Childminder EY330217

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 December 2017 23 January 2017

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Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The childminder does not monitor children's learning effectively. She is not clear about how to identify and address gaps in all areas of their learning. Her planning of activities is not consistently effective in providing the appropriate challenge. Therefore, children do not make as much progress as they could.  The childminder does not always plan activities well. She sometimes overdirects children in their activities, rather than using their interests to encourage their learning.  The childminder misses opportunities to help children learn about the importance of eating healthily.

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It has the following strengths

 Children are happy and settled. The childminder provides a safe and welcoming environment.  Children develop a good sense of belonging and learn to respect others.  The childminder makes good use of visits in the local community to broaden children's experiences. Activities include meeting other people and using a wider range of play equipment.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 improve the assessment and monitoring of children's development to help identify gaps in their learning and to plan consistently challenging activities. 14/03/2018

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 make better use of children's interests to extend their learning  extend opportunities for children to learn about the importance of a healthy diet.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's activities, and the childminder interacting with them, inside her home.  The inspector talked to the childminder about children's activities, children's progress and how she keeps them safe.  The inspector looked at a sample of documents, which included the childminder's safeguarding policy and children's progress records.  The inspector took account of parents' views from emails they had written.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of child protection issues and the procedures to follow if she has concerns about a child in her care. The childminder has partially addressed the action and recommendations set at her previous inspection. For example, she regularly communicates with other providers to help support consistency in care and learning when children also attend a different setting. The childminder has started to reflect on her practice. For instance, she makes changes to the play equipment to enable children to select independently. The childminder attends some training to help extend her knowledge about supporting children's development. However, there are still weaknesses in her teaching practice, with particular regard to assessing, monitoring and planning for children's progress.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The childminder knows that children learn through play and real-life experiences. She provides various activities that widen their understanding of the world. For example, they visit places in the local area, such as the library and children's groups. However, the childminder does not use assessment effectively to consistently plan activities linked to children's interests and learning priorities, to keep them engaged. Activities sometimes lack the interest and challenge children need. For example, when children wanted to dress up, the childminder asked them to count a specific number of 'snowballs' into a bucket, instead. Children were not interested in counting and showed more interest in filling and emptying the container. The childminder supports children's language development well, overall. For example, she reads them stories, names objects to help develop vocabulary and repeats children's words back to them correctly to help with their pronunciation. The

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

childminder shares some information with parents, such as photographs and observations, so that they know what their children are doing each day.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The childminder provides a good selection of toys and resources arranged so that children make some independent choices. However, she is not always successful in her approach to interest children in activities and keep them motivated to learn. The childminder praises children regularly, which helps to boost their self-esteem and confidence. She supports healthy lifestyles well, overall. For example, children have regular opportunities to develop their physical skills, such as using large apparatus in play parks or walking in the woods. The childminder offers healthy options at snack time, but she does not use opportunities such as these to develop children's understanding of why it is important to eat healthily.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children learn some useful skills to help prepare them for starting school. They learn good habits for caring for their bodies and develop increasing independence. Children are confident to relate to other children and adults, and to make their needs known. However, due to weaknesses in the childminder's practice, children do not make the best progress they could in all areas of their learning and development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY330217 Local authority Dorset Inspection number 1107637 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 23 January 2017

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2006. She lives in Christchurch, Dorset. The childminder cares for children from Monday to Friday, for 48 weeks of the year. She receives funding to provide free early years education for children aged two, three and four years and holds an early years qualification at level 3.

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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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