Childminder 142468

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 May 2017 16 January 2017

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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 provide children with consistent boundaries so that they understand expectations and learn how to manage their behaviour well. They sometimes find it difficult to share and take turns successfully, making it harder for them to form good friendships. This is also a breach to the Childcare Register requirements.  Although the childminder completes assessments of the progress children make, these are not consistently accurate and precise. As a result, activities do not consistently provide children with sufficient challenge to help ensure they make good progress in all areas.  The childminder does not work as closely as possible with other settings children attend, to ensure children receive consistent support in all aspects of their learning.

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It has the following strengths

 Children are able to make independent choices from an interesting selection of toys that reflect their interests.  Parents receive information about the activities and outings that children enjoy, such as through the daily diaries. The childminder offers them information about the early years foundation stage and shares the observations she makes of children's learning, helping to keep them involved.  The childminder has a confident awareness of safeguarding procedures. She recognises her own role in helping to ensure she can take prompt action should a concern arise.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

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

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Due Date

 provide consistent boundaries and expectations to help children learn how to manage their behaviour appropriately 03/07/2017

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 improve the accuracy of assessments, and use these effectively to help plan and provide activities that challenge and support children's learning well and help them to make good progress. 03/07/2017

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

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Due Date

 forge stronger links with other settings that children attend, to improve consistency when supporting children's learning, particularly in relation to managing their behaviour.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the childminder's home.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's records and a sample of other documentation.  The inspector looked at feedback from parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder understands signs that may identify a child is at risk of harm and knows the action to take to keep children safe. Since her last inspection, she has worked hard to increase her skills. For example, she has completed training courses, such as planning and observation, behaviour management and safeguarding. These have helped to improve some of her skills. For example, to provide better support for children's communication and language skills, such as when she chats and sings rhymes with children as they play. However, she is still embedding what she has learnt about managing children's behaviour and assessing their progress, to help improve her teaching and outcomes for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The childminder understands children's interests well and provides easy access to toys, such as the farm animals, dinosaurs and construction sets. Children generally enjoy their play. However, the childminder does not manage their behaviour consistently so that they interact positively with others. Although the childminder completes assessments of children's learning, these are not consistently accurate to identify what children can do and what they need to learn next. As a result, activities sometimes fail to extend children's skills and help them make good progress.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Children settle well and feel comfortable in the childminder's home. The childminder responds to their physical needs appropriately, providing them with drinks, food and rest to support their well-being. The childminder is aware of how to keep children safe, and she takes appropriate steps to ensure her premises are secure. The childminder has increased her understanding of how to manage children's behaviour. However, sometimes she does not make her expectations clear, and she does not ensure that she works consistently with other settings children attend. This does not help children to learn how to manage their own behaviour successfully.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children gain some skills to prepare them for the next stage in their learning. They are confident to use the resources available, for example, as they explore the texture of the play dough and create their own models and patterns. However, the activities sometimes lack challenge and do not consistently reflect individual children's learning needs, preventing them from making as much progress as possible. Children learn to be polite, for example, using 'please' and 'thank you'. However, they sometimes struggle to share and take turns as they play because they do not receive the support they need to enable them to form strong relationships with their friends.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 142468 Local authority Somerset Inspection number 1083085 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 6 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 16 January 2017

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1995. She lives in the village of Creech St Michael, Somerset. The childminder offers care from 7.30am to 5.30pm on Monday to Friday.

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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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