Childminder EY293814

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 May 2017 13 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

 The childminder seeks the views of parents, staff and children extremely well. For example, recent responses to a questionnaire have helped her improve the way she stores the toys. Children have a greater choice about with what they would like to play.  The childminder monitors her assistant well overall, and seeks out appropriate professional development opportunities. For example, recent training on how children learn has helped them to plan better to meet individual children's interests.  The childminder and her assistant are excellent role models. They help children to understand how to take turns with the toys and when they need to be kind to others.  The childminder has strong partnerships with parents. She regularly shares information with parents about children's development and what they need to learn next. Children make good progress from the start.  The childminder teaches children about health and hygiene well. For example, they join

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This provision is good

in with physical exercise to music and understand the importance of washing their hands to get rid of germs.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder sometimes misses chances to encourage children to think or solve problems for themselves.  The assistant sometimes directs the play during planned activities rather than supporting children's decisions about how they would like to do things.

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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 encouragement for children to think through their ideas and solve problems, to support further their learning and development  support the assistant to recognise when to allow children to choose how they would like to undertake activities, to allow them to make decisions about how they wish to learn.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of the teaching indoors and outdoors.  The inspector took into account the views of parents through responses to questionnaires read at the inspection.  The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of children's learning with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder, assistant and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at a sample of paperwork, including children's learning and development files, risk assessments, and policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder makes incisive evaluations of her practice and provision. She uses professional development opportunities well. For example, she and her assistant have attended training on how to keep children safe, following which the childminder updated policies and shared these with her assistant and parents. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has good ideas to help children and parents share in learning experiences. For instance, she has planned a picnic in the park for all the families to meet up, talk with her and share ideas with each other.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children experiment using different pens to draw round shapes and letters. They engage well in a game to identify the different animals using sign language and word clues modelled by the childminder. The childminder encourages children's interests in books and stories. For example, she sits with them on the sofa and reads the story using good intonation for the different characters. Children eagerly join in, copying the words and expressions of the childminder, and anticipating what might happen next. The childminder encourages children's counting when they are engaged in routine activities. For example, she asks them to count how many animals they have drawn and the pieces of fruit they have cut for a snack.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder encourages children to make healthy choices. For example, she offers them choices about which fruits and vegetables they would like to eat at snack time and discusses how they will make them 'fit and strong'. Children develop good physical skills. For instance, they persevered with using the knives to cut the fruit for a snack. They also concentrated well as they cut tubes to make spades for filling pots with soil, to plant the seeds from their tomatoes. The childminder helps children learn about the wider world. For example, they go on visits to the museum, farm and parks, or have fun swimming at the local pool. They also enjoy visiting local playgroups to help prepare them for moving on to different settings.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children enjoy their time with the childminder and her assistant. They are learning how to be independent and manage their personal hygiene well. For example, they are learning to use the potty and remembering to wash their hands afterwards. They engage well in imaginative play, sharing toys well. For instance, they took turns wearing the scary mask to pretend to frighten the adults and each other. They recognise letters and repeat the sounds. For example, they eagerly look through the wooden letters, picking out ones in their name and copy its sound, modelled by the childminder.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY293814 Local authority Bristol City Inspection number 1092104 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 12 Number of children on roll 8

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 13 January 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2004. She lives in the St. Agnes area of Bristol. The childminder offers childcare from 9am to 5pm on Monday to Friday, all year round. The childminder works with an assistant. The childminder has 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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