Childminder EY245916

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 February 2018 27 September 2017

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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 play well together and create their own games based on their real-life experiences. They use their good communication and social skills to share their thoughts and decide what they are going to do next.  The childminder carefully observes children's progress and makes accurate assessments of their development. She reviews their learning to identify what they need to learn next and to check for any gaps in their achievement.  Children are happy, confident and motivated. They form secure attachments to the childminder and develop strong relationships with other children. Their well-being is promoted, for example through, outdoor play, good hygiene routines and healthy food.  The childminder works closely with the local nursery school where some children also attend. They share their knowledge of individual children's development and strategies to provide consistent support for children's behaviour.

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This provision is good

 Partnerships with parents are strong and they discuss children's development, healthy eating and what children are doing at home. The childminder provides ideas and resources for parents to use at home to continue children's learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not consistently make the most of what she knows about children's preferences to plan activities that promote very high levels of concentration.  Sometimes, the childminder does not leave quite enough time for children to think and get the most out of their own ideas during play.

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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

 make better use of what is known about children's preferences to meticulously plan learning experiences that promote very high levels of concentration  provide further opportunities to enable children to have even more time to think and extend their ideas during play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact it had on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to children throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including training certificates, and discussed the childminder's safeguarding procedures.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through written feedback they had provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder has taken concerted and effective action since her last inspection to make improvements to her setting. She has completed a variety of training and has a good knowledge of wider safeguarding issues and the local procedures for dealing with concerns about children's welfare. Safeguarding is effective. Support from the local authority and targeted training has successfully improved her understanding of how to make accurate assessments of children's learning. The childminder has a strong working partnership with the teachers at the local nursery school and spends time there with the children. They discuss any concerns about individual children and the childminder integrates their strategies for teaching literacy into her own practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Overall, the childminder plans learning experiences that help children to develop new skills and knowledge. She uses action songs and rhymes to help improve children's listening skills and resources outdoors to encourage children to explore mathematical concepts. Children enjoy noticing numbers in the environment, use them in their shopping role-play games and learn to use tape measures. Overall, the childminder uses her interactions with children to successfully extend their learning. She reinforces vocabulary about length as they construct lines of interlocking shapes and she challenges children to make them even longer. Children listen carefully to stories with repeated phrases and join in with the rhyming words to finish the sentences.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are keen learners who are prepared to 'have a go' and the childminder sensitively helps them to keep trying when they find something difficult. She praises children's efforts and helps them achieve by showing them how to use equipment. Older children are expected to be independent and confidently pour their own drinks, cut up fruit and manage their own personal needs. The childminder reinforces good manners and children cooperate with simple boundaries. She uses the same strategy as the local nursery school to help children understand and manage their own behaviour. Children are learning how to keep themselves safe. For example, the childminder talks to them about what will happen if they stand on the toys. She builds on children's interest in ice and igloos to find out about other houses in other cultures around the world.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress in their learning and are developing the skills they will need to be ready for school. Older children are learning to listen carefully to the different sounds letters make and practise forming some recognisable letters. Younger children use activities with soft dough and throw large balls outdoors to develop the strength and dexterity they need to hold a pencil. Children begin to use scissors skilfully, recognise numerals and count groups of objects. Older children can dress themselves, take turns with their friends and work together to complete jigsaws.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY245916 Local authority Doncaster Inspection number 1115401 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 27 September 2017

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2002 and lives in Thorne, on the outskirts of Doncaster. She operates all year round, from 7.30am until 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3.

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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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