Childminder EY436323

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 June 2017 29 October 2012

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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

 Partnership working with parents and staff at other settings children attend is strong. This helps to promote continuity in children's learning. For example, the childminder encourages parents to take home 'Wordsworth the learning bear' and record in his diary all the things children achieve and can do at home.  The learning environments are excellent. There is a wide range of resources that helps to promote all areas of children's development, indoors and outdoors.  Children thoroughly enjoy being at the setting. They squeal with delight during activities and have very strong bonds with the childminder and her assistants.  Children's behaviour is good. They are learning how to follow rules, take turns and share toys. Children have good manners and say 'please' and 'thank you'.  The childminder helps children to develop positive attitudes towards others. Children use resources to identify similarities and differences between themselves and others.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Although the childminder's self-evaluation is accurate and includes plans for professional development, she has not fully implemented her plans for improvement to help raise the quality of practice to an exceptional level.  The childminder's monitoring and assessments of children's learning do not have a sharp enough focus on identifying children's styles of learning, to enable her to fully consider this in her planning of activities.

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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

 implement plans for professional development, identified through self-evaluation, to help the raise the quality of practice further still  build on the systems to monitor and assess children's learning, to identify children's learning styles and use this information more precisely in planning.

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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.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and her assistants. He looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living and working in the household.  The inspector spoke to children during the inspection.  The inspector spoke with parents, viewed their written feedback and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder uses feedback from others to identify ways to enhance the provision. For example, she encourages her assistants to share their ideas at weekly planning meetings of how to develop children's understanding and use of positional language. The childminder quickly tackles minor variations in the quality of her assistants' teaching, including how to be a good role model to children. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder is very knowledgeable about safeguarding procedures. She and her assistants know how to report child protection concerns. The childminder completes the vetting process for all her assistants and volunteers to help ensure they are suitable to work with children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Since the last inspection, the childminder has strengthened her monitoring of individual children's learning. Overall, she tracks their good development from their starting points and quickly identifies children who do not make the rate of progress typical for their stage of learning. The childminder and her assistants work well with other professionals to support children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. They provide varied activities for children that build on their interests and previous learning. The childminder and her assistants adapt their teaching skilfully to children of different ages. For example, outside, babies crawl through water in wet suits and use their senses to explore how the water feels. Older children develop their mathematical skills, including their use of mathematical language, such as 'higher' and 'lower'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children have high levels of independence. For instance, they take care of their own belongings by putting them in the cupboard when they arrive. Children are developing good self-care skills, including how to put on their own shoes and feeding themselves at mealtimes. The childminder promotes children's healthy lifestyles. Food that she provides is nutritious. Children develop good physical skills, including how to throw a ball.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress and acquire the skills for the next stage in learning, including their move on to school. Children are confident and skilled communicators. They follow instructions, listen to stories and talk about the illustrations in the book. Older children are developing good literacy skills. For example, they make marks in water outside and can recognise familiar words, such as their name. Children have a strong understanding of how to care for living things, including how to handle and feed the childminder's pets. Children are very imaginative and play well alongside others. For instance, they tell other children there is a crocodile in the water and all the children run away from the crocodile to the pirate ship.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY436323 Local authority Wolverhampton Inspection number 1059957 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 18 Number of children on roll 12

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 29 October 2012

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2011 and lives in the Oxley area of Wolverhampton. The childminder works with up to two assistants each day. She operates from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder and one of her assistants hold early years qualifications 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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