Childminder EY265963

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 30 November 2016 8 March 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 make good progress. The childminder uses what she knows about children to plan activities that challenge them effectively.  Partnerships with parents are strong, ensuring that they and the childminder work successfully together to meet children's care and learning needs. Parents share positive views about the provision. They comment on their children's development and the variety of activities. Parents say that the childminder and her co-childminder are very interested in their children as individuals.  Children's personal, social and emotional development are addressed well. The childminder ensures that they feel safe and emotionally secure in her care. Relationships are very good.  Children who are at different stages of development make good progress in their communication and language development.  Children's physical development is promoted effectively by the childminder. They practise their good manipulative skills in different ways and gain control of their bodies

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This provision is good

while moving to music.  Documentation required for the safe and efficient management of the provision is well maintained and implemented.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not fully support young children's sensory exploration and experimentation with different media and materials.  Children's awareness of similarities and differences between themselves and others is not fully promoted by the childminder. She does not extend children's learning about different traditions, families and communities beyond their own experience.

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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 opportunities for children to use a wider range of media and materials, inspiring their sensory exploration  increase opportunities for children to learn about families and traditions beyond their own experiences and gain a broader understanding of people in the wider world.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities as children played in the indoor play area.  The inspector observed activities and discussed teaching methods with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder, her co-childminder and the children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at evidence of the childminder's training. She checked evidence of the suitability of all adults.  The inspector looked at a selection of children's assessment records, planning, policies and procedures and a range of other documentation.  The inspector took account of the written views provided by parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder keeps her child protection and first-aid knowledge up to date. She is aware of the local safeguarding procedures and her responsibilities to protect children from abuse and neglect. Required suitability checks for all adults who live in the household have been completed. The childminder assesses and successfully minimises risks in her home and garden. She ensures that children are always supervised. The childminder reviews her provision in consultation with her co-childminder, in order to identify priorities for improvement. Recent changes have been made to the garden, in order to enhance children's learning opportunities outdoors.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder uses her observations and assessments, and information from parents, to challenge children effectively to reach the next stage in their development. Young children celebrate their achievement when using their manipulative skills successfully to join construction bricks. The childminder encourages them to count the bricks and name colours. Children copy the childminder as she shows them how to mould dough in their hands to soften it. They then squeeze the dough and put it on the table to squash it down. Young children are able to use rolling pins to flatten the dough and they notice the marks they can make with their fingers and cutters. The childminder supports young children's language development as she asks them if they can name the animals that the cutters create. She encourages them to make dinner with the brightly coloured dough, modelling how to make small round green peas and long orange carrots.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children play in a warm and welcoming environment. They behave well and the childminder boosts their self-esteem through praise for their efforts and achievements. Children are happy and settled. Their emotional security is addressed well initially with a settling-in period that is agreed with parents. The bond between the childminder and children is strong. Children develop an understanding of dangers. For example, when out walking, they learn that they must look and listen before deciding if it is safe to cross the road. Children's good health is promoted well. They are active and they have access to large physical-play equipment that challenges them effectively. Children gain an awareness of how to manage their self-care needs hygienically. They eat healthy food.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are developing good skills that help them to be ready for the move on to pre- school and school. They are safe, secure and happy. Younger children progress well from using non-verbal communication successfully to building a vocabulary of single words and using simple sentences. Older children express their views confidently. Children make marks in different ways. They are supported in using a thumb and two-finger grip on writing tools and older children's pencil control is developing well. Children enjoy looking at books.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY265963 Local authority Coventry Inspection number 1064458 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 8 March 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2003 and lives in Coventry. The childminder operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder works with her husband, who is also a registered childminder.

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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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