Childminder 252806

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 January 2018 1 July 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 talks to parents daily about their child's interests and achievements. She shares information about their levels of learning and how parents can support their child's progress at home. For example, she gives them books to share with their children.  The childminder works well in partnership with other early years settings that children attend. She shares information about their care and learning to promote consistency in children's learning and development.  Children are happy and settle well when they arrive. They demonstrate a good relationship with the childminder and bring her drawings that they have completed at other settings.  The childminder takes children to local toddler groups to help them develop their social skills. Children play with others and make relationships. This helps them to learn key skills in readiness for their move on to school.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not consistently use information from assessments of children's progress to plan precisely enough for their individual learning so that they are highly challenged to make rapid progress.  The childminder does not gather the views of parents to help her make the best use of self-evaluation and plan how to extend her provision further.

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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

 strengthen the use of assessment to help plan more precisely so that children are highly challenged and to promote their rapid progress in all aspects of learning  build on self-evaluation and gather feedback from parents to help maintain the existing good practice and enhance the provision further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder. 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 has a wealth of experience working with children. She extends her professional development by attending training courses and speaking with other childminders. Recent training has helped her to support children's communication and language skills and to give plenty of time for children to answer the good range of questions she asks them. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder knows her responsibilities to keep children safe. She helps them to learn about road safety and how they can keep themselves safe. The childminder reminds children to cross at appropriate places in the street and to stay close to her. Her assistant occasionally collects older children from school. The childminder shares information with her assistant about children's individual needs and her policies and procedures, promoting consistency.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder gets to know children well when they first start through completing observations and talking to parents about what children already know and can do. She helps children to recognise different shapes. Children confidently show the childminder a circle, triangle and rectangle. The childminder asks children questions to help them recognise different colours. She plays games with them and asks them to count a number of objects, encouraging them to develop their counting skills. Children play confidently alongside the childminder and show a close attachment to her, demonstrating that they are emotionally secure. The childminder plays board games with children and encourages them to share and take turns, promoting positive behaviour.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children behave well. The childminder has a set of rules and boundaries in her home which promotes values, such as being kind to others and including everyone. She gives children lots of praise and encouragement, helping to raise their self-esteem. Children learn about their local community. The childminder takes them to local parks where she encourages them to manage risks in their play. For example, she supports children when they test their abilities as they climb on large apparatus. The childminder stays close to them to offer support if necessary. This helps children to extend their physical skills.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those in receipt of funding, make good progress in their learning. Children are keen to explore the childminder's home and know where resources and equipment are kept. They care for the environment and put toys away when they have finished with them. Children are independent and, for example, wash their hands prior to having meals. They learn about nature and animals when they visit places of interest in the community, such as feeding ducks. Children demonstrate good literacy skills. They tell the childminder their favourite story book and recite phrases from the book from memory.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 252806 Local authority Nottinghamshire Inspection number 1103306 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 10 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1983 and lives in Balderton, Nottinghamshire. She operates all year round from 6.45am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. She works occasionally with an assistant.

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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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