Childminder EY450268

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 December 2016 7 January 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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 Children are extremely well settled, contented and confident. They develop very strong attachments with the childminder, who is caring and responsive to their needs. Children learn excellent social skills from this strong relationship. For example, they show great care and kindness towards younger children and help to take care of them.  All children make good progress from their individual starting points. The childminder uses her observations well to make precise assessments of individual children's progress and to identify how to provide further challenge in their learning.  The childminder works well with parents and has particularly strong links with other settings that children attend, to ensure consistency in children's care and education.  The childminder shows commitment to making improvements to continue to raise outcomes for children. She uses an action plan well to identify and target areas for

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This provision is good

development. For example, she is planning ways to provide more detailed information to parents about their children's next steps in learning, to encourage them to contribute further to assessments of children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times, the childminder does not make the best use of planned activities to capture the interest of babies and toddlers fully, to engage them as successfully as older children.  Although older children gain good early literacy skills overall, the childminder misses some opportunities to extend their early reading skills even further.

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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

 review adult-led activities to ensure they engage and capture the interest of babies and toddlers even more successfully  provide more opportunities for older children to develop and practise their early reading skills further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed the available play areas and resources, and observed interactions between children and the childminder.  The inspector observed adult-led activities and child-initiated play.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through their written feedback.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder, including about self-evaluation, the impact of training on her teaching, and children's progress.  The inspector sampled documentation, including assessment records of children's learning, and policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder is keen to continue to maintain her strong practice. She has an effective quality assurance scheme which helps her evaluate the quality of teaching and learning. Since the last inspection, the childminder has attended training events to refresh her knowledge and skills. For example, she has identified different ways to help children learn to count and measure and now implements these routinely to support their good mathematical development. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a clear understanding of how to identify and refer any concerns relating to the welfare of a child.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder knows the interests, stage of development and next steps in learning for each child. She makes good use of this information to plan challenging experiences to support their progress. For example, she uses a child's enjoyment of craft activities to develop their listening skills and attention effectively. The childminder very skilfully extends children's communication and language development. For instance, she consistently makes good use of open questions to support older children's thinking skills, teaches them new words, such as 'astronaut', and imitates younger children's babbling. The childminder challenges children's ideas to broaden their understanding of the world around them. For example, see corrects them when they use the term 'policeman' while looking at a picture of a female officer and teaches them the term 'police officer'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children's behaviour and understanding of safety are exemplary. They think very carefully about the boundaries to consider why they are important. For example, they explain why they cannot share food with their friends who have allergies and why they should never put knives in their mouth. Children play together very well, initiating games with friends. They harmoniously implement their own rules and celebrate each other's achievements with 'high fives'. They are very independent in their self-care and show determination to do things for themselves. For instance, they persevere as they try to fasten the zip on their coat and use a knife to successfully spread butter at snack time.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are happy and motivated learners. They make good progress and enjoy exploring their world and testing things out. For example, older children hold both ends of a piece of string and investigate how to move threaded buttons along it without touching them. Children recognise numerals in the environment, listen to stories with interest and make independent choices. They are very confident communicators and use these skills to express themselves clearly. All children gain key skills to help them succeed in the next stage of their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY450268 Local authority Bath & NE Somerset Inspection number 1062807 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 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 7 January 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2012 and works from the home of her co-childminder in Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset. The childminder offers care each weekday, all year round.

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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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