Childminder in Oxfordshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 December 2016 8 May 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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 Children thrive under the warm and attentive care of the childminder. Children develop into confident, sociable individuals with a clear sense of their own worth and identity.  The childminder is a good teacher. Children enjoy interesting and varied activities. The childminder supports children's speech development particularly well. They use language expressively and with a broad vocabulary.  The childminder accurately assesses children's progress and keeps parents well informed of this. She plans effectively for each child so all make good progress.  Children develop an excellent understanding of how to keep themselves healthy. They remind each other of good hygiene routines, eat healthily and play energetically.  The childminder uses training opportunities and her own research effectively to keep her practice fresh and up to date.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder has not established strong links with other settings that children attend to provide greater continuity in care and learning. She has not always successfully encouraged parents to support and share information about their children's learning and development at home.  The childminder does not make best use of opportunities to develop fully children's mathematical understanding, and to encourage them to make meaningful marks and hear sounds in words in readiness for learning to read and write.

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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

 exchange more precise information with parents and other settings children attend, to enable greater continuity in children's learning, gain a more accurate picture of what children like and can do, and encourage parents further to support learning at home  make the most of opportunities to develop children's mathematical understanding and their early literacy skills, in readiness for reading and writing.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder playing with children and during daily routines in her home, and spoke with both at appropriate times.  The inspector assessed the suitability of all areas of the home and garden used by the children.  The inspector sampled the childminder's paperwork including policies, accident records, training and insurance certificates, a self-evaluation record and children's records.  The inspector took account of parents' views from written comments and spoke to one parent on the day of the inspection.  The inspector discussed with the childminder her practice, including safeguarding arrangements, and how she monitors children's development and plans for their progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The capable and experienced childminder has a good understanding of children's development and how to meet their needs. This enables her to provide consistently good- quality care and learning. She constantly reviews all she does and implements plans effectively to help her improve. For example, she has developed an informative daily diary to keep parents better informed of their child's day. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder routinely updates her knowledge so she is very clear about what to do if she has concerns for a child's welfare. She is vigilant about keeping children safe at all times.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children thoroughly enjoy playing with the childminder. She has interesting conversations with them about things that are important to them such as family pets. She asks searching questions that make children think and encourages them to explore and play creatively. For example, children liken puffs of icing sugar to smoke and they go on to discuss fires and safety. She uses children's current fascinations to provide stimulating activities such as visiting a pet shop. Children explore a wide variety of materials in enjoyable, messy play inside and outside. The childminder encourages them to use imaginative words as they describe what they see, feel, taste and smell.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder makes children feel very welcome in her home. They demonstrate an extremely strong sense of belonging, for example, as they find their names and use their own coat hooks and towels. The childminder visits children in their own home so knows the people and things that matter to them extremely well. She displays children's family photographs with her own so they feel part of the setting. Quieter children flourish as the childminder builds their confidence by gradually introducing them to small playgroups where they learn to make friends. Children listen extremely carefully to instructions before enthusiastically having a go themselves, for example, when making icing and decorating biscuits. They show great pride in their achievements.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children of all ages make good progress, especially in their social, language and physical development. They are inquisitive and active learners. Children quickly learn what is expected of them and they behave extremely well, learning to play cooperatively with others. They gain confidence in new social environments and express their views fluently. Children develop a love of books and show an interest in beginning to write. They sort objects and count well. They gain the skills they need in readiness for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY452340 Local authority Wiltshire Inspection number 1062966 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 4

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Telephone number

The childminder was previously a registered childminder for several years and re- registered in 2012. She lives in Melksham in Wiltshire. The childminder offers care from 8am to 5.30pm on Monday to Thursday, 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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