Childminder EY465196

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 February 2017 12 March 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 effectively assesses potential risks to children's safety within her home and on outings. This enables children to play in safe surroundings and to enjoy their time exploring their wider community with the childminder.  The childminder is skilful at supporting children's communication and language skills. For example, she carefully repeats children's sentences back to them, using the correct tense so that they hear the right pronunciation, and she introduces new words, such as 'pompom'. Children make good progress in their learning from their starting points.  Children develop a strong understanding of their own safety and that of others. For example, older children understand why they need to close the safety gate to make sure that the younger ones do not climb the stairs.  Children have close bonds with the childminder and build secure relationships with each other. For example, older children involve others in their play and help the younger

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This provision is good

children to fill their bags as they role play visiting the shops.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not explore alternative ways to encourage all parents to share more information about their children's learning and achievements at home.  Occasionally, the childminder does not successfully assess children's involvement in activities before providing other experiences. This sometimes distracts children from their chosen task.

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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

 explore alternative ways to encourage all parents to share more information about their children's learning and achievements at home  assess children's involvement in their chosen activities before providing other experiences.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and the childminder's interactions with children, and spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took parents' views into account.  The inspector sampled a wide range of policies, procedures and records, including training certificates.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder in relation to observations of the children's play, learning and progress.  The inspector sampled children's development records and tracked their progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a secure understanding of child protection and can identify aspects that would cause her concern. The childminder updates her knowledge of current guidance and legislation. For example, she knows the importance of recording children's attendance to enable her to highlight and challenge patterns of non- attendance. The childminder evaluates her practice effectively and improves her skills, for example, through discussions with other childminders, professionals and completing research. She seeks parents' views on the quality of her setting and acts on their suggestions. For example, she used their suggestions for extending creative activities and children's creativity. The childminder carefully tracks and monitors children's development to enable her to highlight and reduce any potential learning gaps swiftly.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder successfully observes and assesses children's stages of development and uses this information effectively to plan for their future learning. She skilfully incorporates children's interests into the planning of activities. For example, she uses children's new- found skills in using scissors to capture their interest in creative experiences. The childminder encourages children to develop a secure understanding of letters and their sounds. For example, she helps children to sound out the letters in their names and uses technology to enable children to hear alphabet songs and rhymes. Children develop a secure awareness of diversity. For example, the childminder asks parents to send postcards from family holidays and uses these as a discussion point when children return. This enables them to learn about the countries around the world and different cultures.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder is consistent in managing children's behaviour. For example, she provides children with clear explanations for the consequences of their actions at their individual level of understanding. This helps even the youngest children to begin to learn about the feelings of others. The childminder makes effective use of her local community to enable children to extend their physical skills. For example, they learn to climb and balance at the park. The childminder provides children with a balanced diet. Children learn to prepare their own snacks, such as cutting a banana.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop the skills they need to help them move on to the next stage of their learning and school. For example, younger children learn how things work, such as pressing the buttons on the toy tank to make the lights flash. Older children learn how to recognise numbers and count objects with great skill. They also confidently communicate with others, happily recalling and sharing information about themselves.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY465196 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 1069469 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 12 March 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013. She lives in Crawley, West Sussex. The childminder offers care Monday to Friday from 7.30am until 6pm all 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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Telephone number

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