Childminder EY399336

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 1 November 2016 8 May 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 are happy, confident and increasingly independent. They form a strong bond with the childminder and develop good relationships with their friends as they learn to share, take turns and consider the feelings of others.  Children make good progress from their starting points. The childminder supports children's language development particularly well. Children confidently communicate their needs and use a wide range of vocabulary during their conversations.  Children receive consistent support for their care and learning needs. The childminder establishes good links with parents and communicates well with others involved in supporting children, to ensure important information is exchanged.  The childminder uses self-evaluation effectively to make ongoing improvements. For example, she attends training to increase her awareness of how to support children's individual learning needs more effectively.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not promptly identify when a child may need additional support.  Although children have opportunities to make patterns and marks using a range of resources, they do not have enough opportunities to build on these early writing skills as they play, for example, during role play.

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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

 improve procedures for monitoring children's progress, to help ensure that any gaps in children's learning are quickly identified and addressed  provide more opportunities for children to practise their early writing skills, to further support their literacy development.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the childminder's home.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's records and a sample of other documentation including policies and procedures.  The inspector took account of the provider's self-evaluation and feedback from parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder keeps her knowledge of child protection matters up to date so she knows what to do if she is concerned about a child's welfare. She monitors the work of her assistants, and offers them guidance and training to provide consistency for the children and help ensure they are clear on their roles and responsibilities. The childminder continuously evaluates the quality of her practice and asks parents to contribute their views to better identify areas for development. She has made improvements to her teaching practice since her last inspection and now involves children in more activities that increase their mathematical skills. The childminder provides a good range of activities that reflects children's interests and supports their learning needs, helping them to make good progress.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children are keen to be involved in the wide range of activities the childminder provides. The childminder has a good knowledge of how children learn and interacts well with them to extend their play. For example, she helps children to count and sort objects, and introduces them to the names and properties of two-dimensional shapes, such as triangles, as they draw. The childminder provides many opportunities for children to develop their physical skills. For example, they pick up small objects using tweezers. Children experiment with moving their bodies and develop control and balance such as when they twist the ribbons around in the air to look like fireworks.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children enjoy their time with the childminder. She is patient and offers high levels of encouragement and praise. This helps children to become increasingly independent and try to do things for themselves. For example, they proudly show how they can use a special technique she has taught them to put their coats on by themselves. Children learn about keeping safe and healthy. They follow, and understand the reason for, good hand hygiene routines. Children are polite and understand how to behave. They think about their own feelings and consider how other children may feel, as they use the emotions board to demonstrate how they feel today.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress and are prepared well for the next stage in their learning. They enjoy books and stories and start to gain an awareness of letter sounds. For example, as they talk about colours the childminder gives children clues by sounding out the initial letters of the words. They learn to listen and follow instructions such as when they help to tidy up. They show increasing confidence and a sense of identity as they join in with action rhymes and call out the names of all the children in their welcome song.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY399336 Local authority Dorset Inspection number 1062315 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 11

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2009. She lives in the Burton area of Christchurch in Dorset. The childminder works with an assistant on some days. She provides care for children on Tuesdays to Fridays throughout the year. The childminder receives funding for free early education for children aged two, 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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