Childminder in Surrey

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 February 2018 1 April 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 provides a bright, welcoming and homely environment. Children enjoy nurturing and caring relationships with the childminder. She engages well with children and is attentive to their needs. This means children are happy, settled and emotionally secure in their surroundings.  The childminder is very experienced and has a good understanding of how young children learn and develop. She plans activities that take into account children's interests and uses the information from her observations to effectively plan their next steps in learning.  The quality of teaching is good. Children enjoy playing with a wide selection of good- quality resources and toys appropriate for their different stages of development.  Children's health and physical development are promoted successfully. Children have good opportunities to spend time outdoors. They visit local parks and places of interest within the community.

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This provision is good

 The childminder has a clear understanding of how to work in partnership with other settings that children attend. Parents are very pleased with the quality of the provision and the care their children receive. They say the childminder 'goes over and beyond what is expected'.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always encourage parents to share information about what their children achieve at home so that she can use this when planning future activities.  The childminder has not implemented an ambitious training programme to enhance further the good-quality care and learning already provided.

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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

 encourage parents to share more information about their children's achievements at home and use this to strengthen activity planning  make better use of professional development opportunities that focus on developing teaching skills further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and children and carried out a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector read written statements from parents and took into account their views.  The inspector discussed the planning of activities with the childminder.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of adults living on the premises.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder is very clear and confident about her role in ensuring children's safety and their overall welfare. She regularly updates her knowledge of safeguarding by attending training and knows whom to contact in the event of a concern about a child. She has also completed relevant training to enhance her understanding of the wider safeguarding issues. The childminder makes sure the premises are safe and secure and has taken positive action to minimise any risks to children. She monitors the progress children make and is able to quickly identify where they are in their development. The childminder continually reflects on her practice to see how she can improve. She gleans information and updates from other childminder and early years websites to raise the quality of her provision.

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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. The childminder consistently includes mathematics in activities and routines to help children to develop an understanding of concepts such as number, shape and capacity. The childminder supports children's language development very well. She regularly reads stories and engages children in conversations. She asks children well-considered questions that encourage them to think about problems and find solutions. For example, she asks them to predict what will happen when water beads are placed in tubes. Children observe as the beads cascade down winding slops before bouncing around on the tray and floor. The childminder hides sea creatures in a bowl filled with blue water beads to replicate the sea. She encourages children to find the objects, count them, name the colours and sort them

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder promotes children's personal, social and emotional development. She praises children warmly. The childminder is a good role model for children and treats them with kindness and respect. Children behave very well because the childminder calmly and consistently communicates her expectations. They are able to understand about staying safe and how to manage risks. Children practise fire drills and learn about road safety. The childminder promotes children's good health effectively. She provides healthy meals and snacks and takes effective steps to minimise the risk of cross-infection by providing children with individual hand flannels.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are making good progress across all areas of their learning and development. They are prepared well for their next stage of learning and move to school. Children learn to manage their own personal care needs and quickly become independent. They develop good social skills and are confident communicators, They freely share their thoughts and ideas with the childminder, such as pointing to pictures and telling the childminder, 'I would love to have that bike.'

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY437640 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1069113 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 14 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 11

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 1 April 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2012. She lives in Woking, Surrey. The childminder provides care Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 7pm all year round, 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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Telephone number

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