Childminder 318529

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 February 2018 3 December 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 interacts well with children. She is skilled at weaving learning into planned activities, child-initiated play and routines. For example, she uses opportunities, such as stories and climbing the stairs to help children learn to count. Children respond well to her teaching and make good rates of progress.  Children show that they feel safe and secure in the care of the childminder. The childminder is positive with children and offers them encouragement to keep trying and succeed. Children display high levels of self-esteem and confidence. For example, they clap at their achievements and comment on how clever they are.  The childminder takes children on an exciting range of outings. This helps children to develop their social skills and contributes to their understanding about the wider world, people and communities.  The childminder provides children with an exceptionally wide range of interesting

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This provision is good

resources. The organisation enables children to make their own choices in play.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder gathers information from parents when children first start to inform her initial assessments. However, she has not yet considered gathering ongoing information from parents about children's learning to strengthen her assessments even further.  The childminder evaluates her provision effectively. However, her professional development focuses mainly on essential aspects of training, rather than being specifically targeted at developing first-rate teaching skills.

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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

 gather ongoing information from parents to inform assessments to help plan even more precisely and help children to make even greater progress  build on the already good practice and use self-evaluation even more effectively and seek further ways to develop first-rate teaching skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and free play, and she assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector observed a planned activity and jointly evaluated the teaching with the childminder.  The inspector had a tour of the areas of the childminder's home that are used for childminding.  The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She viewed a range of documents and checked evidence of the suitability of the childminder.  The inspector viewed written feedback provided by parents and older children prior to the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder places great emphasis on keeping children safe. She has a number of procedures in place in her home to help minimise risks. Additionally, she has systems in place to help keep children safe on outings. For example, when on outings, children wear high-visibility jackets and wristbands and the childminder completes a register at regular intervals. The childminder attends safeguarding training and updates her knowledge of child protection regularly. She has a good understanding of the potential signs and symptoms of abuse and the procedures in place in the event of a concern arising.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder observes children as they play and completes regular assessments. She uses the information to plan effectively for what children need to learn next. Overall, her systems enable her to monitor children's progress and help her to identify any gaps in learning. The childminder shares information about children's progress with parents. Children enjoy playing with dough. They use their hands to manipulate the dough into shapes. They use a range of tools, such as cutters and moulds. This helps to build their physical skills, in particular their finger and hand muscles. While making marks in the dough, children recognise shapes, such as triangles. They tell the childminder that it reminds them of a Christmas tree. The childminder makes good use of this spontaneous opportunity to engage children in conversation about past events and experiences. This helps to extend their communication and language skills further. The childminder engages

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

children in playing with cars and a ramp. She encourages children to make simple predictions, such as which ones will fit and how fast they might go down. She models a range of mathematical language which children repeat. This helps children to develop their understanding of mathematical concepts.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder is positive and encourages good behaviour and the use of good manners at all times. Children are eager to help to tidy away resources, they say 'please' and 'thank you' and their behaviour is good in relation to their age. The childminder provides children with a healthy diet. Children access fresh air each day and engage in regular handwashing routines. This helps children to adopt healthy lifestyles. Care routines meet the individual needs of children. For example, the childminder is knowledgeable about children's sleep routines and preferences. This helps her to support their physical well-being.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are motivated to learn. They show good problem-solving skills. For example, they persevere at fitting pieces into an inset jigsaw board, trying different ways until they are successful. Children are working in the age band expected for their age and slightly above for speaking. Children who are not yet two-years-old are using simple sentences and ask simple questions. They are well prepared for the next stage in learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 318529 Local authority Trafford Inspection number 1103687 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 10 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 3 December 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2000 and lives in the Partington area of Trafford, Manchester. She operates from 8am until 6.30pm all year round, Monday to Friday, with the exception of bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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