Childminder in Stoke-on-Trent

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 January 2017 22 June 2015

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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 has worked hard to improve her practice since the last inspection. She has developed her ongoing assessment of children's learning. The childminder now has a good understanding of her strengths and sets targets, in order to enhance her practice even further.  Monitoring of individual children's learning is effective in identifying those who are not making the expected progress. The childminder uses this information to help close gaps in children's learning.  The childminder provides a good range of activities that helps to prepare children for the next stage in their learning. The quality of teaching is good.  Partnership with parents is strong. The childminder uses information provided by parents about children's knowledge and skills at home to assess their level of development. Parents are kept well informed by the childminder about their children's progress. The childminder encourages parents to continue children's learning at home.

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This provision is good

 Children are supported by the childminder to be independent. She helps them manage their own toileting needs and encourages them to wash their hands afterwards, in order to promote good hygiene practice. The childminder gives children small tasks to complete, such as tidying up, building on their sense of responsibility.  The childminder takes children on regular outings in the local area. This helps children to learn about the community they live in.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not offer children enough opportunities to learn in a variety of different ways that truly challenge them.

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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

 enhance teaching skills so that children are consistently offered opportunities to learn in highly challenging ways.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during a range of activities. He evaluated these activities with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder throughout the inspection. He discussed self- evaluation and looked at relevant documentation, such as evidence of the suitability of all those living in the household.  The inspector was shown around the house and garden by the childminder. He discussed the childminder's procedures for assessing risks in the environment and on outings.  The inspector viewed questionnaires and references completed by parents to consider their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder knows the signs of abuse and neglect and keeps up to date with changes to safeguarding legislation through training. She regularly discusses her practice with other childminders. She works with them to research new guidance, such as how to promote good values in teaching. This has a positive impact on enhancing the childminder's knowledge and skills. The childminder has sought advice from her local authority adviser to help her improve her practice. She attends training, which has a positive impact on her teaching. For example, the childminder has completed training on promoting children's communication, language and literacy development. As a result, she now teaches children how to identify initial sounds in words and how to blend sounds together to pronounce words.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder regularly observes children's achievements and plans activities to help them reach the next stage in their learning. She considers children's interests and provides a wide range of experiences to build on these. Children enjoy being creative. They like to make pictures using different materials. The childminder fosters this interest by providing materials of different shape, size and colour. While children make their pictures, the childminder encourages them to recognise the shapes oval, square and rectangle. She introduces mathematical language to her teaching to describe big and little shapes, which children then use. Children are able to recognise colours. The childminder challenges this further by asking them to identify the difference between light and dark shades of the same colour.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children have good relationships with childminder. They sit on her knee for reassurance and ask for help when they are struggling. Children's behaviour is good. They are taught how to wait for things they want and use good manners, such as saying please and thank you. The childminder takes children to the local parks and provides space in the garden for children to play outside. They have access to a range of physical play equipment, including a slide. The childminder helps children to develop their climbing skills as they clamber up the steps to the slide. The childminder provides home cooked, healthy and nutritious meals for children. The childminder promotes children's healthy lifestyles effectively.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children are making good progress in their learning. They are developing the skills they need for school, such as counting objects up to 10. They recognise familiar letters, such as the letter their name starts with. Children make choices, such as what they would like to play with next, helping them to be independent in their decision making. They are making good progress in their mathematical development. For example, children recognise some numerals, such as those that represent their age.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 224553 Local authority Stoke on Trent Inspection number 1051104 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 3 - 13 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 22 June 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1993 and lives in Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She offers funded early education for three- and four-year-old children.

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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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