Childminder EY494029

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 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

 Children enjoy their time at the setting. They love to play alongside the childminder and freely move around, exploring their environment. The childminder supports their growing confidence and sense of self-esteem and helps them to settle quickly.  The well-qualified childminder has good and sometimes outstanding teaching skills. She engages with children in their play to help them reach their potential. Children are learning and developing the skills needed for their eventual move on to school.  The childminder is self-motivated and passionate about providing a good-quality service for children and their parents. She is dedicated to her own professional development and uses the information gained from this to further enhance the provision for children.  Children's spoken skills are very good. They eagerly join in with conversations and progress well in their understanding. The childminder introduces children to new words

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This provision is good

that relate to their play and consistently models effective listening skills.  The outside environment is strength to the setting. It is spacious and provides lots of opportunities for children to use their imagination, be physically active and gain fresh air. Children benefit from a stimulating learning environment, inside and out.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not consistently use information from her observations and assessments of children's learning and development to plan precisely for what children need to learn next and help them make rapid progress.

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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 information from observations and assessments to focus planning sharply on what children need to learn next, to accelerate their progress.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at evidence of the suitability of the childminder and people living in the household.  The inspector observed the childminder during a planned activity and jointly evaluated this with the childminder.  The inspector observed the childminder's interactions with children during play activities.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and the children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took account of parents' views left for the inspector in written testimonials.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder keeps children safe and prioritises their welfare. She is knowledgeable about procedures to follow should she be concerned about a child in her care. The childminder continually reviews her provision to enable her to identify and address priorities for improvement. She values parents' contributions to support this and is fully committed to maintaining the highest-quality provision. She develops good partnerships with parents and other settings that children attend, to enable frequent sharing of information about children's learning and care.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder is enthusiastic about her role and understands that children learn through play. She provides a good balance of adult-led and child-initiated play. Activities are well planned overall and the childminder adapts her teaching to ensure all children are challenged appropriately. The childminder is an excellent role model. She uses questioning to help children develop their thinking skills. For example, as children struggle to work out how to wash a doll's hair in a baby bath, the childminder asks, 'What do you think we could do? Let's all think together'. As the children offer ideas, she then extends their thinking process by asking them to see if their ideas have worked. She effectively helps children to become motivated learners who are learning to solve problems. The childminder supports children's early literacy skills. She plans activities to help strengthen their hand muscles ready for writing. The children thoroughly enjoy these activities and

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

stay engrossed with them for significant periods of time.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children have formed strong attachments to the childminder and it is evident that she is in tune with the children. The childminder boosts children's self-esteem well. She involves the children in her observations of them, letting them know when she has recorded new learning or use of vocabulary. This supports children to feel valued and special. Children are developing good relationships with their peers and learning the social skills needed for future learning. They take part in activities and attend different groups within the community. The childminder uses opportunities during play to support children to play cooperatively together. Children learn to wait for their turn, share and listen to one another. Children are very well behaved.

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Outcomes for children are good

The childminder's teaching is having a positive impact on children's outcomes. All children, including those in receipt of funding, are making good progress in their learning. They show strong listening and attention skills and are curious learners. They are developing mathematical skills, for instance, as they take turns to roll a die and count the dots. Older children extend this as they practise simple subtraction sums. All children show they are becoming ready for their next stage in learning. They manage their own care routines and put their coats and shoes on independently.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY494029 Local authority Nottinghamshire Inspection number 1031639 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 6 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 4

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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 and lives in Bestwood Village, Nottingham. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds a childcare qualification at level 3. She offers places for funded early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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