Childminder EY452913

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 December 2016 12 June 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

 The childminder offers a good range of toys and resources. She engages children and supports their play well. She plans many different activities and helps children make continuously good progress in their learning.  Children are well prepared for school or pre-school. Their early reading and mathematical skills are emerging successfully, as well as their physical and social skills.  The childminder manages children's safety effectively and teaches children how to keep safe. Children learn to be independent and enjoy the freedom of choice that the childminder offers.  The childminder monitors the quality of her provision and teaching well. She involves parents to help her continually improve. She seeks further information and updates her knowledge to develop her existing skills and effectively meet the needs of all children.  The childminder provides parents with a good range of information to meet their

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This provision is good

children's needs and to inform them about children's progress. Parents provide positive feedback about the childminder's service.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Occasionally, the childminder does not take all chances to extend children's skills even further during some play experiences to further encourage their creative abilities.  The childminder does not consistently build on opportunities for children to explore their unique qualities and the differences between themselves and others.

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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 the already good teaching to challenge children's abilities even further during their creative play and other learning opportunities  celebrate what makes children unique and raise children's awareness of how they are similar or different to one another.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's interactions with children throughout their play and daily routines.  The inspector spoke with the childminder, children and parents at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector took account of parents' written views.  The inspector and the childminder evaluated a planned activity together.  The inspector viewed a range of documentation, including policies, procedures and children's records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder is well organised and meets children's needs effectively. She has made positive improvements overall, since her last inspection. For example, she has added extra resources to develop children's interests and learning. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder understands local child protection procedures and what to do if she is concerned for children's welfare. She manages safety well. For example, the childminder has recently relocated and has assessed her new environment and the changes she has made to ensure risks to children's safety are managed effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder talks to parents about what their children already know and can do before they join. She makes accurate assessments of children's development, based on her observations of children's learning, to help them make good progress. Parents receive plenty of information about what they children have been doing, what the childminder plans next for their play, and how they are progressing. The childminder offers children choices and encourages them to make their own decisions in play. For example, she gives children a range of different craft resources to select as they make Christmas decorations to take home. She makes sure that children are well prepared for the next stage of learning, or school.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are confident and are secure in the childminder's care. They explore their surroundings and resources with curiosity and show great enthusiasm to play. The childminder knows what the children's interests are and shapes their learning to suit their preferences. For example, she offers favourite activities when children's interest wanes in others. Children are independent and seek to do things for themselves, such as tidying toys away and choosing other activities to play with next. The childminder is supportive and very sensitive to their care needs. She manages children's behaviour well. Children are very well behaved and do not disrupt or distract others as they play.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are active and engaged, particularly in creative play. For example, they enjoy role play as they pretend to cook food and make cakes, and share these with each other. They begin to understand taking turns and sharing. Children develop early literacy skills very well, such as recognising letters and the sounds they make. They also develop good mathematical skills and enjoy simple matching games, puzzles and playing with construction blocks. Children's physical skills are developing well, including their coordination, and they are beginning to manage their personal care needs without help.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY452913 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 1062998 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 12 June 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2012. She lives in the village of Bishopstone, near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. The childminder offers childcare each weekday, from 7am to 5.30pm, all year round. She holds a relevant qualification in childcare at level 3.

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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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