Childminder in Milton Keynes

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 31 January 2018 18 November 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

 Children are happy and enjoy their time with the childminder. She has a lovely rapport with the children and knows them well. The childminder is friendly and attentive to their individual needs. This supports children's emotional well-being successfully. Children's physical development is promoted well.  The childminder provides opportunities for children to enjoy fresh air and exercise on a daily basis. She organises regular outside activities, such as visits to local parks and meetings with other childminders. This helps children to develop good social skills.  Partnerships with parents are strong. The childminder ensures they are kept very well informed about every aspect of their child's day. For example, she shares children's online learning journals on a regular basis to support and extend their learning at home.  Self-evaluation is effective, accurately identifying the strengths of the provision and

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This provision is good

aspects she would like to improve. The childminder receives complimentary feedback from parents about the care she provides and the progress their children make.  The childminder regularly observes children and uses these observations to track their progress and to support her to identify what they need to learn next.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not yet focus sharply enough on her professional development to raise the quality of her provision to the highest 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

 extend the focus on professional development to raise the good-quality teaching to the next level.

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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 observed a planned activity and jointly evaluated this with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  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 took account of the views of parents through questionnaires.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has a good awareness of child protection issues and the procedures to follow should she have a concern about a child in her care. The childminder makes sure she minimises risks to children on the premises and any venues she might visit with them. She has a wide range of written policies and procedures that she shares with parents to help ensure that they are aware of her expectations. The childminder regularly supports and encourages parents to enhance their children's learning at home. For example, children are able to loan books and she has recently introduced an activity bag with resources, such as books on shapes, colours and numbers.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children are happy and engaged in their learning. The childminder plans a good range of activities and experiences that links to children's interests. She fully encourages children to share their own thoughts and ideas, which means that planned activities often change to suit children's choices. When children show an interest in going on camping holidays, the childminder plans related themes. Children enjoy pretending they are camping and play in the pop-up tent, snuggle in the sleeping bag and sit around a campfire. Children have fun playing with coloured rice while they find hidden letters. They scoop the rice and pour it into containers while they learn about full and empty. The childminder supports children well with their early communication and language skills. She talks to them constantly, asking questions and encouraging them to sing along to familiar songs and rhymes. During play, the childminder skilfully supports children's mathematical skills. For instance,

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

children use fishing rods to pick numbered ducks out of water and place them in the correct container.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder effectively promotes children's personal, social and emotional development. She praises children warmly. Children behave well and are excited when their names are on the achievement tree because they know they will get a reward. The childminder is a good role model, and she supports children to learn social skills, such as sharing and taking turns. Children learn about the importance of staying safe through daily activities. They are reminded of the importance of sitting safely on the chair, so that they do not fall and hurt themselves. The childminder skilfully supports children to be independent and to extend their self-help skills. Children wash and dry their hands and help the childminder with tasks, such as tidying away toys.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are making good progress and gaining the necessary skills to be ready for school or the next stage of their learning. Children are independent and make decisions about their play and the activities in which they participate. Children develop good pencil control and they are learning to write for a purpose. They successfully manage tasks for themselves, such as using tools for a purpose and putting on their own coats.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY382868 Local authority Milton Keynes Inspection number 1071066 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 18 November 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2008. She lives in Crownhill, Milton Keynes. The childminder's provision is open all year round, from 8am to 6pm on Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder 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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