Childminder EY485779

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 27 June 2017 Not applicable

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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 builds firm relationships with children at the start to help them quickly settle. She makes her home very welcoming, children feel safe and their parents are happy to leave them in her affectionate care.  The childminder uses children's interests to influence what activities she organises for them. She supports children to follow their own ideas, such as when they use activities and resources in a different way to her planning.  Children make good progress with the childminder. She helps them develop good self- care skills and become increasingly independent, all of which prepares children well for starting school.  The childminder has a wealth of early years experience and enhances her knowledge to continually raise her standards of care and teaching. For instance, the childminder has learned how to use signing to help her communicate with children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Occasionally, most-able children have few opportunities to challenge, engage and interest them fully, to help extend their learning even further.  The childminder's explanations are not clear enough at times to help some of the youngest children to learn how to share and take turns.

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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

 consider ways of providing further challenge for most-able children, to extend their learning to the highest levels  find more ways to support the youngest children to share and take turns in their play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder and children during a range of play activities and mealtimes.  The inspector observed the management of children's daily care and routines.  The inspector sampled documentation, including children's learning and individual records.  The inspector discussed the childminder's self-evaluation process.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder keeps her knowledge of national and local procedures up to date and knows how to report any concerns about a child's welfare. The childminder continually reflects on her practice and knows her strengths and weaknesses and those of her assistant, who she supervises well. She is vigilant about keeping children safe. For instance, the childminder plans activities, such as water play in paddling pools, for when her assistant is present to ensure children are more closely supported. The childminder develops useful links with other early years settings that children attend and regularly exchanges details of their progress for comparison and consistency.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder consistently tracks and monitors children's progress, in partnership with their parents, from when children first start. For example, she records her informative observations of what children have done as evidence of their learning and progress. The childminder provides activities to extend younger children's learning even further, such as giving babies more things to bang objects together and make sounds. The childminder has good teaching skills overall. She develops children's language well, such as by consistently describing what children are doing and encouraging them to explore. For example, she describes the feel, look and shape of beaded necklaces that babies examine. The childminder routinely includes mathematics, such as in children's play and when counting and describing shapes and quantities.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Overall, the childminder encourages children to behave well. She explains why she is praising them, such as by saying 'well done for trying', and introduces simple rules for children to observe, to provide a good foundation to build on throughout their lives. For instance, children learn not to hurt each other and to be kind. The childminder demonstrates this well, showing children care and by being attentive. Children show developing confidence, they choose their own space to play and express what they want. Children learn how to keep themselves safe. They know to stay close to the childminder, including when they are allowed to run a little ahead. They enjoy many outings, such as to local parks and the lagoon, where they can be more active and develop their physical play.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children become increasingly independent, learning to do more for themselves. For example, they put on their shoes and coats and learn to keep trying, such as when stacking toys and counting them before they fall down. Children enjoy books, crafts and imaginative play with the childminder. They develop many skills in their play and experiences which give them a good foundation for further learning and school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY485779 Local authority Brighton & Hove Inspection number 1002488 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 5 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2015 and lives in Portslade, East Sussex. She works on Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm, all year round. She receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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