Childminder in Bath and North East Somerset

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 October 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

 Children develop secure bonds with the childminder. She is kind, caring and responsive to their personal needs. Children are happy in the childminder's home and thrive in the nurturing, homely environment.  The childminder recognises children's individuality and attentively supports them to develop new skills and have fun. They are stimulated and challenged effectively through the responsive and flexible support that the childminder offers.  Children receive effective support to make good progress. The childminder accurately assesses their development and plans well for the next steps in their learning.  The childminder keeps parents well informed about their children's achievements and progress, to help them gain a clear picture of what their children can do and where they need assistance, to support children's experiences.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder is not consistently successful in gaining information from parents about children's learning and development at home, to help inform her assessments and planning further.  The childminder does not focus precisely on all of the available learning opportunities during some adult-initiated activities so that she supports children's learning to the highest level.

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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

 devise even better ways of gaining information from parents about what their children learn at home  focus more precisely on all available learning opportunities within adult-initiated activities.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed the areas used for childminding. She talked to the children and the childminder at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector sampled documentation, including the suitability checks and qualifications of the childminder, policies and procedures, children's development records, and planning.  The inspector and the childminder evaluated the effectiveness of an activity together.  The inspector took account of parents' written views by reading their comments in messages.  The inspector discussed the childminder's risk assessments and her self-evaluation process.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder uses training well to keep her knowledge up to date and to protect children from harm and extreme views. She has a secure understanding of how to recognise and report any child protection concerns to help keep children safe. The childminder makes good use of links with other childminders to get new ideas and keep up to date with good practice. She successfully incorporates what she learns from training and research, such as ways to support children's patterns of learning. The childminder reflects on her practice and provision successfully and evaluates how effectively she has met children's needs. She looks for ways she can make improvements to provide a consistently good service.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder understands how children learn. She joins in with their play, actively listening to them, supporting their ideas and extending their learning well. She asks probing questions, helping to develop children's thinking and language skills. For instance, children recognise and name animal character cards. They show their knowledge and recall the noises animals make. They copy the childminder, who corrects their pronunciation, helping them to learn new words. Children describe features and select and match items. Through the childminder's perseverance, children recognise similarities and differences and count the cards that are the same.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder's calm and patient support and clear explanations very effectively help children learn to appreciate the needs of others and manage their feelings and behaviour well. Children learn to play together, share resources and take turns. The childminder supports healthy lifestyles well, such as providing interesting nutritious food for children to try. Children develop good physical skills on the varied equipment in the childminder's garden. She listens and watches children as they explore outside. For example, children experiment spraying the toy ride-on car with water. The childminder provides resources to enable them to further explore their ideas. Children have great fun washing the car with soapy water. They rinse it off with a water sprayer, find manipulating the handle tricky, but persevere well with the support and praise given by the childminder.

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Outcomes for children are good

Young children are motivated to learn and develop their skills. They grow in confidence and become increasingly independent. Children make choices and lead their own exploration. They concentrate very well on things that interest them. They develop their manipulative skills well, such as experimenting making marks with paint, foam brushes and other natural items. They marvel at the patterns and designs they make and proudly show the childminder. Children's language and communication skills are developing very well. They gain confidence in speaking and take turns in conversation. Children gain important skills they need to move on in their learning and for starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY494387 Local authority Bath & NE Somerset Inspection number 1027735 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8

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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 operates all year round from 8am to 6pm from Monday to Thursday, except for bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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