Childminder EY444678

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 October 2016 25 September 2012

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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 particularly good use of self-evaluation to identify and target her professional development needs. For example, she sought and completed specialist training to ensure she was well equipped with the knowledge and skills to support children through bereavement and to overcome sleep difficulties.  The childminder has a strong understanding of children's individual abilities and needs. She uses well-established and effective processes to accurately assess children's starting points for learning, and to review and plan for their progress.  The childminder plans and provides a good range of play and learning experiences for children. Play resources are carefully chosen to support children's progress and are of high quality. Children make good progress in all areas of development.  The childminder lays firm foundations for children to adopt healthy lifestyle habits. For example, she involves children in growing fruit and vegetables to encourage their

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This provision is good

interest in eating them, and plans lots of exciting outdoor activities, such as visiting natural playgrounds and making dens in the woods.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder has not explored all possible ways to involve parents in supporting children's progress so that they receive the best possible levels of consistent support.  Opportunities to help children understand more about their own and each other's cultures and traditions are not fully exploited by the childminder.

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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 further ways of involving parents in planning for and supporting children's learning  help children to learn about and understand more about their own and each other's different cultural backgrounds and beliefs.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's play indoors and the childminder's interaction with children. The inspector also looked at the range of resources and equipment available for children's use.  The inspector discussed the childminder's practice with her including the impact of her teaching methods, and use of observation and assessment to support children's progress.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation relating to safeguarding, children's progress and well-being, and the childminder's self-evaluation process.  The inspector took account of the views of parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder keeps up to date on safeguarding issues and has a clear understanding of the procedures to follow if she is concerned about a child's welfare. She reflects well on her practice and children's progress. The childminder makes strong use of what she learns from training, conferences, seminars and independent research to improve this further. For example, she taught children how to make dens out of newspaper, began linking activities more to children's preferred play styles, and improved the way she was teaching children to pronounce letter sounds.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder makes good use of assessment to move children on in their learning. She recognises their aptitudes, such as writing, counting and colour sorting, and consistently increases the level of challenge. Although there are gaps in the childminder's partnership with parents, they are provided with detailed written summary reports three times per year showing children's progress. The childminder provides activities and resources that link directly with children's interests and preferred learning styles such as pretend play and being outdoors. She uses many different and effective strategies for supporting children's communication and language and literacy development. For example, she gives children props to encourage their listening skills and involvement in telling stories. The childminder progresses children from following single instructions to more complex ones. Children enjoy engaging in lots of experimental play and art and craft activities such as with clay,

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are happy, very settled and have a strong emotional attachment to the childminder. She is kind, gentle and very reassuring and uses this approach to successfully help them learn to settle themselves to sleep, become toilet trained and dress themselves. The childminder provides good opportunities throughout the week for children to socialise with groups of children. They learn to share and take turns and to be polite. She teaches children about safety such as for crossing roads. They practise this while on outings but also within play, for instance in the garden using a toy traffic light.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are well prepared for moving on to their next stage of learning such as starting pre-school and school. They develop confidence, practical independence, good speaking and independent play skills. They thoroughly enjoy acting out their real and imaginary experiences in pretend play. Children develop an early interest in books and numeracy and an ability to explore, create and represent their own ideas. Children learn to link letters to sounds, and to recognise and write their names.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY444678 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1059246 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 6 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 1

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 25 September 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2012. She lives in Tadworth, Surrey. The childminder works on Monday to Friday throughout the year.

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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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