Childminder EY464563

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 February 2017 27 February 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

 Children form strong relationships with the attentive childminder, and are happy and confident. They feel safe and emotionally secure in her care.  The childminder uses her precise assessments well to monitor individual and groups of children, and address any gaps in their development promptly. Children make good progress from their starting points, in readiness for their move to other settings.  The childminder has maintained her good standards well through continually reflecting on her skills and making changes. For example, she has successfully improved her assessment and planning, which helps to focus activities and the role of adults.  The childminder uses self-evaluation well to make improvements to her practice, such as increasing her knowledge of behavior management and supporting children's early reading skills further.  The childminder has increased her knowledge and skills well through attending early

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This provision is good

years conferences and training. This has led her to extend children's speech and language through using questioning more effectively to encourage a fuller response.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder misses opportunities to help children further extend their awareness of shapes, measurement, counting and numbers.  The childminder does not make the most of routine opportunities for children to manage some tasks by themselves and increase their independence.

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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

 extend opportunities for children to count, measure, and recognise and learn about numbers and shapes, to develop their mathematical skills further during activities  increase the opportunities for children to take responsibility for everyday tasks, to do things for themselves and become more independent .

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed the premises, toys and equipment.  The inspector sampled documentation, including policies, recently completed parent questionnaires and children's records.  The inspector and childminder undertook a joint observation of an activity.  The inspector observed interactions between the childminder and children.  The inspector engaged in discussion with the childminder and children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder monitors the ongoing suitability of her assistant well to meet the requirements and safeguard children. She is confident to follow local safeguarding procedures if she has concerns about a child. The childminder is vigilant about children's health and safety to maintain their safety, well-being and security at all times. She uses her thorough written risk assessments well to identify and minimise potential hazards. The childminder shares good information with parents and other providers, and her assistant, to support children's learning well.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder knows the children well and provides activities that successfully interest and engage them. For example, she helps children to sow cress seeds to develop their fine-motor skills further. She supports them well to carefully and gently move the seeds to the wet cotton wool. She interacts well to encourage children's speech and language development, helping them to form simple sentences by linking familiar words together and encouraging them to repeat it back to her. The childminder provides plenty of praise and encouragement for children's good efforts, which successfully boosts their self-esteem and willingness to try again. Older children are encouraged well to show younger children how best to handle the tiny cress seeds with care and to make collages.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder provides a welcoming, well-resourced and comfortable learning environment. Children enjoy sharing their favourite toys and books with other children and the childminder. They are beginning to develop their early reading skills through use of good visual support, such as pictures, photographs and name labels, which they use to self-register on arrival at the setting. Children make good use of a wide range of resources to support their understanding and positive respect of people's differences, in readiness for joining larger group settings, such as pre-school, nursery and school. The childminder encourages the children well to wash their hands, eat healthily and exercise regularly outdoors in the fresh air.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children confidently make choices about what they will do and which toys they will play with. They develop good skills in preparation for future learning and moving to school. For example, older children are good role models for the younger ones. They help them to develop good social skills by sharing, taking turns and displaying good manners. Children engage in a broad and balanced range of stimulating activities indoors and outside. They enjoy role play with small-world people, acting out familiar scenarios to help them understand the world around them.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY464563 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 1069430 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 27 February 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013 and lives in Mount Hawke, Cornwall. She works with a co-childminder and assistant and provides care for children on weekdays, 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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Telephone number

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