Childminder in Trafford

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 August 2017 18 January 2013

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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 demonstrates good teaching skills. Children engage in a good mix of planned activities and child-initiated play. The childminder sensitively joins in with children as they play. She offers them ideas to extend their thinking and children are motivated to learn. Children show a good attitude to learning and make good progress.  The childminder regularly evaluates her provision. She has high expectations and aims to provide a good-quality service. She seeks the views of parents in the evaluation process and makes changes according to their feedback. Children's opinions are also valued and the childminder takes them into consideration when making improvements.  The nurturing childminder is responsive to children's needs. Information is shared with parents daily to help her meet children's emotional and physical needs. For example, she finds out how children have slept overnight and adapts their routines.

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This provision is good

 The environment, both indoors and outside is stimulating and welcoming. Children benefit from a dedicated playroom which is well resourced and enables children to make choices during play. This helps to promote children's independence.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Although a wealth of information is gathered from parents when children first start, it does not always focus specifically on children's prior skills and capabilities.  On the whole, the childminder supports children's speaking skills well, however, on occasions she does not fully promote children's emerging use of simple sentences.

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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 systems to gather even more detailed information from parents when children first start to help plan precisely from the very beginning  adapt teaching methods to encourage children to use sentences and develop their speaking skills even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and child-initiated play. She assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of a planned activity with the childminder.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as children's admission records, evidence of the suitability of the childminder and adults living and working on the premises.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector viewed written feedback provided by parents prior to the inspection. She took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder accesses regular training opportunities and ensures that her knowledge is up to date. For example, she has recently attended safeguarding training and has an excellent understanding of the potential indicators of abuse. She is confident in the procedures to follow in the event of a concern about a child's safety or welfare. In addition to this, she knows what to do in the event of an allegation of abuse against herself or her assistant. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder conducts regular risk assessments of her home and before going on outings. This helps her to keep children safe. The childminder supports her assistant well. She offers her ongoing support, guidance and feedback on her practice. She ensures that she has a good understanding of her roles and responsibilities and she shares information she learns from training with her. This contributes to the smooth running of the provision.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder makes regular observations of children's learning. Overall, she assesses their development well and keeps parents very well informed about children's achievements and progress. She plans a range of exciting activities based on children's interests and what they need to learn next. Children enjoy listening to stories. The childminder makes the sessions interactive and children enjoy pressing buttons and listening to sounds. This supports their listening and attention skills. The childminder counts objects in the story and hesitates to allow children to count independently. This helps to support their mathematical development. Children engage in imaginative play with dolls. The childminder skilfully introduces children's next steps into the play. She pretends the doll is using the potty. This helps to support children's understanding of their own self-care. The childminder uses child-initiated play to challenge children. As children

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

play with toy animals, she challenges them to find a smaller one and then a bigger one. This helps to support children's understanding of mathematical concepts.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children's behaviour is good. They are kind to each other and play together well. The childminder promotes positive behaviour in a range of ways. For example, children help to create the rules and they receive certificates for good behaviour. Children are confident and show high levels of self-esteem. They are eager to show the childminder their artwork and smile with delight at the praise they receive. Children have formed strong attachments with the childminder. They comment that they like her to play with them, they are relaxed and show a secure sense of belonging in her home.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are well prepared for their next stage in learning. They are starting to develop the key skills that they will need for school. Children persevere when they are presented with a challenge. They display high levels of concentration and are eager and motivated to join in with all activities.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY370344 Local authority Trafford Inspection number 1065131 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 11 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 18 January 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2008. She lives in the Sale area of Trafford. She operates all year around, from 7.15am until 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She employs one part-time 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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