Childminder EY218924

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 April 2018 10 April 2015

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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 and her assistant are warm, caring and welcoming. They carefully support children's emotional well-being and meet their individual needs successfully.  Children demonstrate good listening skills and behave well. They follow instructions and learn to share and take turns. The childminder praises children for using good manners.  The childminder helps children to develop their mathematical skills. For example, she asks them to recognise and sequence numbers in order. Children make good progress in their learning and development.  The childminder shares information about children's learning with parents well, such as through discussion and providing daily diaries for younger children. She offers parents suggestions and ideas about how they can continue their children's good progress at home. For example, she lets parents borrow toys and resources.  Children are independent. They freely explore the childminder's home, selecting

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This provision is good

resources and activities to support their interests.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Occasionally, the childminder's assistant does not provide children with enough challenge during activities to help them make the best possible progress.  The childminder does not always thoroughly establish how areas identified for improvement will positively improve learning outcomes for children.

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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 support that children receive in their learning further, to help them make even faster rates of progress in their development  focus more precisely on identifying how improvements made can support children to achieve high levels of progress in their learning.

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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 discussions with the childminder and her assistant. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household.  The inspector spoke to children.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through reading the written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a secure knowledge of the signs and symptoms of possible abuse. She has a good understanding of how to manage any child protection concerns. The childminder helps children to learn about how they can keep themselves safe. Children confidently talk about the procedure they should follow when evacuating the childminder's home in an emergency. They explain how they will help younger children by talking to them and holding their hand to keep them safe. The childminder talks to her assistant about children's learning needs. They are both studying for a childcare degree to extend their professional development. This helps to secure their knowledge and understanding of how children learn.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder and her assistant observe and monitor the progress children make in their learning. They plan activities for children, helping them to learn new skills. Parents comment that they like how the childminder helps children to learn through play. The childminder weaves mathematical language into children's play. For example, she asks children to compare the size of stems on flowers using words, such as 'short' and 'long'. Older children use paints and brushes to create pictures of flowers, helping to develop their early writing skills. They attempt to write their name on their paintings. The childminder and her assistant help children to learn about growth and decay. For instance, they take children to a garden centre to buy seeds to plant. Children plant sunflowers and tomato plants and learn about how they grow.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder takes children to the local park to use larger apparatus to help develop their physical skills. She asks children to make movements that represent animals and takes children to dance classes. The childminder finds out information from parents about children's medical and dietary requirements and promotes these well in her care. She offers children a range of healthy snacks and meals. The childminder helps children to learn about healthy eating. She provides them with opportunities to make meals, such as chicken pie and teaches children to choose and cut up vegetables. This promotes children's independence well.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children gain skills in readiness for their move to school. They make good progress from their starting points. Children use toy bricks to construct. They confidently tell the childminder about what they have made. This demonstrates children's imagination. Older children start to read simple words in books, demonstrating their good literacy skills. Children develop their confidence when they give instructions to other children. For example, they explain to others that they need to 'pat' the soil when filling a plant pot. Children solve problems as they use their fingers to make a hole in the soil for the seed.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY218924 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 1091338 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 9 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 12

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 10 April 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2001 and lives in Grantham. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for three- and four-year-old children. She holds a childcare qualification at level 3. The childminder works with an assistant and provides occasional overnight care.

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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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