Childminder EY482136

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 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 makes good use of ongoing evaluation to identify and implement plans to improve her service.  The childminder is vigilant in keeping children safe and helps them to understand how to assess and manage small risks through everyday activities and outings. For example, as they learn to use scissors, climb and explore the local area.  Learning and development outcomes for all children are good, and often better.  The childminder plans and prepares thoroughly. Opportunities for children to learn offer increasing levels of flexibility for them to experiment and investigate creatively.  Children learn how to take care of their bodies, eat healthily and exercise safely.  Parents have a very clear picture of their children's learning, play and achievements. The childminder has developed innovative and practical ways to help children transfer and extend their interests between her setting and their homes.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Although all children make good progress, the childminder's skill in encouraging babies' acquisition of first words is less well developed than in other areas.  The childminder understands the need to support children's moves to other settings but has not yet considered in detail how she will do this.

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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

 explore professional development opportunities to provide a sharper focus on encouraging babies' first words.  identify effective ways to share information with new settings children are about to attend to help prepare them for their move and to provide continuity in their care, development and learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed care routines and teaching.  The inspector reviewed policies and discussed the procedures relating to children's safety and welfare with the childminder.  The inspector looked at children's records, the childminder's planning and evaluation of activities, and information exchanged with parents.  The inspector took account of the views of parents in written communication.  The inspector spoke with the childminder about the impact of her training, experience and practice on children's well-being, learning and development.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a thorough understanding of possible child protection issues. She knows the correct procedures to follow if she has concerns about the welfare of a child in her care. The childminder accurately identifies and effectively shares the next steps in children's learning with their parents. For example, she adds detail to diary entries, creates home-resource bags and bookmarks to support children's care and learning at home. The childminder generally reflects accurately on her teaching and uses her existing skills and knowledge well.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder accurately monitors and evaluates children's progress, which is good across all areas of their learning. She continues to explore ways to help all children attain their highest levels of achievement. The childminder's particular expertise in children's physical development ensures they make very good progress in all types of movement and handling skills. For example, when children need further help to strengthen specific muscles, the childminder knows precisely when, and how, to help them do so. The childminder is also successful in supporting the speech of the older children. For instance, she quickly engages children's interests in stories and rhymes. She gives them plenty to talk about and models more detailed descriptions, which they soon begin to use.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children feel emotionally secure and quickly settle in the childminder's care and the welcoming family home. She effectively nurtures children's social skills and interest in healthy lifestyles, for example, as they explore play parks and join friends in sports days run by the childminder. The childminder captures children interest in healthy foods, such as fruit kebabs, while helping them learn to thread and sequence fresh fruit. She builds children's persistence and confidence in mastering new skills with her enthusiastic and timely praise. Children copy her familiar phrases as they repeat, 'Definitely, I can do this.'

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress in all areas of their learning. Older children enjoy playing with words and phrases that rhyme. They think imaginatively as they act out stories and become characters in books. Children are confident young mathematicians, experienced in identifying and using numbers in different ways and for different purposes. Children make good progress from their individual starting points. They enjoy their time with the childminder because they have fun. Children enthusiastically take part in the wide variety of activities on offer and learn skills to help them when they move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482136 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 998541 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2014. She lives in Basingstoke, Hampshire, and provides care from 7am to 6pm on Monday to Friday, all year round except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder is a qualified teacher.

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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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