Childminder in Windsor and Maidenhead

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 September 2017 18 October 2016

p.1

This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

p.1

This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

p.1

This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

p.1

This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

p.1

This provision is good

 The childminder knows children's interests well. She organises a stimulating environment that helps to engage children in their learning. All children make good progress in their learning and development.  The childminder's friendly approach helps children to feel happy, secure and confident when in her care, which enables her to fully support their emotional well-being.  The childminder works well with professionals at other settings children attend, sharing information about children's care and learning. This helps them receive consistent support between the settings.  The childminder supports children's language skills well. For example, she engages them in singing rhymes and songs together to build on, and reinforce, their speech and vocabulary skills.

p.1

It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times, the childminder misses opportunities that arise to help children build further on their learning from what she already knows they can do.  The childminder does not fully seek information from parents about what their child's abilities are when they first start, to help her plan for children's learning more precisely from the outset.

p.1

What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

p.2

What the setting needs to do to improve further

 make consistent use of opportunities that arise to build on what children know and challenge them further in their learning  gain more information about what children can already do when they start at the setting, to inform planning to extend children's learning from the outset.

p.2

Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children playing.  The inspector considered the views of parents as part of the inspection.  The inspector spoke with the childminder at convenient times during the inspection and discussed and evaluated the impact of activities offered.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including children's learning journals and the childminder's policies and procedures.

p.2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of her responsibility to protect children's welfare and she has recently updated her safeguarding knowledge with training. This has helped her recognise signs that children may be at risk from extreme behaviours or views. The childminder regularly reflects on her practice. She considers what works well and what improvements to make. She seeks the views of parents and children to help her maintain good standards and drive further improvements. She has made changes to her practice, for example, she has organised the resources more effectively to help reflect children's interests and support them to make choices in their play.

p.3

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder regularly shares details of her observations and assessments of children's achievements with parents. This helps to encourage parents to extend their children's learning at home and helps the childminder to monitor children's progress carefully. Children develop good control and coordination of their hands and they use small tools. For example, they explore weight as they use the tweezers to collect objects to place in the scales and then guess which is heavier. The childminder regularly praises children's achievements, which helps build on their confidence and positive self-esteem. Children have many opportunities to extend their early problem-solving skills. For example, they work together matching food from shopping lists and items needed for different occupations.

p.3

Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children have positive relationships with the childminder. They are happy and settled in her care. Children are independent and select toys and resources to support their interests. Children behave very well. Children mix with other children and learn, for example, to share, developing positive behavioural skills. Children enjoy regular physical activities. For example, the childminder takes them to the local park to develop their upper-body strength and physical skills. She is vigilant about children's safety in her home and during outings, and undertakes risk assessments to identify and minimise potential hazards.

p.3

Outcomes for children are good

Children develop a good imagination and use this well to show their awareness of things around them. For example, they pretend to be babies and ask what bedtime stories they would like, using blankets for bed covers. They are beginning to manage their own personal needs and spontaneously count as they play. Children are making good progress in their learning given their starting points. They gain the necessary skills needed to help prepare them for their future learning at school.

p.3

Setting details

Unique reference number 108288 Local authority Windsor & Maidenhead Inspection number 1107424 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 3 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

p.4

Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 18 October 2016

p.4

Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2001. She lives in Maidenhead, Berkshire. The childminder operates on Monday to Friday from 7.45am to 6pm, for most of the year.

p.4

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.

p.4

Telephone number

procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

p.4

Telephone number

If you would like a copy of this document in a different format, such as large print or Braille, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. You may reuse this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/, write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk .

p.5

Telephone number

Interested in our work? You can subscribe to our website for news, information and updates at www.ofsted.gov.uk/user.

p.5

Telephone number

T: 0300 123 4234 Textphone: 0161 618 8524 E: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk W: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted

p.5