Childminder EY487664

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 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 is a positive role model who is enthusiastic in her approach and knows the children well. She offers a welcoming environment where children are happy to play and learn. She has a good understanding of children's starting points.  The childminder plans well for children's learning and regularly reviews their progress. She continually reflects on her practice, for example, for working in partnership with parents, and is mindful to implement new strategies to build on this.  The childminder uses her policies, procedures and risk assessments effectively to keep children safe and to support their health and well-being. She encourages children to become independent and consider their own safety. She helps them to understand rules, for example, closing gates in the countryside when children enjoy time at her allotment.  Children behave well and have warm bonds with the childminder. They are eager to

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This provision is good

take part in their activities and make good progress in their learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not routinely provide a range of resources to aid and support children's physical development further to inspire their emergent writing skills.  The childminder misses some opportunities for children to count and compare groups of objects to build on the different ways children learn about numbers.

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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

 encourage children to use a variety of tools to practise their emerging writing skills and support their physical development further  increase opportunities for children to count and compare groups of objects to expand their thinking skills and strengthen their mathematical understanding of numbers.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children during their play and during their interactions with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to the childminder about her aims for children's learning and how she plans their next steps.  The inspector sampled the childminder's documentation and children's records.  The inspector spoke to the childminder about how she evaluates her practice and how she takes the views of children and parents into account. The inspector read feedback from parents and spoke to children.  The inspector discussed with the childminder how she has updated her skills and knowledge.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder demonstrates a good understanding of her role and regularly updates her skills. For example, she has embedded training to build her knowledge for children's learning outdoors. She has implemented new ideas to support children's understanding of boundaries and of safe places to play, and has introduced learning for different ways of cooking. The childminder evaluates her practice effectively. She has adapted her systems for making observations more meaningful and developed new strategies for working with parents to extend learning at home. Parents comment that feedback about their children's achievements is informative. Partnerships with others who share the care of the children are well established and support consistency for their care. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good knowledge of how to protect children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder offers children an interesting environment and is confident in her interactions to support their learning. She uses a range of effective skills to extend the ways children learn. For example, the childminder invites children to water their plants and seeds, and explains the necessity for water and sunlight so these can grow. She enthusiastically plays alongside children, such as when singing action rhymes, to enable children to become more confident and willing to join in. The childminder makes focused observations and tracks children's progress securely. She has a good understanding of their next steps.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder helps children extend their awareness of similarities and differences between themselves and others. For example, she builds on their curiosity about other languages and provides resources, books and toys that promote their knowledge of disability and of children from around the world. Children enjoy listening to a range of diverse music to extend their cultural appreciation. The childminder encourages them to maintain good health practices independently, including handwashing and dental hygiene. She sensitively promotes self-care routines, such as toileting.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children learn a good range of skills. Younger children show awareness of the wider world. For example, they talk about collecting eggs from the chickens at the childminder's allotment, and they enjoy pretending to cook in the mud kitchen in the garden. Children expand their imaginations as they role play a teddy bears' picnic. They develop physical dexterity as they pour water from jugs into cups and glasses to serve the teddy bears. Children respond to the childminder's clues that help them increase their language skills during games, such as when using flash cards to identify objects and learn new words. Children show readiness for the next stages of their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY487664 Local authority Windsor & Maidenhead Inspection number 1014620 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 5 Number of children on roll 7

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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. She lives in Windsor. The childminder works weekdays throughout most of the year.

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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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