Childminder in Windsor and Maidenhead

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 March 2017 14 October 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 is a warm and caring role model, who plans effectively for children's needs. She offers interesting and challenging learning experiences and good-quality resources. Children are eager to join in with activities.  The childminder understands children's starting points and regularly reviews their achievements through consistent monitoring, to help them all make good progress.  The childminder uses her policies, procedures and risk assessments to help her keep children safe, secure and healthy. She evaluates her provision well, and continues to improve outcomes for children, such as by researching new incentives for teaching around reading, writing and music.  Children behave very well and have warm bonds with the childminder.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder has not fully developed strategies to encourage parents to extend children's learning at home, to strengthen the consistency of these good partnerships.  The childminder misses opportunities to support how younger children learn colours and simple shapes, to broaden their developing language and mathematical abilities.

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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 the partnerships with parents to more securely build on consistency for children through more opportunities to share joint home and setting learning  introduce different ways for younger children to explore and identify colours and simple shapes to support their developing mathematical awareness and emerging language further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children during their play and in their interactions with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder about how she plans activities in line with children's next steps. Together, they discussed the success of the activities during the inspection in supporting children's learning.  The inspector sampled the childminder's documentation and children's records.  The inspector spoke with the childminder about how she updates her skills and knowledge.  The inspector discussed the ways in which the childminder evaluates her practice and the quality of children's learning.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder uses further research to improve outcomes for children, and regularly updates her knowledge and skills to ensure she is up to date with any new legislation. The childminder identifies how training, for example to improve children's mark-making abilities, was informative and useful in helping her to expand on different ways children learn. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder demonstrates a good knowledge of how to protect children, including those who may be at risk from extreme behaviour or views. The childminder regularly shares children's progress with parents to maintain good two- way communication overall.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder offers a welcoming environment for children, and knows the children well. She uses effective interaction skills to enable children to be motivated to join in and enjoy their play. The childminder is confident to explain, show and demonstrate to children how to do things. For example, she shows children how to operate the lift on the toy garage. Children watch inquisitively and are keen to try themselves. The childminder makes focused observations of what children do, and confidently assesses their progress. She encourages children's language and communication, and their physical development well. For instance when children play with balls, she uses words such as 'roll' and shows children how to move the balls between themselves and her.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder supports children's healthy lifestyles. She offers them a broad variety of outings so that they benefit from fresh air and physical exercise. Children learn about equality and diversity through the childminder's interactions. They respect each other's differences by learning about their different family members; for example, those originating and living in countries within the United Kingdom. They learn about their diverse community through visits and outings. The childminder encourages children's independence well. For example, she supports the way children make choices about their play and what they want to do.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children extend their developing language and communication through reading books with the childminder and singing rhymes. During their story time children confidently repeat noises as they look at pictures of animals. They learn about problem solving as they steer, manipulate and manoeuvre toy cars along the ramp of the garage. Children are curious as they paint with water and watch as their designs appear during mark-making activities. Children show readiness for the next stages of their learning. They learn a good range of skills, enjoy their play and have fun.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 108091 Local authority Windsor & Maidenhead Inspection number 1070088 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 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 14 October 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1995. She lives in Ascot, Berkshire. The childminder works each weekday for most of the 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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