Childminder in Rotherham

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 April 2018 8 May 2017

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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 uses her interactions with children effectively to support them to think and solve problems. She answers their questions to help them understand how things work.  Children are keen learners and enjoy exploring the garden. They have their own ideas and make connections in their thinking. Children experiment and test out their ideas with help from the childminder.  Children are learning how to keep themselves safe and manage their own needs independently. The childminder explains about risks in the garden and older children put on their own shoes and coats.  Children are confident and happy in the childminder's care. Their secure attachments to the childminder provide reassurance and they readily express their choices and ideas.  The childminder works with the local nursery school and parents, to find out what children need to learn next. She plans some activities to target their next steps in

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This provision is good

learning and develop the skills they will need to be ready for school.  Parents are very pleased with the care and education their children receive and the information they get from the childminder. Children settle quickly and feel safe.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always use what she knows about children's learning preferences to plan experiences that fully promote their curiosity and concentration.  The childminder has not used highly focused professional development to raise the quality of teaching to the very highest level.

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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 information about how individual children prefer to learn, to plan learning experiences that promote very high levels of concentration and curiosity  enhance professional development so that it focuses more specifically on developing an expert knowledge of teaching and learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this had on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector looked at a range of documentation, including training certificates and evidence of the suitability of people living in the home. She also discussed the childminder's safeguarding procedure.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through written feedback provided.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and children throughout the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder has developed close links to the local nursery school where some children also attend. She finds out what children are learning at school and discusses the progress of individual children with their teachers. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a secure knowledge of how to recognise and respond to concerns about children's welfare. She has completed training about some wider safeguarding issues and keeps up to date with changes to local procedures. The childminder has successfully addressed the improvements raised at the last inspection. She reviews her practice regularly so that children benefit from good-quality care and learning experiences.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The qualified childminder is experienced at assessing children's development to find out what they need to learn next. She creates games that encourage older children to practise recognising numbers and forming the more difficult letters in their name. The childminder uses a variety of good teaching strategies to challenge children and extend their learning as they play. She explains how the water pump works and children learn the best way to squirt the most water. Children begin to solve problems themselves and the childminder supports them by asking them why the balls have got stuck and what they could do next. The childminder listens carefully to children as they talk and clearly repeats their ideas to reinforce their language and thinking skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are learning to manage their own risks as they experiment with water. The childminder explains that they will be uncomfortable if they get wet clothes and the steps on the slide will become slippery. Children are determined and enjoy leading their own play and investigations. They talk to the childminder as they experiment with spraying water on different things around the garden and tell her that it is like rain when it falls on the slide. The childminder works in partnership with parents to make sure children are offered a balanced diet of food they enjoy. Children help the childminder plant vegetables in the garden and she creates opportunities to talk about healthy eating. The childminder uses outings, toys and books to help children become familiar with different cultures beyond their own community.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress in their development and older children are well prepared for school. They develop confidence and show they can concentrate during some activities. Older children benefit from a simple daily routine that helps them become independent as they eat lunch and get changed to go to nursery school. They enjoy opportunities during the week, to play with other children their own age, at play groups the childminder attends and use their emerging social skills. Children use mathematical language in their investigations of the natural world and can tell the childminder there is another spider which makes two.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY300241 Local authority Rotherham Inspection number 1107613 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2005 and lives in the Wickersley area of Rotherham. She operates her provision all year round from 7.30am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early learning education for three- and four-year-old children. She holds a relevant 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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