Childminder EY403986

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 2 December 2016 6 June 2016

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Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The childminder has not taken sufficient action to address all of the issues raised at the last inspection.  Ongoing observations and assessments are not consistently used to effectively plan suitably challenging activities for children. Next steps in learning are not routinely incorporated into activities and experiences to support children in making good progress.  Partnerships with other providers are not yet effective in promoting the sharing of information to support consistency of children's care and learning.  The childminder's evaluation of her setting and ongoing training and development are not yet accurate to sharply focus on improving the outcomes for children.

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It has the following strengths

 Children's personal, social and emotional development are encouraged through regular praise and reassurance. Children form good bonds and attachments with the childminder and demonstrate that they are happy and settled.  The childminder promotes children's safety. She ensures that they are safe inside and outside the home. The childminder completes regular risk assessments, keeps up to date with safeguarding training and meets the safeguarding and welfare requirements.  The childminder promotes children's understanding of how suitable hygiene practices contribute towards their good health.  The childminder encourages children's communication and language development. She introduces new words and models language as she interacts during their play.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 improve the use of ongoing observations and assessments to monitor children's learning and development; incorporate children's individual next steps in learning into challenging activities and experiences 05/02/2017

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Due Date

 improve the quality of teaching across all areas of learning through planned, purposeful play, ensuring that the individual needs, interests and stages of development are known and addressed for each child. 05/02/2017

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 enhance opportunities for sharing ideas and information with other settings children attend to further support their care and learning  develop self-evaluation to sharply focus on improving outcomes for children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector held a meeting with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation, such as evidence of the suitability of household members. She also viewed children's records and the childminder's safeguarding policy.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children present at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector observed some activities that children were involved in and jointly evaluated these with the childminder.  The inspector discussed self-evaluation with the childminder and viewed the action plan she created after her last inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The childminder has not strengthened her self-evaluation to help her identify and address areas of development. This means that she has not yet raised her quality of teaching sufficiently, in order to promote the best possible outcomes for children. For example, not all areas of learning are delivered consistently through planned, purposeful play to ensure that the needs, interests and stage of development are known for each child. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has recently attended safeguarding training and is aware of the procedure to follow if she has concerns about children in her care. The childminder has developed suitable partnerships with parents. They discuss children's care and well-being on a daily basis. They work together to support them at the setting and at home. However, the childminder has not yet developed working partnerships with the other settings that children attend to promote the sharing

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

of information to support their care and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The childminder knows how children develop and the milestones they need to meet. She demonstrates some knowledge and understanding of the learning and development requirements and reflects on official guidance to see how children are developing. However, children are not consistently challenged in their play. The childminder does not use information gained from observations and assessments to ensure that children's next steps in learning are used effectively to plan suitably challenging activities. Children have access to toys and resources that are very young for their stage of learning and individual capabilities. Activities are not challenging enough and children do not engage for long before they are looking for something else to stimulate them. The childminder asks children questions that encourage their colour and shape recognition. Children use stacking cups and bricks with ease. They count and build independently and confidently

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

tell the childminder the different colours they see.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are happy, settled and demonstrate that they feel secure. The childminder supports children to feel comfortable and they have a close relationship with her. Children behave well and they learn right from wrong. The childminder has clear boundaries that she promotes consistently. Children use good manners without prompt and develop a good understanding of healthy lifestyles with regular routines promoted. For example, children know that they must wash their hands after toileting. The childminder provides a range of healthy snacks. Children demonstrate independence skills as they persevere for long periods to peel their fruit. They enjoy daily opportunities for outside play and their physical development is promoted well.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children are not yet making good enough progress towards the early learning goals. However, they are gaining some of the basic skills that they need in readiness for school or the next stage of their learning. Children use speech and language in their imaginative play with small-world resources and they express themselves through conversation.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY403986 Local authority Hertfordshire Inspection number 1058409 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 2 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 1

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2010 and lives in Letchworth Garden City. She operates term time from 7.45am to 4.45pm, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

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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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