Childminder EY378797

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 March 2017 26 January 2015

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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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 The childminder is a positive role model who, along with his co-childminder, offers children a stimulating, welcoming environment that allows them to play and learn, and feel emotionally secure. Children demonstrate a very warm bond with him.  The childminder understands children's starting points and monitors their progress regularly. All children make good progress in his care.  The childminder uses his policies, procedures and risk assessments effectively to help him keep children safe, secure and healthy. He evaluates his provision well and has clear targets for future improvements. These include seeking additional training to enable him to use different learning approaches, such as Forest school, to support further outcomes for children.  Children behave extremely well and enjoy their activities. The childminder interacts well with them using effective teaching skills that thoroughly support how children engage.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder misses some opportunities to extend how children consider and make predictions, such as during activities, to develop their thinking and active learning.  The childminder offers few opportunities that support children to understand mathematical communication and language fully, for example, positional language.

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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

 support children's curiosity further to help them explore their ideas and learn how to predict what may happen next to extend their active learning  help older children to develop their vocabulary skills fully, in particular, to enhance their understanding of mathematical language.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children during their play indoors and outdoors, and during their interactions with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to the childminder about his aims for activities during the inspection, and how he helps to plan for children's learning.  The inspector sampled the childminder's documentation and children's records.  The inspector read feedback from parental and children's questionnaires. She spoke with the childminder about how he works with his co-childminder and how they evaluate the quality of their provision.  The inspector discussed with the childminder about how he updates his skills and knowledge.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder has a good understanding of his role. He continues to be reflective about the ways to improve outcomes for children. He highlights how training, including that for a professional qualification, has encouraged him to build better strategies for working with parents and to assess the learning environment at home and away from it. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder demonstrates a good knowledge of how to protect children. He values the views of others, and in particular, reflects on feedback from questionnaires completed with children and their parents to seek improvements.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has positive partnerships with parents and others sharing the care of children. He is keen to ensure consistency for children's development. This includes providing regular information about how to extend learning at home, such as growing sunflower seeds, where he asks parents to measure their flowers with their children. The childminder ensures his focused observations support planning for children's next steps in learning. His regular assessments help him to monitor milestones and judge progress. For instance, he highlights how younger children are using more verbal communication recently and are more receptive to identifying objects in books as they read together.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder consistently supports how children develop independence and confidence. For example, he gives very warm encouragement as children change into outdoor clothing for a planned activity, so that they achieve this with minimal intervention. He reminds them of the rules for waiting on the doorstep until everyone is ready, which they willingly do. Children demonstrate exceptional self-control during their play. They listen intently, for example, as the childminder shows them photos they have taken of the flowers in their field and gives extremely clear instructions about how they could replicate these in their drawings. The childminder proactively supports the wider ways children reflect on differences between themselves and others. These include taking part in activities where children learn about diverse countries, such as through playing games and eating food from other cultures.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children happily invent their own play, such as through role-play outdoors, including cooking cakes for celebrating imaginary birthdays, or playing shops and choosing their purchases. They play cooperatively with each other and enthusiastically join in with action songs and rhymes that extend their confidence. Children learn a good range of skills. They show readiness for the next stages of their learning, including for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY378797 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 1085626 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 26 January 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2008. He lives near Chineham, Basingstoke in Hampshire. The childminder works with his wife who is his co-childminder. The childminder holds a childcare qualification at level 4. He works from Monday to Thursday for most weeks 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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