Childminder in West Sussex

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 January 2017 8 January 2014

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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 works closely with parents and other settings children attend to help support consistency in children's care and learning. Parents comment that they can clearly see progress their children make in the childminder's care and how happy they are to attend.  The childminder regularly and successfully assesses children's developmental stages and highlights their next steps in learning effectively.  The childminder is very calm in her approach to managing children's behaviour and teaching them how to understand their emotions and the impact of their actions on others. Children behave well and are confident and motivated to play and learn.  Children develop a secure awareness of the world around them and of other cultures and languages. For example, they undertake visits in the local community, such as to the library, and see words in different languages within the childminder's home.  Children make good progress in their learning from their starting points and develop

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This provision is good

secure skills for their future learning including for the move to pre-school and school.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 On occasions, the childminder gauges discussions during play at a higher level than the youngest children can understand or comprehend.  Sometimes the childminder does not use the correct pronunciation for words, which does not help extend children's understanding of what words mean 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

 make sure that discussions during play experiences are consistently gauged at a level that the youngest children can understand and comprehend  consistently use the correct pronunciation for words to help extend children's understanding.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and the childminder's interactions with children, and spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took parents' views into account.  The inspector sampled a wide range of policies, procedures and records including training certificates.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder in relation to observations of the children's play, learning and progress.  The inspector sampled children's development records and tracked their progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder thoroughly risk assesses all areas of her home and outings to help enable children to play in safe environments. She has a secure understanding of child protection issues that may cause concern and how to report these. The childminder is aware of how to identify children being drawn into views of extreme behaviours and she monitors children's attendance carefully. She regularly updates her knowledge, for example, through undertaking research and discussing good practice with other childminders. The childminder is currently attending training on special educational needs. She feels this is enabling her to have a greater insight into the differing ways children learn and develop. The childminder effectively evaluates her setting and practice. She includes the views of parents, children and others to help her target areas for development. For example, she has moved her resources to enable children to access

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

them independently and has labelled them in children's home languages.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder monitors children's individual progress effectively. This helps enable her to quickly identify and close potential gaps in learning and put plans in place to minimise these swiftly. The childminder plans activities, experiences and routines for children well and they become thoroughly engrossed in their play. For example, she knows the creative activities they enjoy, such as painting, and how to build on their interests such as dinosaurs. She skilfully uses activities to extend children's skills. For example, she introduces mathematical language to encourage children's awareness of shapes and size.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children have close bonds with the childminder and build secure relationships with each other. For example, they involve others in their play and older children show empathy for the youngest children when they are upset. Children fully enjoy involving the childminder in their games. For example, they giggled with delight as they pretended to go on a hunt for a wild animal with their magnifying glasses. They then hid behind the childminder, who pretended she couldn't find them. She fully supports children independence. For example, they know to tidy away toys before meals or before setting out another game.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children concentrate for extended periods, even the youngest ones. For example, they thoroughly enjoyed exploring popcorn, counting the scoops it took to fill different containers and hiding objects within. Children work together to solve tasks, for instance they helped each other set out the marble track and then took turns to roll the wooden marbles down. Children develop good physical skills, for example, when on outings and in the garden and also while making marks during drawing on the magnetic boards.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY258084 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 1068644 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 6 Number of children on roll 11

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 8 January 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2003. She lives in Crawley, West Sussex. The childminder offers care Monday to Friday from 7.30am until 6pm, 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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Telephone number

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