Childminder in Devon

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 February 2017 17 November 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 make good progress from their starting points. The childminder uses her observations and assessments very well to monitor their achievements and to identify and address any gaps in learning. She has good relationships with other settings children attend, and has effective systems to share information with them, to ensure consistency when planning for children's future learning.  The childminder focuses well on improving her practice to ensure good-quality outcomes for children. Her effective self-evaluation helps her to prioritise those which have the most impact on their learning. For example, improving the variety and accessibility of art and craft materials has led children to be more creative during independent play.  Children have good self-esteem. They are curious and inquisitive, and enjoy investigating activities and resources. They have very good relationships with the childminder. For example, they enjoy cuddling up with her to read stories together.

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This provision is good

Children's confident behaviour shows that they feel emotionally secure.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder has not fully implemented her plans to develop her garden, to support all areas of learning for children who choose to play and learn outdoors.  The childminder does not get regular information from all parents about their children's learning and achievements at home, to help inform her assessment and planning.

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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

 implement plans to develop the garden to further promote learning for children who prefer to play outside  encourage parents more to provide regular information about their children's learning and achievements at home, to further inform the assessment and planning process.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder and children engaged in learning activities together.  The inspector read feedback from parents and talked to children.  The inspector talked to the childminder about her self-evaluation, and the effectiveness of her systems to monitor children's progress.  The inspector sampled records, including safeguarding policies and procedures, and talked to the childminder about how she implements these.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder is well motivated and works well to continuously develop her skills. She attends local professional networks, and makes particularly good use of online resources to extend her knowledge and bring fresh ideas into learning activities. For example, having researched children's physical development, the childminder introduced more activities that help to develop their fine-motor skills, such as using tweezers to move small objects from one place to another. The childminder identifies how this helps children to gain the coordination they need later as they learn to write. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of local safeguarding procedures and what to do to protect children from harm.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder plans a good variety of activities that children enjoy, and that challenge them well. She communicates very well with children. For example, she encourages very young children to name familiar objects, and learn new words through repetition. She has good discussions with older children to encourage their speech and language. For example, they talked about the books in a particular series that they enjoy reading together, and children talked excitedly about getting another from the library. The childminder links activities well to help children build on what they know. For example, she used role play very effectively to help children learn about making pancakes as they took 'orders' for these in their pretend cafe. Later, children made pancakes for their snack and they showed a very good understanding of ingredients and quantities. The childminder involved very young children well, who thoroughly enjoyed learning how to use the lemon

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

squeezer and were fascinated by the juice coming out of the fruit.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children's behaviour is good. All ages play well together, and older children are consistently kind and supportive to the younger ones. For example, they patiently showed younger children how to hold the rods for the magnetic fishing game so they would be sure to catch a fish. Children enjoy being active. For example, they were very well coordinated as they moved like different animals and did starfish jumps.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop good skills that prepare them well for the next stage in their learning, including going to school. They are independent and take pride in doing things for themselves. For example, young children concentrated well as they safely sliced their fruit. Older children have good opportunities to use technology to extend their learning, such as finding out about fish in a favourite story.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY391218 Local authority Devon Inspection number 1071151 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 9 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 17 November 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2009 and lives in Ogwell, near Newton Abbot, Devon. She works Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 5.30pm, all year round. The childminder receives funding to provide free early education to children aged three and four years.

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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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