Childminder 102389

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 August 2017 12 November 2014

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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 develops warm, caring relationships with children. They quickly settle in her home and enjoy exploring the toys and resources.  The childminder gets to know individual children well. She adapts activities to match their interests and levels of development, to promote their learning and progress.  Safety is a priority. The childminder supervises children well and ensures that young children cannot access inappropriate resources.  The childminder shares information with parents effectively, to ensure that children's needs are met well.  The childminder encourages children to drink sufficient fluids and to eat healthily.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder has not established highly effective links with all providers involved in children's learning, to help her understand how children are progressing and learning with them.  Although the childminder safeguards children effectively overall, she is less confident in her knowledge of how to protect children who may be at risk from the extreme behaviour or views of others.

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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

 improve links with other settings that children attend  update knowledge of developments and changes in childcare, particularly in relation to protecting children who may be at risk from extreme behaviour or views.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed the childminder's home, including the garden and equipment.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector talked with the childminder at appropriate times.  The inspector took account of written parental feedback as provided by the childminder.  The inspector sampled childminding documentation, including planning and children's progress records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

This experienced childminder understands her responsibility to meet the statutory requirements. Safeguarding is effective. She understands the procedures to follow to safeguard children's welfare. The childminder supervises and monitors her assistant and shares knowledge to develop her assistant's practice. She ensures that her assistant is familiar with all the procedures. The childminder uses her childcare experience and knowledge to monitor children's progress well, and uses this knowledge to plan suitably challenging activities. She evaluates her provision and makes improvements. For example, she has addressed previous recommendations and now reinforces children's understanding of good hygiene practices.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder quickly assesses children's levels of development and provides appropriate resources and activities. She encourages young children to explore cause-and- effect toys that develop their coordination well. She engages children's interest in books, encouraging them to touch and feel their different textures as she describes them. She encourages children's communication skills. She is responsive to young children's gestures, makes eye contact and interprets their attempts to talk. As children pull themselves up to standing position, she encourages them to walk, holding their hands and praising them. She develops children's understanding of numbers, such as by encouraging older children to recognise and name numerals as they attempt to throw balls into numbered targets. The childminder encourages the imaginative play of older children, such as when joining in their conversations about imaginary trips to the beach and outer space.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are secure and confident in the childminder's home. Older children confidently express their opinions and wishes. They behave well, showing consideration and concern for younger children. The childminder is responsive to signs of tiredness, and babies quickly settle to sleep in the comfort of a travel cot. Children learn how to behave appropriately in the event of a fire. They participate in regular fire drills. Children learn about differences and diversity. For example, they use books, toys and activities that promote positive images of people of different cultures and have activities throughout the year that reflect their own and others' beliefs and customs.

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Outcomes for children are good

Older children are curious about their world. They confidently ask questions about their environment. They discover how fresh resources work through exploration and proudly explain their findings. Children develop good coordination in both large and fine movements. They are independent and try to be self-sufficient. They offer to fetch their lunch bags ready for meals, and they select and carry resources outside to extend their play. Their wide vocabulary, strong communication and social skills, self-confidence and independence skills help prepare them well for their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 102389 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 1070037 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 12 November 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1991. She lives in the rural village of Trevellas, close to St Agnes, in Cornwall. Her adult daughter occasionally works as her assistant.

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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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