Childminder 302496

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 January 2017 16 January 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

 Younger children's speech and language development is supported well by the childminder. She engages them in lively dialogue as she talks about what she and they are doing. Their attempts to communicate are valued and acknowledged by the childminder through her praise and encouragement.  The childminder motivates and engages children with her enthusiastic interaction. Younger children particularly delight in investigating a good range of interesting sensory media and materials that ignites their natural curiosity as learners.  The childminder monitors closely what children know and can do and plans well for what they need to master next. This successfully contributes to the good progress children make.  There is a good exchange of information between the childminder and parents during the settling-in period and, thereafter. This successfully supports children's individual needs and promotes continuity in their care and learning.

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This provision is good

 The childminder demonstrates a positive commitment to improving her setting, which contributes to the good progress she has made since the last inspection.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always support younger children to understand how to manage their own strong emotions and feelings.  The childminder does not always provide the highest levels of challenge in the learning environment to optimise pre-school children's independent learning.

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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

 support younger children more sensitively to understand and cope with their own feeling and emotions  provide greater levels of challenge for pre-school children, in order to optimise their learning during child-led play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as self-evaluation, local authority support records, questionnaires, children's records of learning, planning and evidence of the suitability of those living on the premises.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has a secure understanding of child protection issues and minimises hazards well. She has a good range of equipment to meet younger children's individual needs and promote their safety in the home and on outings. The childminder works closely with her local authority. This helps her to improve her practice and keep up to date with changes, as well as other methods. She attends relevant safeguarding training and updates mandatory training to promote children's welfare. The childminder distributes questionnaires to parents and children, in order to help her review and inform her service. Good partnership working with others supports children as they move between settings or leave for school.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder keeps insightful records of learning. These are shared regularly with parents, who add their comments, and children's next steps for learning are supported together. The childminder also shares her own observations with children's Reception teacher and the school nursery, and complements learning taking place. Children's experiences are enhanced with interesting outings. Furthermore, the childminder brings the outdoors indoors, as she provides snow and leaves for exploration inside. Younger children concentrate for long periods of time during sensory play. They are encouraged to explore their own ideas, which the childminder builds on through her simple questioning. They combine different objects together to make sounds and experiment with shape and size. The childminder builds on their early vocabulary, for instance, likening the crinkly empty sweet wrappers to crunchy leaves.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children form secure attachments with the childminder. Younger children confidently move around freely, showing how at ease they are. Pre-school children settle quickly after being collected from nursery, clearly aware of the lunchtime routine. The childminder reinforces children's early understanding of healthy practices, modelling good hygiene routines. Children have plenty of fresh air and exercise and they are given healthy snacks and meals, reflected in a four-weekly menu displayed for parents. They thoroughly enjoy the Cornish pasties they have helped to make. Toddlers feed themselves confidently and pre-school children use cutlery successfully, showing good small-muscle skills.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress. Pre-school children enter happily and demonstrate their independence, readily changing out of their nursery uniform. They are acquiring key skills and a strong foundation for moving on to school. They communicate confidently and are well behaved, polite and very kind and helpful with their younger peers. They are sociable and enjoy two-way conversations with adults. Children have opportunities to learn about difference. As part of this, they celebrate important parts of their own lives and the lives of others.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 302496 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 1044807 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 9

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 16 January 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 1991 and lives in the Wibsey area of Bradford. She operates all year round, from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays, family holidays and the week between Christmas and New Year.

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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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