Childminder in Nottingham

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 March 2018 10 November 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

 Since the last inspection, the childminder has made effective improvements to her practice. She has addressed all actions given and all relevant paperwork, such as Disclosure and Barring Service checks and first-aid certificates are in place.  The childminder provides children with wonderful opportunities to explore the natural world. Along with other people from the community, she takes children to visit a forest garden weekly. Children enjoy activities, such as den building, picnics and bug hunting. They also learn how to grow vegetables and look after their local environment.  The childminder supports children effectively as they move from home to her provision. Settling-in procedures are tailored to the individual needs of each child and their family, helping children to develop secure emotional attachments to the childminder.  The childminder supports children's self-esteem well. She praises and encourages

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This provision is good

children. They enjoy being congratulated for their achievements and demonstrate their feelings of pride and accomplishment as they smile and clap for themselves.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder has not yet embedded the self-evaluation process to help her to identify and address areas for development, to drive her provision forward and improve the outcomes for children.  At times, the childminder does not provide children with enough time to answer her questions and further develop their thinking 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

 continue to develop self-evaluation processes and use the information gained to target effective action that improves the quality of teaching  provide children with the time needed to think about and answer questions for them to further develop their thinking skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed all areas of the home that are used for childminding.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and the children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector observed the childminder during an adult-led activity and jointly evaluated this with the childminder.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records and a range of other documentation, including policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder regularly attends training that updates her knowledge around child protection issues. She knows the procedures to follow to report child protection concerns to the relevant professionals. The childminder has worked hard to ensure she has addressed all previous actions. She has gained support from the local authority and attended training to help develop her knowledge and skills. For example, she knows to complete the progress check for children aged between two and three years and to involve parents in this assessment. She regularly observes and assesses children's development and uses this information to help identify any gaps in their learning. This helps her to move children forward and they make good progress.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children develop their physical skills well. At toddler groups and soft-play areas they climb and stretch as they use large equipment. The childminder introduces opportunities for children to gain early mathematical and literacy skills during their play effectively. She provides paper and crayons for children to practise making marks and a range of different coloured paints. Even younger children want to 'have a go' at writing their name independently on their pictures. This helps to increase children's skills in readiness for writing in the future. The childminder uses good teaching strategies to support children. She follows children's lead and gives them time to explore. For example, while painting children begin to paint their hands. The childminder watches with interest and then encourages children to feel the texture of the paint on their hands. She supports children's language development and she models descriptive words, such as, 'wet' and 'sticky'.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children enjoy exploring words as they copy what the childminder says.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children show a strong sense of identity. They recognise themselves in photographs displayed on the childminder's wall. Children show excitement as they recognise and recall the activities and surroundings in the photographs, describing all about the green bean den they made at forest garden. The childminder helps support children's good health, such as providing nutritious meals and ensuring children wash their hands before eating.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress in their learning and development. They have ample opportunities to develop the skills that they will need for their eventual move on to school. Children behave well. Young children are remarkably skilled at using a pincer grip to make marks on paper. Children develop their imaginative skills alongside finding out how to care for babies. They play with dolls for significant periods of time. They dress them, change them and feed them. They talk about why babies might cry and what they can do to help them.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY490050 Local authority Nottingham City Inspection number 1118192 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 10 November 2017

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2015 and lives in Bulwell, Nottingham. She operates all year round from 7am until 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for 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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