Childminder EY488924

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 December 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

 All children make good progress from their starting points on entry. The childminder plans a good range of activities to support children’s learning and development. She promotes shapes, letters and sounds, and encourages children’s early writing skills well.  The childminder plans and provides a good variety of activities that helps children gain understanding of their immediate and wider world. For example, she takes them to the river to observe house boats and to the canal to watch the locks being worked.  Children form strong emotional attachments with the childminder and each other. Their behaviour is exemplary. Children are extremely polite and considerate of each other.  The childminder lays good foundations for children to adopt healthy and active lifestyle habits. She provides healthy snacks and meals, which children thoroughly enjoy, and plans a wide range of physically active indoor and outdoor activities.

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This provision is good

 The childminder forms strong partnerships with parents. She encourages them to share their views on her provision, which they do, and takes on board their wishes and ideas.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not make full enough use of self-evaluation to identify professional development needs to continually raise the quality of teaching and outcomes for children to an even higher level.  The childminder does not consistently plan and provide art and craft activities that fully challenge children. She does not regularly encourage them to represent and develop their own ideas, which they are very capable of doing.

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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 self-evaluation even more effectively and seek further ways to develop an expert knowledge of teaching and learning  provide children with more challenge in their creativity and more opportunities to represent and develop their own ideas.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's interaction with children during activities indoors. She looked at the childminder's range of play and learning resources and equipment, and observed the suitability of the premises.  The inspector discussed the childminder's practice with her and the impact of her engagement with children.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including children's records and evidence of the childminder's suitability. The inspector talked to the childminder about her use of self-evaluation.  The inspector sought and took account of the views of parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Since registration, the childminder has attended child protection workshops and completed training focused on wider safeguarding issues. She has a good understanding of the procedures to follow if she is concerned about a child's welfare. The childminder completes thorough and effective risk assessments on her home and for outings. She has worked hard to develop her skills in completing assessments of children and for establishing effective ways to maintain good communication with parents about children's individual needs. The childminder is clear about her responsibility to establish partnership working with any other agencies who may be involved with children in the future, for instance, the pre-schools to which children are due to transfer.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder makes accurate assessments of children's learning and abilities, from their starting points on entry and at regular times throughout the year. She has a good understanding of child development. She recognises gaps in progress and areas in which children excel. The childminder identifies appropriate next steps, such as for progressing them from two-dimensional to three-dimensional shapes, and for learning to recognise the letters and sounds in their names. The childminder provides a wide range of resources for children to represent and develop their own ideas during pretend play. For example, children move dinosaurs into the doll's house and send miniature people figures on trips to the park in a toy tram and London bus. They swap between providing an animated narrative with stepping outside of their play momentarily to re-plan their play.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are cared for in a welcoming environment that is well equipped with high- quality play and learning resources. For example, the childminder has a very good range of toys, books and puzzles that depict positive images of diversity and which support children's understanding of the world. The childminder has a good understanding of children's emotional needs and works very closely with parents to support these. She is patient and calm. Parents say children talk about the childminder, her family and the other children with fondness at home. The childminder encourages children to develop practical independence skills, for instance, to put on their own coats and shoes, and use cutlery. She promotes good hygiene and teaches children about safety.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are well prepared for the next stage in their learning, such as transfer to nursery school. They are interested in learning, develop good concentration skills and show an ability to organise their own deep and meaningful play. Children use tools, such as chalks, pencils, paintbrushes and glue spreaders, competently. They know that print is meaningful and are learning to recognise letters and link them to the correct sound. Children confidently use language to express themselves and are very sociable. They make good progress in their numeracy skills and learn to recognise shapes.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY488924 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1021460 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 2 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 Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. The childminder operates all year round on Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays, between 7am and 7pm.

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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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