Childminder EY484272

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 November 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 has established a professional and organised approach to her work. She evaluates her activity with the children to ensure she continues to meet their needs and she identifies well-targeted plans for the future development of her service.  Teaching is good. The childminder asks well-placed questions and talks to the children about what they are doing. Children enjoy her positive involvement in their play and respond to her gentle yet enthusiastic encouragement.  The childminder knows each child well and provides activities that are planned around their interests. Children are encouraged to try new experiences and take part in challenges that help them continue to make progress.  The childminder has developed strong partnerships with parents and other providers who are involved with children. This results in effective communication, ensuring each child receives a consistent approach to their care and learning and a smooth transition

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This provision is good

between home and the different provisions they attend.  Children are safe. The childminder provides close supervision during activities and makes regular checks on sleeping children. She carries out thorough risk assessments of her home and outings, taking steps to reduce risks to children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not yet monitor the effectiveness of training on her professional development in order to identify the impact it has on children's learning.  Occasionally, the childminder does not encourage children's deeper thinking about how they can solve problems they encounter during play for themselves.

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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

 evaluate professional development more precisely, focusing on ways to develop an expert knowledge of teaching to support children to excel in their learning  extend the opportunities for older and most able children to think deeply and consider how they can solve problems for themselves.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector evaluated an activity with the childminder and discussed the teaching and learning.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and the children at convenient times during the inspection. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the childminder's self- evaluation, children's records and evidence of the suitability of the adults living and working in the household.  The inspector took account of the views of parents as expressed through their written comments on the childminder's questionnaires and testimonials.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has a good working relationship with her assistant to ensure that they provide consistency for the children. The childminder has a secure understanding of how to promote children's welfare and keep them safe. She has completed updated training in child protection and she holds a current first-aid qualification. The childminder has devised effective policies and procedures that are reflected in her practice and which support children's safety and welfare. The childminder is successful in monitoring children's progress. She identifies any gaps and ensures the planning identifies activities to help children to achieve the best they can.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder is effective in her teaching. She plays alongside children, making suggestions to enhance their activity. For example, she enables children to use toy tools to construct models. The childminder actively supports children's developing communication and language skills. She smiles at babies and toddlers, repeating their babbling and sounds back to them. She uses descriptive language during activities with older children and is always willing to look at books with children. Toddlers particularly enjoy selecting their own books from the shelf. They bring them to the childminder, climbing on her lap to listen. Older children eagerly join in with familiar parts of favourite stories. The childminder is effective in planning activities that follow children's interests and preferred ways of learning, such as making good use of outdoor activities.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children clearly demonstrate that they feel a sense of well-being and belonging in the childminder's home. Babies sleep peacefully and wake happily when they see the childminder. Older children are confident to ask for assistance as they need it and to move around the playroom, choosing their own activities. Children play well together. They are learning about the expectations for behaviour with effective support from the childminder as she reminds them to be kind and to share. The childminder provides healthy choices for meals and snacks and children have access to their drinks. Children are able to develop their physical skills through outside play activities and babies are encouraged to reach out for toys and to pull themselves up to standing.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are making good progress. They enjoy a wide range of interesting and fun activities that they are motivated and eager to take part in. Children are learning to respect one another and to make friends. They are able to be independent and make choices about what they do. Children are learning skills that help to prepare them for the next stage in their learning and for starting school when the time comes.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY484272 Local authority Northamptonshire Inspection number 999191 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 6

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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 Higham Ferrers. She occasionally works with an assistant. The childminder operates all year round from 6.30am to 7pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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