Childminder in Lincolnshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 December 2017 12 May 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 and her assistant provide children with a very calm and relaxed environment. They observe and monitor children's progress and provide learning opportunities that help children make good progress.  The childminder's assistant cooks a healthy range of meals and snacks for children. Parents are informed about what their children are eating in a daily diary. Children have opportunities to extend their understanding about healthy foods. The childminder talks to them about how food is grown.  Children demonstrate that they are happy in this friendly environment. They have a place for their belongings and know where to access resources in the childminder's home and garden to support their interests. This promotes their independent choices.  The childminder shares information about children's abilities and interests with other early years settings and school when children move on. Teachers visit the children in

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This provision is good

the childminder's home. This supports consistency in their learning.  The childminder supports children well to develop their communication and language skills. She helps younger children to begin to put two words together.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Although the childminder gathers information from parents about children's care needs and interests when they first start, she does not gather enough information about their prior learning.  The childminder has not identified ways of how to extend her and her assistant's professional development to help raise the quality of teaching to an outstanding level.

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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

 gather more information from parents about children's prior learning when they start, to help establish what children need to learn next  strengthen professional development to help raise the quality of teaching and to help children make the best possible progress in their learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors 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 and her assistant. 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 works well with her assistant and discusses children's learning and ways they can help them make good progress. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder and her assistant have attended child protection training and keep their knowledge up to date by researching articles on the internet. Children ask to carry out fire evacuation drills in her home and learn how to keep themselves safe. The childminder talks to older children about e-safety and supervises children when they access information on the internet. This promotes children's safety. The childminder evaluates her setting well and identifies her strengths. She gathers feedback from parents to help her reflect on the services she provides for families. Comments from parents help her to review the meals offered to children. She has recently developed her planning for children's learning to include more opportunities for children to follow their interests.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder is well qualified and helps children to extend their understanding of the activities they enjoy. She offers children opportunities to join in adult-led activities and also allows them time to explore on their own. The childminder and her assistant provide opportunities for children to learn about their local community. They take them for trips to local attractions, such as farm parks. The childminder and her assistant extend children's interests in animals and encourage younger children to learn the names of different animals and the noises they make.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children demonstrate that they are emotionally secure. They hold out their arms to the childminder and her assistant for cuddles. The childminder offers settling-in sessions for new children. This helps her to get to know children and their families and for them to get to know her provision. The childminder keeps parents informed about their child's interests and next steps in learning. She offers them ideas to support children's learning further at home, such as encouraging younger children to feed themselves independently. Children behave well. The childminder has 'golden rules' in her home and encourages children to, for example, be kind, gentle and helpful.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress in their learning and develop key skills in readiness for their future learning. They confidently explore the childminder's home indoors and outdoors and enjoy being physically active. Younger children are very independent. They get a tissue to wipe their nose and put it in the bin. Children enjoy looking at books, open flaps on the page and talk to the childminder about the images they find inside. Younger children learn about their body parts and point to their toes and nose. Children solve problems when they put a train track together. They learn about technology when they press buttons on toys and listen to the sounds they make.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY468429 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 1102725 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 9 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 23

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013 and lives in Lincoln. She operates all year round from 7.30am until 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, during term time. The childminder holds qualified teacher status and works with an assistant. She provides funded early education for two-, 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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Telephone number

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