Childminder EY290374

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 April 2018 10 December 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 has a great deal of experience and clearly understands how children learn. She offers children time and space to develop their play, sensitively joining in to support their ideas, sustain their focus and develop their skills.  Partnerships with parents are successful. The childminder shares information with parents regularly to support a consistent approach for children between their home and the childminder's care. Parents comment that they are very happy with the level of support the childminder gives children and that she meets their needs well.  The childminder builds on the learning children acquire at school. She works effectively with teachers, obtaining information to help her understand children's current interests and abilities. She uses this to complement children's school experiences well.  Children develop good emotional security. They are happy, confident and enjoy the

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This provision is good

time spent at the childminder's home. The childminder has a friendly and very caring manner. Children develop strong and friendly relationships with her and the other children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Although the childminder evaluates her practice well, she does not use the views of parents and children to help her make further improvements to her provision.

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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

 extend the opportunities for parents and children to become involved in the evaluation process.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed the areas used for childminding. She talked to the children and childminder at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector sampled documentation, including the suitability and qualifications of the childminder, policies and procedures, children's development records, and planning.  The inspector observed the children and the childminder. She evaluated the effectiveness of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector took account of parents' views about the service they receive.  The inspector discussed the childminder's risk assessments and her self-evaluation process.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a secure understanding of how to recognise and report any child protection concerns, to help keep children safe. She checks her home thoroughly each day to identify and remove any hazards, to help ensure children play safely. She has focused on updating her knowledge of safeguarding children through training and has reviewed her processes, for example, to help her protect children from harm and extreme views. The childminder shows dedication to continuing to provide a good service. She reviews the effectiveness of her practice, outlining areas for improvement, and adapts her resources and provision accordingly. She links with other childminders to gain good practice ideas, to ensure she keeps up with new guidance and to continue developing children's experiences.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children are happy and relaxed at the childminder's home and enjoy playing with their friends after school. There is a good variety of resources and activities for children to develop their creativity and imagination. For example, children have fun in the childminder's wooden den in the garden. They role play imaginatively, and design and create potions using natural materials. The childminder sensitively joins in with children's play, engaging them in conversations and extending their ideas and skills. She asks probing questions to encourage them to consider their approach to activities and to solve problems that they encounter. Children focus for long periods as they select different items, such as daisies and leaves to add into their 'soup'. They experiment pouring their mixture into tubes and adapt their approach, decanting it into different smaller cups to increase their effectiveness.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder sets out her home very well. She makes it accessible and inviting for children, and plans activities and resources linked to children's interests. The childminder supports children to be active and develop healthy lifestyles. Children relish being outside in the fresh air. They spend considerable periods there, having lots of fun and developing their physical skills. For example, they create imaginative games as they push themselves around on play cars. They mark out routes with chalk, creating a roundabout and connecting lanes to develop their play further. Children are respectful to the childminder, her family and each other, and their behaviour is good. The childminder successfully helps children develop a sense of responsibility and to appreciate the needs of others. For instance, she encourages children to use good manners, to share and to help tidy away resources. The childminder actively involves children in local events, to help them develop

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

a sense of their community. For example, they enjoy painting coloured rocks to hide around the village and join in the hunt for others that residents have hidden.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY290374 Local authority South Gloucestershire Inspection number 1129117 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 4 - 12 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 10 December 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2004 and lives in Wickwar, Wotton-under-Edge. She operates from 8am to 9am and 3.30pm to 6pm, Tuesday to Thursday, and 8am to 6pm during the school holidays, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate 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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