Childminder EY342968

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 January 2017 21 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 monitors children's development and plans for their learning well. She makes sure that play spaces have play materials readily available to the children, to help them make some choices about what they want to do. Children develop good self- esteem and confidence.  The childminder has good relationships with parents. She talks to them about what their children enjoy doing and how they are making good progress in their learning and development.  The childminder supports children's communication well. She uses signs as well as words to help all children. Even those who are learning English as an additional language make good progress in their speaking and understanding.  The childminder reviews her practice and provision to keep children safe. She uses opportunities to develop her knowledge and skills well. For example, she recently reviewed her risk assessments and hygiene practices to ensure play areas are safe for

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder misses opportunities to develop children's understanding and thinking through their self-chosen play.  The childminder misses opportunities to find out from parents what children know and can already do when they first come to her.

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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

 provide children with sufficient time to think through and follow their own ideas, to develop their understanding as fully as possible  gather more information from parents about children when they start, to target care and teaching as accurately as possible from the very beginning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of the childminder's teaching in the home.  The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection and through their written testimonials.  The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of children's learning with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and the children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled paperwork, including policies and procedures, risk assessments, accident records and children's records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder has made positive changes to her practice and provision, to support children's learning and development. For example, she has provided new books and play materials about other cultures to support reading and to teach children to respect and understand other cultures. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has updated her knowledge on supporting children's welfare. She knows how to act on concerns about the well-being of a child and how to keep them safe.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder provides different materials for the children to explore. For example, she provided some cooked pasta for them to feel. The children's confidence grew as they felt the pasta and pulled it apart with their fingers. The childminder extended the learning, adding tools such as chopsticks, knives and forks. The children used the tools to pick up and cut up the pasta, and compared how much they had on their forks. The childminder uses rhymes and songs to teach children new words. For example, children used signs and words to sing about a bus journey, a farm, and a mouse that climbed up a candlestick. Children use their imagination well. For example, children pretended the toy fish slice was a phone and made the doll 'talk' into it.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children show strong attachments to the childminder and are developing confidence in social situations. For example, they offer new people some of their toys, with prompts from the childminder, and then run back to her. The childminder keeps children healthy and safe. For example, she provides wipes for children to clean their hands in the garden and teaches them that hand washing is important to get rid of germs, which they cannot see. Children are learning to manage risks. For example, with encouragement from the childminder they climbed the steps to the slide, sat on their bottoms and slid down. The childminder talks with the children about healthy food choices and encourages their self- help skills. For example, she gave children whole bananas to peel and talked with them about how they would give them energy to play.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children use new words and show understanding by adding the noises. For example, when they played with the cars they repeated the word 'car' and made a 'brmm' sound as they pushed them along. Children experiment with early writing. For example, they were fascinated by the patterns they could make with the glue across the paper. Children make connections with words and pictures in books. For example, children told the childminder 'eat' when they saw a mouse with a piece of cheese in its paws.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY342968 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 1068812 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 2

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 21 January 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2007. She lives in the Wymans Brook area of Cheltenham. The childminder offers care on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 7.30am to midday, and all day on Tuesday and Thursday from 7.30am to 5.45pm. The childminder holds a relevant childcare qualification at level 3.

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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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