Childminder EY486842

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 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 evaluates her provision effectively to identify how she can improve her practice. She takes into account the views of parents, carers and children and acts on their suggestions. For example, she has purchased some new resources to support children's interest in role playing as doctors.  The childminder has very good partnership working with other settings that children attend to ensure there is consistency of support for their care, learning and development. This includes a strong focus on helping children to develop the skills they need in preparation for school.  The childminder very skilfully encourages children to engage with activities and concentrate during play. She successfully supports children to explore the toys, think about how to do things and persevere with tasks.  Children have a really strong bond with the childminder. She has a warm, friendly and calm manner. She provides individual settling in support to meet children's needs.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Occasionally, the childminder does not fully support children to develop their vocabulary to help them to make even more rapid progress in their speaking skills.  Although the childminder shares lots of useful information with parents and carers, she does not always encourage them to share contributions about children's learning at home. Therefore, she is not yet promoting the highest level of consistency for children's learning.

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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 and provide children with even more support to develop new vocabulary  enhance partnership working with parents and carers to encourage them to share more contributions about learning at home and provide greater consistency of support for children's learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of adults living on the premises. She looked at relevant documentation, such as evidence of training.  The inspector discussed the procedures for self-evaluation and the priorities for improvement.  The inspector took account of the recent feedback from parents and carers via the childminder's questionnaire.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder keeps herself up to date with changes to child protection procedures to ensure children's safety and welfare. She has a good understanding of signs of abuse and the procedures to follow in the event of any concerns. She has clear procedures to promote children's safety when there are visitors to her home. The childminder demonstrates a positive commitment to improve her practice. She welcomes external feedback and is keen to gather information from other childcare professionals to develop her own practice. The childminder uses a very clear and useful system to check on children's progress. The childminder is very effective in organising the space and resources to support children's learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder is very effective in supporting children's learning, overall. She encourages children to lead their play and helps them to learn new skills. Children thoroughly enjoy playing with the play dough. They use their imagination as they design different models. The childminder supports learning, such as maths, and skilfully extends children's learning at their individual stage of development. For example, she encourages older children to estimate how many objects there are in a group before counting them. She supports younger children to count and learn size language. Children use a range of tools with good control to perfect their designs. The childminder regularly observes children's learning and continually uses this information to inform the planning of future activities.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder continually gathers information about children's care and routines from parents and carers so that she can support them throughout the day. The childminder is very effective in comforting younger children and distracting them when they become upset or frustrated. She is clear and consistent in promoting fairness, for example, helping children to understand that they need to share the resources. Children demonstrate a very good understanding of the expectations and how to keep themselves safe. They explain that they need to wear a seat belt in the car and look before they cross the road. They describe how to carry scissors safely. The childminder helps children to feel positive for their move on to nursery or school.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress in their learning and are at or above their expected stages of development. They show very high levels of enthusiasm and engage in play for extended periods of time. They have good ideas and use lots of imagination during their creative play. They are curious and keen to experiment with different tools and resources. They enjoy thinking about and solving problems and will keep testing ideas until they are satisfied with the result. They constantly talk to each other and the childminder during play. They remember the words to songs which they sing spontaneously during play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY486842 Local authority Derbyshire Inspection number 1012200 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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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 Ilkeston. She operates all year round from 8.30am to 4pm, Tuesday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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Telephone number

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