Childminder EY254224

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 November 2017 5 November 2014

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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 is enthusiastic and ambitious. She welcomes feedback from parents and children, which she uses to help her review her practice and implement relevant changes. This helps to ensure she maintains the good levels of care and that all children are fully supported.  Partnerships with parents are strong. The childminder maintains a daily exchange of information regarding children's care and developmental needs. She works closely with parents to further support children's learning at home and identify targets to support children's progression. This helps to ensure a consistent approach.  The childminder is caring, nurturing and sensitive. Children establish secure attachments with her from the start. Babies and children enjoy being with the childminder and seek her interactions throughout the day. Parents comment that the childminder is like 'extended family'.  The childminder makes regular accurate assessments of children's abilities. She

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This provision is good

monitors and tracks their development effectively. She considers and plans purposeful experiences which support children's next steps in development. Children make good progress in their learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times, the childminder misses opportunities to support children to cooperate and play exceptionally well with others.  On occasions, the childminder moves on quickly and does not give children sufficient time to fully explore their ideas in play activities.

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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

 focus more precisely on ensuring children are consistently supported to further enhance their cooperative play  develop opportunities for children to have more time to explore their own play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed interactions between the childminder and children in the inside environment and outside space.  The inspector observed and discussed planned activities with the childminder.  The inspector reviewed a range of documentation, including children's developmental records and the childminder's training certificates.  The inspector viewed parents' written feedback regarding the childminder's practice and took this into account.  The inspector viewed all areas of the premises used for childminding.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder knows the children and their families well and quickly recognises any concerns, such as a change in a child's behaviour. She uses effective procedures and acts on any concerns to help ensure children are kept safe. The childminder ensures her assistants have a clear understand of their role, such as protecting children's welfare. The qualified childminder and her main assistant attend regular training courses. These help to keep them up to date and support them in evaluating aspects of practice. For example, the childminder used knowledge gained from training to review and enhance resources to further support children's mark-making and emerging writing skills. This has had a positive effect and children readily use their developing literacy and mark-making skills in their play.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Overall, the childminder interacts with children well and she offers experiences that children enjoy. The childminder recognises how and when to involve herself in activities to further build on children's abilities. Children are keen learners and enjoy using their developing skills. For example, children use emerging mathematical and language skills to compare the sizes of a range of toy bears and snakes, recognising the 'smaller' and 'bigger' toys. The childminder uses simple, individually tailored challenges to enhance their learning, such as asking the children to 'sit the small bear on the red triangle'. With support, children show a developing understanding that quarters of a play cake can make a half and then a whole cake. Children show high levels of problem solving as they use their counting skills to consider if there are enough pieces of cake for each of the three bears. Children then recognise and announce there is one piece left. Younger children

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

benefit from positive interactions with the childminder as they use their senses and developing physical skills to explore the environment and age-appropriate resources.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder maintains a safe, welcoming and stimulating environment. She supports children well to learn how to keep themselves healthy and safe. For example, children understand the importance of drying the wet slide before using it. They use towels to do this and check it is dry and safe to use. Children are developing a good understanding of the world around them. For example, they use pictures to talk about and recognise the different seasons. Children explain they need coats and gloves in the winter to 'keep them warm'.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children progress well. They develop skills in line with, and on occasions above, their relevant age stages. Children speak confidently and clearly relay their needs to the childminder. From a young age children show high levels of independence in regards to their personal care. For example, children confidently dress themselves and wash their hands after outside play. Children practise key skills which support their move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY254224 Local authority Kent Inspection number 1070497 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 7 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 8

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 5 November 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2002. She lives near West Malling in Kent. The childminder offers care Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7.30am to 5.30pm, for 45 weeks in a year. She childminder works with an assistant and has two other assistants for emergency cover. The childminder holds an appropriate childcare qualification at level 4. She is in receipt of funding for the provision of free 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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