Childminder in Surrey

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 January 2018 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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 The childminder makes accurate assessments of children’s starting points for learning. She uses well-established and successful processes for tracking and planning for their progress. Based on their starting points all children make good, and in some areas of development outstanding, progress.  The childminder forms excellent partnerships with parents. She keeps them extremely well informed about children’s achievements and learning through regular meetings, written progress reports and newsletters.  The childminder and her assistant lay excellent foundations for young children to adopt healthy, active and safe lifestyle habits and to develop independence skills. For example, they teach them how to use knives, dress themselves and to appreciate and enjoy the outdoors.  The childminder provides children with a wide range of high-quality play and learning resources that are linked to their individual interests. Children readily help themselves

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This provision is good

and are highly interested and motivated to play and learn.  The childminder makes good use of self-evaluation to identify and target priorities for improvement. She provides her assistant with good professional development support.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder has not had enough experience or training to deliver expert teaching skills to support all areas of learning and the needs of all groups of children.  The childminder’s planned art and craft activities do not focus enough on encouraging children to represent and develop their own ideas and to learn about the different types of art.

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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

 seek further ways to enhance professional development opportunities that focus more specifically on developing an expert knowledge of teaching and learning  challenge children further to represent and develop their own ideas, and to further inspire their interest, ability and knowledge in art.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the children engaged in play indoors.  The inspector looked at the childminder's range of play and learning resources and equipment, and observed the suitability of the premises.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including children's records, and evidence of the childminder's suitability and that of her assistant. The inspector discussed the childminder's self-evaluation with her.  The inspector discussed the childminder's practice and that of her assistant with her and the impact of their engagement with children.  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. The childminder ensures both she and her assistant keep up to date on safeguarding children legislation. They are both secure in their knowledge and understanding of what to do if they are concerned about a child's welfare. The childminder is committed to ensuring she provides high-quality childcare. She has a strong and effective partnership with her assistant, with whom she very successfully monitors the effectiveness of their provision. For example, current improvement plans are focused on sourcing training and developing the garden to support all areas of learning. The childminder has built strong partnerships with children's families since registration and understands the need to match this with any external agencies involved with children in the future.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder uses her observations and assessments of children effectively to identify the next steps in their learning. The childminder and her assistant demonstrate strong and developing teaching skills. They ask children questions and make comments that encourage children to think. For example, children are challenged to think what might happen next in a story and to remember when they saw the penguins at the zoo, to encourage their play with ice and toy sea-life creatures. The childminder makes excellent use of the local community to enhance children's learning and understanding about their immediate world. For example, they go on nature hunts to collect items to make ice art and to the river to observe all the different types of boats.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children build immensely strong emotional attachments with the childminder, her assistant and each other. Their behaviour is impeccable. Two-year-olds share and take turns, hug each other frequently and are keen to help with routine tasks, such as cleaning up a messy activity. They laugh frequently, for example, as they ride hobby horses while the childminder sings a horse rhyme. The childminder promotes diversity extremely well. She makes sure that all children's family traditions are acknowledged and celebrated. Play resources are in plentiful supply and children are consistently engaged in exciting play. The childminder and her assistant constantly praise children, and are exceptionally kind and affectionate. Children mimic this and are so are affectionate to each other.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are developing all the necessary skills for starting nursery school. They play cooperatively together and understand about taking turns and sharing. Toddlers express their views confidently, articulately and are inspiringly polite. For example, they ask, 'Please can I have it now?' Young children enjoy using their senses, for example, as they feel ice. Rising-three-year-olds learn to recognise their names. They use small tools competently, for instance, to break ice to free toy sea-life creatures, learn to use pencils and write some letters of their name. They develop good abilities in mathematics.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY492233 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1024692 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 4

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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 West Mosley, Surrey. She works on Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6.30pm, all year round, except for family holidays and public holidays. The childminder works 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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Telephone number

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