Childminder 100276

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 April 2018 20 July 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

 Children form strong bonds with the childminder and she knows how to help them settle to play quickly. She recognises when children are tired and need to rest, and they are relaxed and emotionally secure in her care.  The childminder continues to develop her professional knowledge. For example, she has updated her first-aid training, and training that has helped raise her understanding of how children learn through play and what she can do to support their ideas further.  Children enjoy a variety of exciting activities and become engrossed in their play. They are motivated to learn and make good progress.  The childminder provides a comfortable, inviting home and children move around confidently in their play. Children feel valued and welcome. For example, they see their artwork displayed around the play areas and talk about this with the childminder.  Children behave very well. The childminder is calm and reassuring, and children follow

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This provision is good

her good role modelling. Older children show concern for their younger friends who are sleeping and greet them warmly when they awake.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not use her discussions with parents about children's existing skills on entry effectively, to support fully initial assessments and planning of activities.  The childminder does not always use her identified next steps of children's development as well as possible to plan activities that will consistently support and extend all areas of their learning.

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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 more use of information obtained from parents about children's existing development on entry, to support the initial assessment and planning of activities  strengthen the use of children's identified next steps of development to plan activities that consistently build on their existing abilities and extend their learning more effectively.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's interactions in play indoors and outdoors.  The inspector viewed documentation, such as operational policies, procedures and required records, including first-aid and insurance certificates.  The inspector undertook a joint observation with the childminder and discussed children's learning and development.  The inspector discussed self-evaluation with the childminder and how this helps her make improvements to her practice.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder continues to keep her safeguarding training up to date. She understands her responsibilities to protect children's welfare and what to do should any concerns arise. The childminder has developed her understanding of evaluating her practice and now does this more frequently to help her make ongoing improvements. For instance, she has reviewed the organisation of craft activities and now enables children to develop their own creative ideas more effectively. The childminder monitors children's achievements regularly and shares these with parents, keeping them updated on children's daily activities and progress.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder gets to know children well and understands their likes and dislikes in play. She actively encourages children's understanding of the world. For example, children find a woodlouse in the garden and show great interest in looking at this in a bug viewer. They say the woodlouse has 'a lot of legs and is furry'. Children become engrossed examining a broken snail shell and have fun finding different sized twigs to help make a bird's nest. The childminder supports children's imagination and their enjoyment of stories well. For instance, older children join in with the repeated refrains of a favourite story and excitedly copy the 'splish, splash, splosh' or 'stumble trip' actions as they pretend to go through a river or a wood. Younger children use play dough imaginatively, stretching, rolling and squashing as they say they are making 'cheese'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder actively promotes children's good behaviour and cooperation skills. For example, children share well and start to understand boundaries. Older children willingly take turns with table-top games, such as to carefully balance some plastic monkey shapes on a toy tree. They laugh excitedly when anticipating the moment the monkey shapes will fall off the tree. Younger children start to gain more control with their movements, such as to use colouring pens to make circle shapes. The childminder supports children's good health and fitness well. For instance, children enjoy running games in the garden. They eagerly fill and carry toy watering cans to and from the climbing frame. Children use up their energy well, such as when enthusiastically using a small broom to scrub the slide with water and bubbles.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are well prepared for their future learning at school. For example, they become confident communicators and eagerly tell the childminder about a caterpillar story they have enjoyed. They say the caterpillar was a 'cocoon' and then a 'beautiful butterfly'. Children play cooperatively and help each other in their games. For instance, they decide together how to arrange a blanket across a small table and chairs to make their den.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 100276 Local authority Bournemouth Inspection number 1110331 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 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 20 July 2017

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1998. She lives in Southbourne, Dorset. The childminder provides care on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, all year round. She receives funding to provide free early years education for children aged three and four years.

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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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