Childminder EY454931

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 January 2017 26 July 2013

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The childminder does not consistently make use of information from relevant professionals to support children's individual learning needs.  The childminder does not organise group activities well enough to fully engage all of the children involved. Some children become restless and lose interest quickly.  The childminder's self-evaluation is not accurate. She has not identified the weaknesses in her practice to enable her to raise the quality of her service.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder has developed effective partnerships with the children's parents. She shares information through daily diaries to manage the children's routines and to involve parents in their children's learning. Parents are informed about their children's learning regularly.  Children learn some key skills to support them with the next stage of their learning. They are confident and motivated to be involved. Children behave well. They learn to share and take turns with the resources.  The childminder regularly uses her observations of children to plan activities that they enjoy and that, overall, support them to make progress.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 make more use of the advice and guidance from other professionals to support children's learning. 10/02/2017

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 improve the effectiveness of group times to maintain the children's interest and to support their concentration  develop the evaluation process to monitor and reflect on practice, in order to identify key weaknesses and to make improvements to raise the quality of the provision.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation  The inspector considered the views of parents by reading the comments left on feedback forms.  The inspector had a discussion and evaluated children's learning and development with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to the childminder at appropriate times throughout the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder understands the procedures to follow to report any child protection concerns. She is confident with her knowledge of the indicators which may cause her to be concerned about a child's welfare. The childminder evaluates her service but this is not effective enough to identify all areas for improvement in her practice. She works in partnership with the children's parents from the start, supporting the children to settle in and sharing information about the children's daily routines through a daily diary. The childminder recognises the benefits of continually updating her knowledge. She has identified areas where she hopes to develop her skills, including training to use hand signing as a way to extend her communication methods.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The childminder carries out regular observations of the children. She makes assessments and monitors their progress closely to plan for their individual next steps in learning. The childminder does not fully understand how to engage the children. For example, story and song times are not always sufficiently interesting. Children become restless and lose concentration. Although she has made links with other professionals, the childminder does not consistently use their advice and guidance to support the children fully.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Overall, children behave well considering their ages. The childminder carefully supports them to share and to take turns with the resources. For example, she intervenes and finds other resources to prevent the children from arguing over toys. The childminder teaches the children about healthy lifestyles. They wash their hands before meals and have healthy snacks. The play environment is organised well. Children access the resources independently, which allows them to make their own choices. The use of two rooms allows the older children uninterrupted time away from the younger children so that they can develop their ideas. Children learn about similarities and differences in society through planned activities. The childminder provides a range of resources which reflects positive images of other cultures and people with a range of abilities.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Although children are not always engaged well in activities, overall, they make adequate progress in their learning and development. They learn to manage some tasks independently. For instance young children learn to confidently feed themselves with cutlery. Children are imaginative and play using their own experiences. For example, young children enjoy dressing the dolls and putting them to bed. Children learn some skills that support with the next stage of their learning. For example they name colours and count the trains during play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY454931 Local authority Bristol City Inspection number 1063114 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 26 July 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013. She lives in Bristol. The childminder operates her service on Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm, all year round. She works alongside a co- childminder.

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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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