with their friends as they explore shop play. They excitedly collect items in their baskets, pay their friends for their goods and take these back to their home corner area in the garden. Children enjoy making marks outdoors. They use chalks on the board and brushes dipped in water to paint the wall. Indoors, children use fruit to make marks with paints, talking about their creations with one another and the childminder. During these activities, the childminder engages with children and uses a range of questioning techniques to encourage their critical-thinking skills. The childminder uses high levels of praise to encourage children to have another go and to keep trying. Children explore battery operated toys. They laugh and giggle as they pull handles, push buttons and observe cause and effect, as they observe what happens

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

next. The childminder takes children on a range of outings to places of interest. Children enjoy visits to the local farm museum. Here, they explore the world around them as they handle new chicks, feed lambs with bottles of milk and learn how to groom the Shetland ponies. This helps children to develop empathy as they learn how to care for living things.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder supports children's learning about a healthy lifestyle well. Children sing a handwashing song as they get ready to eat their healthy snacks. The childminder and children talk about how fruits and lots of water throughout the day are good for us. Children take manageable risks in their play as they use a range of climbing and balancing equipment in the garden. They enjoy running games as they chase one another around the garden. This, and regular visits to the park, promote children's physical skills and thereby fosters their overall health and well-being.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children explore a range of resources and engage in activities that promote their awareness of diversity. Children develop a love for books and enjoy story times with the childminder. This helps to promote their ongoing readiness for school. All children, including those in receipt of funded education, make good progress in their learning and development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY479275 Local authority Shropshire Inspection number 992138 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7

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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 the Ludlow area of Shropshire. She operates from 7.30am until 5.30pm on Monday to Friday and all year round except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. She holds an early years 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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Telephone number

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