Childminder in Trafford

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 31 January 2018 12 August 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 has a good knowledge of the children in her care. She uses information gathered through observing children's play to monitor achievements and identify what they need to learn next. She uses this understanding to provide activities and opportunities that support children to make good progress in their learning and development.  Partnerships with parents are strong. Parents regularly share information with the childminder about learning that has happened at home. The childminder keeps them informed by sending photographs via her phone and sharing learning journals. Parents are complimentary about the care and teaching that the childminder provides.  Children are treated with warmth, kindness and patience. This helps them to feel safe and emotionally secure. Children readily go to the childminder for comfort and reassurance, for example, when they fall over.  The childminder gives children plenty of praise and encouragement. This helps children

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This provision is good

to develop their confidence and self-esteem. It also helps them to understand her expectations. As a result, children behave well.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not consistently take all opportunities to promote young children's speaking skills even further.  The childminder does not have a fully established system to monitor the practice of her assistant to help further promote their professional 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

 enhance teaching skills to ensure that all opportunities to strengthen children's speaking skills are taken  monitor the assistant's practice more closely and help promote their professional development 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, as well as observing and discussing the teaching of her assistant.  The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living and working in the household.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through reading the written feedback they provided.  The inspector engaged with children at appropriate times.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good awareness of how to keep children safe in her home and when out in the community. She has attended designated child protection training. This has helped her to have a good understanding of the procedure to follow if she has concerns about a child's welfare. The childminder reflects well upon her service and the activities that she provides for children. She attends regular training and meets with other childminders to further her knowledge and understanding and improve outcomes for children. She sometimes works with an assistant and they work closely together to make sure children are happy and they build strong emotional bonds with them. Effective partnerships with other settings that children attend are in place. This helps promote continuity for children's learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has a good understanding of how children learn. During their play, she provides plenty of opportunities for children to explore the resources and work out simple problems themselves. For example, they roll different cars down large cardboard tubes and work out how to put train track pieces together. Children are encouraged to engage in messy play, such as playing in foam soap and working out how to squirt water from a bottle. The childminder encourages parents to share children's development when they first start at the setting. This helps her to gain an in-depth picture of children's learning and plan appropriately to support children.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children have opportunities to learn about similarities and differences between themselves and others. For example, children regularly attend a playgroup in a church hall, where they learn about prayer as part of their morning routine. They also attend a group that encourages messy play. This offers children opportunities to enjoy sensory experiences while playing alongside other children of their own age. Children's independence and self- care skills are well supported. They have regular exercise and start to understand how to keep themselves safe. For example, when walking the dog and on the walk to school they discuss whether it is safe to cross the road.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are confident, lead their own play and have time to explore their own ideas. They enjoy pressing buttons on toys and watch with delight as characters pop up in response. This helps to support their small-muscle development and coordination as well as helping them to learn about cause and effect. Children are happy and develop good emotional attachments with the childminder and her assistant. They make good progress in their learning and development and develop the key skills they need in preparation for the next stages in their learning, including school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY279449 Local authority Trafford Inspection number 1104174 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 12 August 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2004 and lives in Timperly, Altrincham. She operates all year round from 7.45am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She sometimes 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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