Childminder 136273

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 October 2017 16 April 2015

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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 benefit greatly from close bonds with the childminder, who knows them well. For example, children enjoy spontaneous cuddles and are reassured when unfamiliar adults, such as the inspector, arrive.  The childminder uses her observations effectively to plan a broad range of experiences, and assesses children's progress accurately. Children make good progress from their starting points.  Detailed evaluations of the provision help the childminder identify ways forward to improve practice. She makes good use of training opportunities and research, for example, to prepare children well for their eventual move to school.  The childminder helps children learn about safe practices, which is an improvement since the last inspection. For example, she provides children with clear explanations and possible consequences to their actions so they can assess risk for themselves.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Although the childminder encourages children's counting and early calculation well, she does not use all opportunities to introduce children to the concepts of shape, space and measure when they arise.  There are few opportunities for the more able children to see and learn about print in the environment, to help extend their early reading skills further.

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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

 use all opportunities to introduce children to the concepts of shape, space and measure to support their mathematical skills further  provide more opportunities to support the more able children's early reading skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's interactions as children played inside, and discussed their learning with the childminder.  The inspector considered the written views of parents and talked with children during the inspection.  The inspector sampled documentation and discussed how the childminder evaluates her provision.  The inspector spoke with the childminder about her understanding of the early years foundation stage requirements.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder protects children well on outings and knows what to do if a child goes missing. She keeps up to date with training and changes in legislation to protect children. She understands her responsibility to report any concerns about a child's welfare. The childminder works well in partnership with other early years settings that children attend, to provide consistency in children's care, learning and development. She provides parents with a wealth of information about her setting and their children's achievements. She constantly adapts her methods to encourage parents to provide information about their children's learning at home, to support her planning of activities more successfully. Effective arrangements help the childminder monitor children's progress so that she can act quickly to reduce any gaps in their learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder knows children well and plans effectively to meet their different ways of learning. She supports older and more-able children's interest in number well. For example, she encourages them to count how many starfish and to combine numbers as they explore early calculation. The childminder builds on children's language well, for instance, by introducing new vocabulary, developing rhyming strings and encouraging children to finish sentences when reading familiar books.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children demonstrate good emotional security in the childminder's well-resourced, homely environment. They understand familiar routines, gain good independence and make decisions about their learning for themselves. For example, they know that when they finish their snack, they put their plate in the sink. Children behave well, are well mannered and play nicely together. The childminder works closely with parents to provide consistency between the home and the setting, such as managing children's behaviour and meeting their individual care needs.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children use inventive ways to solve problems. For example, they consider how best to move cars from one end of the room to the other when helping to tidy away. They persevere in tasks, such as using tongs to transfer dried pasta to their basket, developing good fine motor skills. Children explore sound competently. For example, they notice the difference in sound between stirring the dried pasta in a bowl with their hands and shaking it. Children develop good skills to support them in their future learning and eventual move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 136273 Local authority South Gloucestershire Inspection number 1089542 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 16 April 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1995 and lives in Filton, South Gloucestershire. The childminding service takes place on weekdays throughout the year.

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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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