Childminder EY489411

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 1 November 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

 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 maintain good standards and drive further improvements.  The childminder informs parents each day about their children's care and learning, which helps to encourage parents effectively to continue children's learning at home.  The childminder has a good understanding of how children learn. She provides a wide range of interesting activities and maintains children's interest, which helps children to enjoy their learning experiences. Children make good progress in their development.  Children behave well. The childminder teaches them to take turns, share and keep themselves safe.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder sometimes over directs the activities she plans for children's creativity. They do not always have opportunities to use creative resources independently to help express their own ideas.  Systems to share information with other years settings, in particular other childminders that children attend, are not fully developed to help ensure consistency in children's care and learning.

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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

 make the most of opportunities for children to fully express their own ideas, to help further encourage their creativity  strengthen partnerships with other settings that children attend, to help promote even greater consistency and continuity in their care and learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including children's learning journals and the childminder's policies and procedures.  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.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of the procedures to follow if she has any concerns, to help protect children's welfare. The childminder has updated her safeguarding knowledge recently and attended training, which has helped her to recognise signs that children may be at risk from extreme behaviours or views. The childminder checks the areas that children use to make sure they remain safe and suitable. She practises emergency evacuation procedures with children to help them to become familiar with routines that keep them safe. The childminder has made some good improvements since registering as a childminder. For example she has reviewed the accessibility of resources, helping to support children's choice of play.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder knows the children well. She observes and assesses children’s progress regularly and quickly closes any gaps in children's learning. Children enjoy a variety of activities. For example, they engage in singing rhymes and songs with the childminder. The childminder provides children with activities that help support their early literacy skills. For example, they enjoy drawing and the childminder helps them to recognise letters in their names and draw their family members. She helps children to develop their physical skills. They shape playdough, which helps develop their small muscles, and she models how to kick large balls in the garden. She encourages them to practise more difficult actions to focus their kicking towards her. The childminder makes effective use of resources and motivates children well with praise.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children have positive relationships with the childminder. They are happy and settled in her care. The childminder helps promote their emotional and physical well-being effectively. She makes good use of her garden to help ensure that children have opportunities to be active and get plenty of fresh air. Children are very eager to play in the garden and develop self-confidence. For example, they enjoy blowing bubbles and developing their vocabulary while they talk with the childminder about the bubbles floating up high. The childminder works closely with parents to find out about children's routines and learning at home. This helps her to plan to support children to settle well and progress with their learning.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop good skills that help them to be ready for the move on to pre-school and school. They spontaneously count and are supported to use mathematical language while they play. Children use their imaginations, such as when they pretend to feed 'babies' and stir pasta as part of their game.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY489411 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 1022646 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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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 lives in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The childminder offers care Monday to Friday, during term time and in school 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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