Childminder EY331889

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 2 December 2016 7 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 enjoy their time with the childminder. They value the wide range of activities and well-planned challenges in the playroom and outdoors. Children feel safe and secure.  The childminder monitors children's achievements regularly to ensure that they make good progress from their initial starting points. She makes effective use of assessment to check that children are achieving well.  The childminder provides good quality care and support for children's personal development. Children are well behaved, happy and confident. The childminder encourages children to be independent. For example, they clear away their own toys.  The childminder provides effective activities to support and encourage children's language development. For example, she encourages children to point to initial sounds and find the right pictures when she reads stories to them.  Strong partnerships with parents contribute to children's good progress. The

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This provision is good

childminder regularly makes suggestions about how parents can help their children's learning at home.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not provide enough opportunities for children to learn about other cultures and lifestyles.  The childminder does not consistently help children to improve their creative skills, including extending their access to music and singing.

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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

 strengthen children's awareness and understanding of other cultures so they learn about similarities and differences  use every opportunity to build on and extend children's access to creative activities, including music and singing, to help children improve their skills to the highest level.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed several different activities in the playroom and listened carefully to the quality of the childminder's interactions and the impact these have on children's learning.  The inspector observed a specific activity and discussed the impact of this on children's learning with the childminder.  The inspector sampled several documents that the childminder uses for her service.  The inspector spoke to the childminder about her service at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at written testimonials from several parents to obtain their views about the service.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder regularly updates her safeguarding knowledge. She ensures that her assistant fully understands how to keep children safe. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder monitors the work of her assistant rigorously, ensuring that she is effective in her role. She does this by providing regular training and by monitoring her practice. Recent training by the childminder to improve outdoor play activities has had a positive impact for all groups of children. Older children, for example, can now identify the different animals in the outdoors and know how to take care of them. The childminder regularly checks children's progress. This ensures that she knows how well they are doing and can set their next steps in learning. Self-evaluation is accurate. It identifies challenging targets for children and supports their good learning. Partnership with parents is effective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder regularly observes and assesses children's learning. This enables her to identify ways to improve their skills. For example, she develops children's early mathematical skills in many ways, such as introducing numbers and shapes into play activities. Children make choices in their play. For example, they showed that they knew their colours and wanted only red paint and red glitter to create their model. The childminder is skilled at recognising when children need additional help in their learning. She has close links with the local support team so that she can quickly help children improve their skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children behave well. They are confident learners and enjoy making decisions about their learning by themselves. Children are well looked after. They quickly learn to cooperate with the childminder and help to do simple jobs. For example, even the youngest children help to prepare the snack table and clear away the plates. Children make good progress in their emotional and physical well-being and try to sort out their own problems. For example, while creating a model from an egg box, children covered themselves with glitter. They quickly helped to tidy it up independently. Boys and girls take turns and share their toys.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress. They quickly learn to develop independence. For example, they make choices and decisions about their play. Children decide which stories they want to listen to and they find their own resources. They develop good communication and language skills because of the high emphasis placed on this area of learning. Children develop good physical skills through their regular outdoor activities. They benefit from effective teaching and support to ensure that they are well prepared for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY331889 Local authority Devon Inspection number 1061987 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 10

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2006. She lives in Uffculme, Devon. The childminder employs one assistant, who works on an occasional basis. The childminder holds a qualification in childhood studies.

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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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