Childminder EY493463

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 The childminder creates a very welcoming, homely, environment for children to come to play and learn. Strong attachments have been formed with the children and their families. This helps to support children's emotional well-being.  The childminders teaching is good. She facilitates children's learning and cements their existing skills, making strong use of her high-quality interactions. This helps to support the good progress children make.  The childminder offers children excellent opportunities for physical, active, outdoor play. This helps children to build on existing skills in an environment they learn best in.  Children receive lots of praise and encouragement. This motivates them to have a positive attitude to learning and secure good outcomes.  The childminder carries out a process of self-evaluation. She recognises and establishes areas for further improvements to help build upon the good service she provides.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The monitoring of children's progress is not always completed with acute precision. This means that, on very rare occasions, some activities do not always offer children the highest level of challenge.  The childminder has not explored highly successful strategies to help parents be even more involved in their child's ongoing learning.  Professional development opportunities are not always highly focused on developing the childminder's overall practice to an outstanding 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

 monitor children's progress meticulously, to help deliver activities that offer children the highest level of challenge  help parents to be even more involved in their child's ongoing development  focus professional development more precisely to help raise overall practice to an outstanding level.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder engaging with children in a range of activities and assessed the impact this has on their learning.  The inspector looked at a sample of children's assessment records and discussed the systems for planning children's play experiences.  The inspector viewed a range of polices, including safeguarding procedures. She also checked evidence of the childminder's qualifications and the suitability of household members.  The inspector and childminder discussed further training undertaken since the last inspection and the content of her self-evaluation.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection, and took account of parental views through written feedback.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder is a passionate and self-critical professional, who has high expectations for herself and for the children that attend. She has established a range of well-organised policies and procedures that helps her to deliver high-quality care and learning opportunities on a daily basis. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has attended all mandatory training and she is confident on the procedures to follow to safeguard children. This includes, recognising possible signs of abuse and administering emergency first-aid treatments. The childminder's safeguarding policy is in line with local procedures and includes the procedures she would follow to protect children from extreme views and beliefs. The childminder gathers the views of parents to ensure they are happy with the service she provides. Parent's written feedback is very complimentary and they feel the childminder contributes significantly to the progress their children make.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder is well qualified and makes good use of the knowledge and experience she has gained through working within the education profession. She knows the children well and uses this knowledge to plan play experiences she knows children will thoroughly enjoy. For example, children make dough to use as an extension in their imaginative play in the outdoor mud kitchen. Children actively seek out the childminder to join in their play. The childminder helps children to develop their excitement of books and reading stories. Children thoroughly enjoy joining in and listen attentively. This helps to support the good progress children make in their literacy and listening skills. The childminder completes written assessments, including the progress check for children aged between two and three years and shares this information with parents.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children's well-being, health and physical development are fostered very well. Children are very happy and settled. The childminder is a strong role model. She and the children establish clear expectations of good behaviour and as a consequence children's behaviour is good. Children are given many opportunities to be involved in decision-making, including what they eat for their snacks and meals. The childminder makes the most of these times and weaves in many learning opportunities. For example, children learn how to make healthy food choices and become independent in other aspects of the daily routines.

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Outcomes for children are good

Outcomes for children are good. Children make good progress from their starting points and are working within their age expected bands of development. Children, who have attended the childminder's provision from a young age, have been supported to build a secure foundation for successful future learning. They are confident individuals who often display the characteristics of effective learning. They demonstrate strong levels of self- esteem and self-confidence, and articulate their views and opinions in abundance.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY493463 Local authority Blackburn Inspection number 1029715 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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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 and lives in Darwen. She operates all year round from 7.45am to 5.30pm, Monday to Thursday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She also provides overnight and weekend care, should parents request additional services. The childminder holds a qualification at level 3 in home-based childcare and holds qualified teacher status. 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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Telephone number

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