Childminder EY376578

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 January 2017 4 February 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 has close relationships with parents and talks to them about young children's home routines to help her to meet their care needs. She also includes parents in helping her to review her provision to make positive changes for children's benefit.  Activities are engaging and the childminder follows on from young children's interests and fascinations. For example, young children are absorbed in putting bricks and cars in and out of bags and a bucket. They repeat this over and over again. Building on this interest, the childminder provides them with different items and holds the bag for them as they look for more things to hide inside.  Young children delight in looking at books with the childminder. They lift the flaps to reveal an animal hiding underneath on each page. The childminder names the animals and sounds so helping to support young children's enjoyment and ability to recognise

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This provision is good

words and pictures.  The childminder is gentle and caring. Young children form close bonds with her. When they are tired, they cuddle up with her and she supports them to gently fall asleep.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not seek enough information from parents about what their child knows and can do at the start of the placement to maximise the effectiveness of her teaching and assessments from the beginning.  The childminder's professional development is not highly focused to enhance her good practice. Sometimes, she does not know how to most effectively use her new learning to further enhance her knowledge and skills.

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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

 find more ways for parents to share their knowledge of their children's development when they first start to more effectively evaluate and plan for children's learning from the very beginning  embed new information gained from continuing professional development to further enhance the good quality of practice.

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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. She talked to the childminder and children at suitable times.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder at suitable times. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of the childminder and household members.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder demonstrates a good awareness of child protection issues. Arrangements for safeguarding children are effective. The childminder has read about and understands the relevant changes that affect her work with children. She has contact details for the Local Safeguarding Children Board readily available should she need to report any concerns about children's welfare. The childminder practises fire evacuations and has measures in place to help protect children inside the home, such as safety gates. The childminder has addressed the recommendations from her previous inspection. She has found ways to help increase older children's awareness of letters and words, such as making place mats with children's names and initials of their names on them.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has a good awareness of young children's communication and language abilities. She recognises that they have an excellent understanding of what is said to them. They demonstrate this as they respond to her questions and things that she says using body language. The childminder knows that children understand, even if they are too young to respond through talking. With this in mind, she continually talks to children, telling them what she is doing and asking them to make choices. Young children are beginning to use a range of sounds and noises as they play, echoing the speech patterns of the childminder. Young children are developing good control of their physical skills. They pull apart linking bricks and use their finger and thumb to pick up smaller bricks from the floor. The childminder observes children to effectively identify their next steps in learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Young children make choices about what they play with. They choose from a large box of toys and enjoy examining the cars and trains closely. Children are encouraged to care for the environment. They pack away toys in the box when they have finished playing with them. The childminder gives children healthy foods and snacks and encourages them to have a drink when they are thirsty. The childminder recognises when young children are tired. She plans suitable calm, quiet activities to help them to feel more restful before they fall asleep. The childminder teaches children about safety, such as talking to them about why they need to be strapped into their pushchair.

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Outcomes for children are good

Young children make good progress in their learning. They display a cheerful and content temperament as they play and move between rooms. Young children show a fondness for the family dog and enjoy looking and smiling at her through the gate and passing her toys. Young children are alert and aware and show an interest in what is happening around them. They show motivation in wanting to play and join in with the childminder. Young children are starting to develop the skills that they need to be ready to move on in their learning in the future.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY376578 Local authority Central Bedfordshire Inspection number 1065199 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 12 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 4 February 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2008 and lives in Leighton Buzzard. She operates all year round from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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