Childminder EY376567

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 27 February 2018 22 January 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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 The childminder provides an extremely stimulating environment that motivates children to learn. Children show high levels of curiosity as they busily move around to explore and investigate activities. The childminder is exceptionally sensitive to the needs of all children, helping to support their emotional well-being from the very start effectively.  Children are supported very well to develop an increasing awareness of how to keep themselves safe. The childminder encourages them to take measured risks. For example, they lie on top of a large truck and enjoy themselves as they work out how to balance, in order to avoid falling off.  The childminder promotes young children's language and communication very well. She provides a detailed running commentary using words and sounds in context. Children are encouraged to successfully mimic what they hear and quickly learn new words.  The childminder pays good attention to her ongoing professional development. This

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This provision is good

helps her to explore different teaching methods to promote children's achievements.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Partnerships with other providers are not yet highly effective to share ongoing information and maintain continuity in children's learning.  The childminder does not make the best possible use of initial information she gathers from parents to fully support children's learning needs from a very early stage.

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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

 strengthen the partnerships with other providers at settings that children also attend to share regular information and to give even better support for children's ongoing learning  make better use of initial information obtained from parents to plan even more precisely for children's continued progress from a very early stage.

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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.  The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living or working in the household.  The inspector interacted with children during the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through the written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder's home is safe and secure. She keeps up to date with safeguarding requirements. The childminder attends training that helps to raise her awareness of how to identify abuse and protect children from extreme ideas about right and wrong. The childminder risk assesses her home and outings to help her to identify any potential hazards to children. She takes action to implement measures that minimise these. The childminder monitors children's ongoing progress to ensure that she can quickly identify and address any gaps in their learning. She works very closely with parents, providing them with information about how they can support their children's learning. The childminder uses questionnaires and regular discussions with parents to help her to evaluate her practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder observes and assesses children's progress. She supports their participation well by providing activities that she knows they enjoy. Children engage well as they play with puzzles. These help them to develop their physical skills, such as control over their movements, effectively. Young children are beginning to use their imaginations. They enjoy pushing and steering a toy spider along in a car and use toy figures when they play with a doll's house. Children make good progress and develop the skills needed for future learning. The childminder promotes children's understanding of the world. She lifts them up to look at a bird and shows them an aeroplane flying overhead. Children show great curiosity when they notice their reflection in a lampshade. They are fascinated by what they see and reach out to touch their image.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Young children behave very well for their age. They develop an extremely warm and trusting relationship with the childminder who acts as an excellent role model. Parents talk about how their children are treated as part of the family. Children are encouraged extremely well to lead their play and make choices about what they would like to do next. They look to the childminder for reassurance and regularly invite her to join in with their chosen games. Young children show great pride in their achievements when they successfully place a puzzle piece back into its tray. Children learn how to care for living things. They plant and grow vegetables in the childminder's garden and help her to look after the chickens.

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Outcomes for children are good

Young children show good engagement and interest in learning. They become animated when they see a picture of a rabbit on a puzzle. Children show good communication skills and make themselves understood. They make sounds and enthusiastically point towards a picture of a pig which has the same shaped ears as the rabbit. Children show their good understanding when they react quickly to the childminder's request to find a toy spider.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY376567 Local authority Hertfordshire Inspection number 1102123 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 12 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 22 January 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2007 and lives in Bishops Stortford. She operates during term time and, on occasions, during school holidays. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Thursday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds a childcare 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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Telephone number

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