Childminder 153833

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 September 2016 8 April 2013

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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

 Children have good social skills. The childminder encourages children to share and play harmoniously together. Children behave well.  The childminder establishes good partnerships with parents. She keeps them fully informed of their children's progress. There is a good level of shared learning. For example, parents receive a weekly newsletter, which helps them to support their children's learning at home.  The childminder builds positive partnerships with external agencies and other settings. She takes advice from other professionals and puts systems in place to improve outcomes for individual children. This includes those children with additional needs and children who speak English as an additional language.  Children are happy and settled. They form strong attachments with the childminder, which helps support their emotional development and well-being.  The childminder communicates well with the children as she helps to develop and

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This provision is good

extend their vocabulary, thinking and speaking skills.  Priority is given to safeguarding children. The childminder teaches children effectively about keeping themselves safe and managing risks safely.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children do not develop their own interests or learning as well as they could, particularly for those who prefer to play indoors.  Children lose interest and their learning slows at times during some adult-led activities.

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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

 support children more to develop their learning in different ways, particularly for those who prefer to learn indoors  ensure that children remain interested in their learning and have appropriate activities which are led by adults and those they can choose for themselves.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector toured the premises and looked at the available resources.  The inspector spoke to the childminder, children and parents at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at a range of documentation, which included records of staff suitability checks, policies and procedures.  The inspector observed children with the childminder inside and outside.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder generally has a good understanding of how children develop. She identifies her strengths and weaknesses to make improvements to her practice. She uses information gathered from parents and outside professionals to adapt her practice further. For example, she recently evaluated whether the weekly newsletter was useful to parents and adapted practice by offering an email service after looking at their views. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has attended training and has the skills required to keep children safe from harm. She has a good understanding of the signs and symptoms that indicate that a child may be at risk and knows how to report a concern about a child. The childminder attends a wide range of courses and is committed to her personal development. She uses training to improve her practice and enhance the opportunities for the children in her care; for example, in sharing information about

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

children's development fully with parents.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Teaching is typically good. The childminder is enthusiastic and generally has clear expectations of the children. She gathers information about the children from the parents and other settings and uses this, along with her observations, to identify what they might need to learn next. She checks progress effectively to ensure all children make good progress, given what they know when they start. The childminder helps children learn about the local community and the wider world by looking at a range of different cultures and discussing current affairs. For example, the children created flags of countries during the Olympics. Early writing, number and language skills are typically taught well.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder provides a very inviting, stimulating, well-resourced environment, indoors and outdoors, which the children enjoy using. The childminder provides a healthy range of snacks and children prepare their own snacks. For example, they cut up the strawberries and bananas independently. The childminder encourages children to wash their hands before eating and they know the importance of good personal hygiene procedures. The childminder and children visit local shops and parks to support children's learning. Children are confident, self-motivated and happy in the childminder's care.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress and are ready for their next stage of learning and move on to school. Children build good friendships with their peers. They learn good physical skills as they run, climb and jump outdoors. They learn valuable listening skills though stories, music, songs and rhymes. For example, children enjoy copying the childminder making the instruments get louder and quieter and forming musical patterns.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 153833 Local authority South Gloucestershire Inspection number 1061543 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 8

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 8 April 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2001. She lives in Chipping Sodbury. The setting is open on weekdays, for most of the year. The childminder holds a level 3 early years qualification and is in receipt of funding for free early years education for children aged 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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Telephone number

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