Childminder 220376

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 January 2018 8 July 2013

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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's provision is well organised. Children choose freely from an extensive range of toys and resources which promotes their interest and simulates their learning.  Children are happy and settled. The childminder and her assistant get to know the children well and form strong bonds with them. They find out about children's interests and preferences when they first start. This helps children to settle quickly.  Children make good progress in their learning and development. The childminder is knowledgeable and tracks children's progress well. She uses the information gained from her observations to plan effectively for children's next steps in learning.  The childminder promotes children's vocabulary and communication skills extremely well. She commentates during children's play and introduces them to new words to describe what they are doing. Children enthusiastically repeat the words back, helping

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This provision is good

them to practise their pronunciation.  The childminder works in partnership with parents. She ensures they are kept well informed about their children's achievements and offers them ideas on how they can further support their children's learning at home.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Occasionally, group activities are not always organised well enough to enable younger children to be as fully involved in their learning as the older children.  The childminder does not use the views of parents effectively to help her to identify priorities for further development.

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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

 support younger children to be more involved in group activities and help them to maintain their attention and extend their learning  make the best possible use of feedback from parents to help identify and drive forward future development.

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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 and spoke to children during the inspection.  The inspector held a number of 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 took account of the parents' views from feedback provided by the childminder.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good knowledge and understanding of her responsibility to protect children. She is aware of the procedures to follow should she need to report concerns about a child's welfare. The childminder ensures her assistant's knowledge is kept up to date and regularly monitors his practice. The childminder promotes children's safety. She carries out daily risk assessments to identify any hazards in her home, so children are safe to explore their environment. The childminder evaluates her practice and is committed to her ongoing continued improvement. For example, she attends training and completes online courses to update her knowledge and skills. She uses the knowledge gained effectively to provide a stimulating learning environment for children. The childminder works closely with other settings, such as local schools, to provide children with continuity in their care and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children are confident and enthusiastic in their play. They delight in exploring the interesting toys and resources that the childminder provides for them. The childminder and her assistant skilfully include numbers and counting into activities. For example, older children are encouraged to recognise different shapes and count how many sides they have. Younger children delight in exploring the wide range of sensory resources. For example, they become engrossed in emptying and filling containers with oats. They role play making cups of tea and confidently offer them to visitors. Older children learn to link sounds with written letters that spell out their names. Children enjoy listening to stories and sharing books with their friends. They pose and ask questions about what they think will happen next and how they think the story will end.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder manages children's behaviour well. She praises them for their achievements and children learn to share and listen carefully to instructions. The childminder helps children to develop a good understanding of why exercise and activity is important to their health and well-being. Children frequently go on walks with the childminder to visit her allotment. They learn about growing vegetables and how to care for the childminder's chickens. For example, children are eager to retell the story of how the chickens escaped their coop and how they helped to catch them. They enjoy looking for frogs that live in the pond and talking about how they develop from tadpoles.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are confident and keen learners who are well prepared for their next stage in learning or their move on to school and more formal learning. Children use mathematical language routinely in their play. They learn to recognise different shapes, such as squares, triangles and circles. They learn to solve problems, for example, when they organise coloured sticks into groups by number and colour. Children demonstrate their growing independence as they show confidence with their self-care skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 220376 Local authority Northamptonshire Inspection number 1063727 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 10 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 7

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1989 and lives in the town of Rushden, Northamptonshire. She operates all year round from 6.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder regularly 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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