Childminder EY277113

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 1 March 2017 25 September 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 The childminder and her assistants make detailed observations and identify children's next steps in learning accurately. The childminder monitors children's progress effectively. She addresses any gaps in their learning promptly, working well with other professionals when required. Children make good progress from their starting points.  The childminder uses her training effectively to recruit and induct her assistants and ensure they are competent in their roles. She works well to improve the quality of her teaching and professional skills. Training has helped her to support children to resolve conflicts independently and to increase their mathematical development.  Children have high self-esteem. The childminder and her assistants take the time to celebrate children's achievements and praise their endeavours. They gain useful information from parents, which help them to meet children's care needs effectively.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Sometimes, the childminder and her assistants do not organise planned activities effectively, to engage and interest all children and encourage the older ones to take turns in conversations.  At times, the learning environment, especially outside, becomes too cluttered, and children are unable to explore resources to their full potential, which distracts from their learning.

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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

 develop the organisation of planned activities further so that they fully engage all children and encourage older children to take turns in conversations  review the learning environment, especially outside, to enable children to explore the resources freely and without hindrance, to challenge their learning more fully.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's and her assistants' interactions and the quality of teaching while children played.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and her assistants about their understanding of the early years foundation stage requirements.  The inspector considered the written views of parents.  The inspector sampled documentation, including children's assessment records, the setting's self-evaluation and suitability arrangements.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a very good knowledge of her responsibility to report any concerns about a child. She ensures her assistants are knowledgeable and follow safeguarding policies effectively. The childminder has good procedures so that only known adults collect the children. For example, she meets or has photographs of those who are authorised to collect the children, and establishes passwords. The childminder uses her self-evaluation successfully to identify ways to progress her practice, for example, to improve the planning process even further. She intends to provide a workshop for parents, to support them to make observations of children's learning at home using the electronic assessment record.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder gains good information from parents when children first start with her, to support her initial planning. Children are excited to learn and willing to try new things. For example, they show interest in how things work, such as toy cars, and learn from each other. Children are imaginative. They use available resources well to support their role play, such as connecting two construction bricks together to create a hairdryer. Children make the appropriate sounds and movements, making connections with their own experiences well. The childminder and her assistants support children's communication and language skills effectively. For example, they question children well to encourage them to describe the feel of the shaving foam and provide good commentary to children's actions to build their vocabulary.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder and her assistants follow good hygiene and food safety practices to support children's well-being. Children have good opportunities to be independent. For example, the childminder provides children with a wide range of fillings for them to make healthy choices when they make their own sandwiches. Children learn to use knives safely and begin to understand potential risks. Children behave well and build friendships. They learn to share and take turns. For example, they wait patiently for their turn to mix the paint and add glitter to the shaving foam.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children keenly explore and gain good skills for their future learning and eventual move to school. Children solve problems well. For example, they discover how to connect the magnetic trains and investigate what they need to do to ensure the trains stay on the track. Children confidently initiate conversations, such as to share their experiences of pancake day. Young children move competently. For example, they climb on and off the ride-on toys safely. Children show an interest in books and listen attentively.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY277113 Local authority North Somerset Inspection number 1079912 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 18 Number of children on roll 15

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 25 September 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2004 and lives in Nailsea, North Somerset. She employs three assistants who work on a part-time basis. Of these, one holds an early years qualification at level 3 and two hold early years qualifications at level 2. The childminding service operates from Monday to Thursday throughout the year. The childminder receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder holds an early years qualification at level 3 and is a lead childminding practitioner for the Nailsea area.

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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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