Childminder EY429365

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 April 2017 21 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 Since the last inspection, the childminder has improved her partnership with parents. She involves them well in children's learning and shares ideas with parents to encourage them to continue their children's learning at home.  The childminder helps children to understand that sometimes they must wait for things, such as taking turns. Children's behaviour is good.  Children who prefer to learn outdoors enjoy playing in the garden. They enjoy fresh air and develop their physical skills, such as grasping a bat to hit a ball.  The childminder uses her monitoring and observations of children's learning to plan activities that help all children to make good progress.  The childminder works effectively with staff at other settings children attend. They share information about children's learning to promote continuity. When children start school, the childminder gives their teachers information about children's development.

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This provision is good

 Children have a keen interest in books and enjoy visiting the local library to collect books to further their learning of different buildings.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not fully encourage children to achieve high levels of engagement and concentration during some activities.  The childminder does not fully promote older children's literacy development to help them understand print carries meaning and to recognise words.

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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

 enhance teaching skills to help children to concentrate and engage more effectively in the activities they take part in  promote further the older children's literacy development, to help them recognise words and understand that print carries meaning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. He viewed children's learning records.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder. He looked at relevant documentation, such as the childminder's written risk assessments and children's accident records. The inspector viewed evidence of the suitability of persons living and working in the household.  The inspector spoke to children during the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder is well qualified and builds on her knowledge and skills. For example, she researches activity ideas and uses these to plan a broad range of interesting activities for children. Self-evaluation is effective. The childminder evaluates her teaching with her co- childminder and identifies ways to improve practice, such as developing the garden to enhance children's learning interests outdoors. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a robust safeguarding policy and knows how to report concerns about children's welfare to the local authority safeguarding team and the police. She regularly updates her knowledge of safeguarding. The childminder assesses possible hazards in the environment, such as new goal posts in the garden. She takes steps to reduce risks, such as pegging the goal posts down to help prevent them from falling on children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder plans cooking activities that children enjoy. Children eagerly sit and listen to the instructions of what to do. Children are willing to have a go at cutting up fruit for the fruit salad. The childminder demonstrates how to hold the knife safely. She extends children's vocabulary and describes the fruit as squidgy. Children explore the fruit by smelling it and feeling it. They correctly guess the different fruits, such as pineapple and raspberries. The childminder takes the time to explain the importance of washing the fruit before eating it to remove chemicals and dirt. She promotes children's mathematical development well. Children use jugs to measure 400 millilitres of orange juice and 0.2 litres of lemon juice as they practise measuring and recognising quantities.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder supports children to be emotionally ready for their moves to school. For example, they talk about looking forward to starting school and meet their teachers beforehand. Meals are nutritious to help promote children's healthy lifestyles. Children enjoy coming to the setting and greet the childminder warmly when they arrive. The childminder discusses with parents children's routines at home and replicates these in the setting in order to promote continuity for children.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children have high levels of independence. They carry out small tasks, such as helping to wipe the table after lunch. Children are learning some of the skills they need for the next stages in their learning. Their communication and language development are good. They listen to stories, look at illustrations and recall events from home that link to the stories. Children are imaginative and act out role play scenarios, such as pretending to be a train driver.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY429365 Local authority Shropshire Inspection number 1094913 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 6 Number of children on roll 8

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 21 January 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2011. She works with another childminder at her house in Kenley, Shropshire. The childminder operates all year round, from 7.45am to 6.15pm, Tuesday to Thursday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3.

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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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