Childminder 317783

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 November 2017 21 November 2016

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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

 Since her last inspection, the childminder has completed paediatric first-aid training to comply with the requirements of the early years foundation stage. She has worked closely with the local authority to identify and make changes to her provision.  The childminder gathers feedback from parents to help evaluate the effectiveness of her provision. Recent changes to toys and resources provide older children with more opportunities to develop their literacy skills.  The childminder observes children as they play and monitors the progress they make. She shares this with parents and provides them with a written report showing their child's levels of learning. This helps parents to support their child's learning at home.  Children and their families are invited to attend settling-in sessions when they first start. The childminder gathers information from parents about children's care needs and abilities, and uses this as a starting point for children's learning. Children

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This provision is good

demonstrate good relationships with the childminder and show that they are emotionally secure.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not provide children with enough opportunities to learn about their own and other cultural backgrounds.  Occasionally, the childminder does not provide younger children with highly challenging activities to help them make the best possible progress.  The childminder does not yet sharply focus her professional development on raising the quality of teaching to help children achieve the highest standards.

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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

 strengthen opportunities for children to learn about their own and others' cultures to promote their understanding of the wider world and diversity  extend the support given to younger children to help them be highly challenged and make the best possible progress  strengthen professional development to focus on raising the quality of teaching, to help children reach the highest levels of achievement.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector held 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.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through reading the written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder promotes children's safety well. She uses safety equipment in her car and provides opportunities for children to learn how to leave her home safely in an emergency. The childminder offers children toys and equipment suitable for their age and stage of development. She is quick to identify risks and, for example, mops up water spills in her home, promoting children's safety further. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has attended child protection training. She knows where to report concerns about children's welfare. The childminder completes the progress check for children between the ages of two and three years. She shares this with parents and health visitors to promote consistency in learning. The childminder finds out what older children learn at school and complements this in her setting.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder gives children plenty of time to respond to and follow instructions to carry out simple tasks. This helps children to persevere and achieve. The childminder provides opportunities for children to extend their knowledge of shapes. Children match shapes together on a board. They manipulate dough using rolling pins and shape cutters. The childminder models how to roll out dough and gives children plenty of time to have a go themselves. She talks to children about what they are doing, and repeats words spoken by children. This supports their communication and language skills well. The childminder helps children to develop their understanding of numbers and counting. She asks children to count the number of objects they see. Children point to each object in turn and count to six.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children behave very well. The childminder encourages children to share and take turns when they use scissors to cut dough. She gives them lots of praise and encouragement, helping to raise their self-esteem. The childminder helps children to learn about how to keep themselves safe when in the community. She reminds children to hold on to either the pushchair or her hand, and talks to them about how to cross the road safely. The childminder takes children into the local community to develop their interests. Younger children enjoy looking at trains and say, 'Choo choo'. The childminder provides opportunities for children to learn about how food grows. Children help her to plant and water vegetables in her allotment and to take the produce home when ready. Children bake with the childminder and make, for example, curry and lasagne.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are happy, confident and make good progress in this welcoming home. Older children show great concentration and develop their problem-solving skills when they use keys to open locks on toys. Younger children sit on toys and use their feet to make them move, helping to develop their physical skills. Children choose what fruit they would like for snack time and wash their hands independently before eating. They learn skills needed for future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 317783 Local authority Doncaster Inspection number 1107539 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 21 November 2016

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1997 and lives in the Bentley area of Doncaster. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She provides funded early education for three- and four-year-old children.

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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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