Reilly, Jane

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 December 2017 20 June 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

 Children develop the wide range of skills they need to be ready for starting school. They are independent, determined and motivated learners who confidently make choices about what they want to do.  The childminder uses a range of good teaching strategies to promote children's learning through play. She is responsive to children's changing needs, listens carefully and skilfully adapts activities as their interests develop.  The childminder works closely with the local nursery and school to identify how to support children's development. They share detailed information about the different learning opportunities children receive from the childminder and nursery.  Parents are very pleased with the quality of the care and education the childminder provides. They value the secure attachments children have to the childminder, the range of activities she offers and the overall support she provides for their well-being.

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This provision is good

 The childminder creates a welcoming and stimulating learning environment. She evaluates her equipment and makes changes to further promote children's independence.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Sometimes, the childminder does not make the most of opportunities to develop and extend older children's imaginations and exploration of their own ideas.  Occasionally, the childminder's assessments of children's development are not precise enough to help her plan meticulously for their 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

 enhance the quality of teaching further by providing more opportunities for older children to use their imaginations and extend their own ideas  strengthen how children's development is assessed so that it better supports the precise and meticulous planning of highly challenging learning experiences.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including training certificates, and discussed the childminder's safeguarding procedures.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through the written feedback provided.  The inspector spoke to the children during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder evaluates her practice and reflects on new ideas with other childminders. Since her last inspection she has changed how toys are stored and children now independently choose resources and tidy them away again. Partnerships with parents are strong and the childminder has developed how she involves them in children's learning. She collects information about what children can do for themselves when they start and regularly shares with parents what children are learning. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder uses training to strengthen her knowledge of how to recognise concerns about children's welfare. She has procedures in place to keep up to date with changes to local and national guidelines about how to keep children safe. The childminder effectively supports and monitors the work of her assistant, who works with her occasionally.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has a good understanding of how children learn and uses this to create a balanced range of learning experiences, overall. Children benefit from play they can lead themselves and activities the childminder supports more carefully. Older children start to recognise numbers and enjoy repeatedly counting toy animals and finding the matching number. The childminder sensitively helps children to slow down and try counting again and she praises their individual efforts. She is responsive to changes in children's level of concentration and suggests that they move on to choosing their own activities. Children delight in selecting the different colours of paints, choosing the brushes they need and mixing in glitter. The childminder works alongside them, talks about what they are doing and asks them questions to help develop their communication skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children's independence and confidence ready for school are key skills the childminder nurtures in them. She knows which children need more encouragement to keep trying and creates a supportive environment to help them succeed. Children develop strong relationships with the childminder and they tell her when they feel unwell. She talks to them about the different food they eat and how it might make them feel better. The childminder makes links to children's real-life experiences to help them understand how to keep themselves safe. They talk about the armour some dinosaurs had and how children wear bicycle helmets to protect their brains. The childminder uses everyday examples and children's questions to help them understand how people are different and support them to cooperate with each other.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress in their learning. Older children enthusiastically count toys and start to recognise the corresponding written numerals. They put on their own coats, manage their own personal needs and show good control when they use paintbrushes. Children enjoy achieving when they learn something new and show they are developing determination to keep trying when things are difficult.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY312617 Local authority Rotherham Inspection number 1087236 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 9 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 8

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 20 June 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2005 and lives in Ravenfield, near Rotherham. She provides funded early education for three- and four-year-old children. The childminder operates all year round, from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays, and has an assistant registered to work with her when required.

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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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