Nash, Sallyanne

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 27 April 2018 5 December 2014

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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

 Young children's communication skills are superbly promoted by the childminder. She models speaking very clearly and uses gestures to help make her meaning understood. The running commentary provided by the childminder helps young children to learn new words in context.  Children's emotional development is very well supported from the start. The childminder speaks to parents about their children's personal needs. This information helps her to accurately personalise the care she provides.  The settling in procedure is gradual. This allows children time to get to know the childminder and become familiar with their new environment.  The childminder has improved her knowledge and understanding of good childcare practice. She attends face-to-face and online training opportunities. The childminder is part of a local childminding group. This provides her with regular opportunities to hold professional discussions and exchange ideas.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not always make the most of information from assessments to help her focus teaching more precisely on what each child needs to learn next.  The childminder does not make the most of her good relationships with parents to support them to complement and extend their children's learning at home.

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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

 use information gained from assessment more precisely to plan for and target what individual children need to learn next to promote the best possible progress  enhance the strategies that are in place to support parents to complement and extend their children's learning at home.

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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 a number of discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household.  The inspector interacted with children during the inspection.  The inspector took account of parents' views through the feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder regularly updates her safeguarding knowledge and understanding. She is aware of what to do if she is worried about a child's welfare. The childminder ensures that her home is safe for children to play in. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder helps children learn how to keep safe. During mealtimes she clearly explains, so that they understand, why it is not safe to put a blunt knife in their mouth. The childminder maintains a record of children's hours of attendance. This ensures that she is aware of who is in her care at any given time. Parents talk about how safe their children are in the childminder's care. Parent's feedback is positive. They describe the childminder as, 'sensitive, very caring and a consummate professional'. They talk about how their children are greeted every day with 'happiness and laughter'. Parents enjoy the 'lovely photographs' of their children sent to them by the childminder each day.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder provides children with a range of interesting activities. They have fun using their fingers to make a series of marks in sand. Children draw a circle and tell the childminder that their picture is of a door. When the childminder praises this achievement children smile, showing their sense of pride. The childminder promotes children's love of books very well. She effectively gains their attention by using intonation in her voice and ensuring that each page is clearly visible. The childminder asks probing questions that encourage children's thinking, such as, 'can you remember who lives in a cave?' Children's knowledge and understanding of the world is supported during lively discussions about the different types of creatures that live in ponds.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children develop strong bonds with the childminder. They are confident in her home and show that they feel safe in her care. The childminder supports children's growing understanding about what is acceptable behaviour through sensitive discussions and gentle reminders. Children develop independence skills. They wash their hands, with a little support, as they prepare for lunch time. The childminder encourages children to make choices. She asks them what type of fruit they would like at snack time. Children enjoy a good range of opportunities to develop their physical skills. They competently transfer water from one container to another and show good hand-to-eye coordination. Children enjoy outdoor play in the childminder's garden and on visits to local parks.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children enjoy independent play opportunities and quickly become engrossed in learning. They spend periods of time exploring toys and working out how to overcome problems, such as successfully putting a telephone back into its cradle. Children use their imagination. They take pretend photographs of the childminder using an old camera. Children make good progress as they gain skills that support their future development and help them prepare for starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 130198 Local authority Hertfordshire Inspection number 1103021 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 5 December 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1994 and lives in Potters Bar. She operates all year round, from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds a childcare 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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