Childminder EY487524

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 August 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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 The childminder provides a warm, welcoming and comfortable environment, where children feel at home and build close bonds with her. Children happily go to her for cuddles and reassurance and are confident and settled in her care.  Children take an active part in the daily routine and are eager to listen and follow instructions. The childminder and co-childminders use consistent strategies to support positive behaviour. They encourage children to compromise with each other. Children work with their friends and share enjoyable experiences.  The childminder regularly evaluates her practice and discusses areas for improvement with the co-childminders. She actively seeks the views of children and parents to help her to identify future development targets.  The childminder has a good understanding of children's development. She regularly observes children to identity their individual interests and what they need to learn next.

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This provision is good

Children make good progress in all areas of learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder has not found a range of ways to keep parents fully informed and involved in their child's learning, in particular offering more ideas and activities for learning at home.  The childminder does not always fully promote younger children's explorative and investigative skills to the highest level in some planned 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

 explore further ways to keep parents fully informed about their child's progress and involve them more closely in their child's learning at home  improve organisation and teaching during planned activities for younger children and provide them with even more opportunities to explore and investigate as they play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and free play. She assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household.  The inspector spoke to children during the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a secure understanding of her role and responsibility to respond to concerns about a child's welfare. She has completed training to improve her knowledge of recent changes to safeguarding matters. This helps her to identify any children who may be at risk of harm. The childminder develops children's understanding of safety and how to stay safe. For example, children listen and sing along to the tidy up song as they clean away the morning's activities. The childminder and co- childminders regularly discuss the progress of individual children. They have developed successful strategies to track the progress children make. The childminder understands how to identify and support children who might not be making typical progress.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder supports children's learning well. Children enjoy making choices and are relaxed and happy. Learning is fun and children are excited to join in with activities led by the childminder and those they choose for themselves. Children show sustained concentration as they pretend to ride on a bus and an aeroplane to visit the zoo and other countries they discover on the globe. They talk articulately about their holidays and experiences. The childminder is an excellent role model. She promotes communication and language development well. She asks open ended questions and gives children time to think and process the information before they respond.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children display a real sense of belonging as they confidently move around the home. They show exceptionally high levels of motivation in their learning and develop a supreme sense of independence. They have extremely close bonds with the childminder and other children. The childminder provides a fun-filled learning environment. The childminder responds to children's emotional needs and interests extremely well. She is adept at recognising individual children's needs and adapting her routine accordingly. The childminder is highly reflective of her practice and gives a great deal of thought to managing any changes to her provision or to the child's personal circumstances. Children are extremely well behaved and demonstrate respect and empathy towards each other. For example, they share and take turns when deciding who should be the 'driver' of the 'bus' and comfort younger children when they feel tired. The childminder knows the

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

children and families extremely well. All parents report how passionate the childminder is at providing the high-quality care their children receive.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children learn a good range of skills to help them prepare for school. Children are motivated to learn and enjoy exploring and being involved in activities. They play well together and build good friendships. Older children are confident communicators and share detailed stories about activities and outings they have completed. Younger children learn new words and correct pronunciation.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY487524 Local authority Trafford Inspection number 1009679 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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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 the Timperley area of Trafford. She operates all year round, from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She works with two co-childminders.

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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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