Setting EY538431

Report for Childcare on Domestic Premises

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 30 April 2018 Not applicable

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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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 Staff develop excellent relationships with children and parents. Parents and children talk about how kind and gentle staff are, which helps children to settle and feel very comfortable.  Staff provide children with very good opportunities to hear and develop their home languages. They organise local visits and encourage children to explore other cultures and customs of the wider world. Children play and learn in harmony.  The manager, who is also the provider, works exceptionally hard with the whole team to ensure that standards are good. Staff know children very well and children make good progress from their starting points.  Staff observe and assess children's learning well. They plan a range of activities that provides good levels of challenge to extend children's learning. Children make good progress and develop the skills they need for their eventual move on to school.  The provider implements a thorough recruitment policy to ensure staff are suitable to

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This provision is good

work with children and there are effective systems to ensure staff remain suitable.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children do not have as many opportunities as possible to explore writing as part of their play.  Training and professional development are not consistently focused to build on specific areas to raise staff skills and promote the quality of their teaching even further.

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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

 expand the opportunities for children to use writing and purposeful marks in their play  use information from staff performance and child development records to target training and professional development even more sharply, to enable staff to extend their knowledge and teaching skills even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector discussed an evaluation of an activity with the provider.  The inspector held a number of discussions with the provider, staff and children.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including evidence of the suitability of persons working with children. The inspector discussed with the provider and staff how they reflect on their practice.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through email feedback and discussions during the inspection process.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The provider protects children's safety and welfare. Risk assessments and daily checks of all child-accessible areas help to ensure that children can play safely. All staff have a good knowledge about wider safeguarding issues. They understand how to make a referral to local agencies if they are concerned about a child's welfare, to protect their well-being. The provider evaluates her setting rigorously and listens to the views and ideas of staff, parents and children in order to identify and promote continued development. Good observations of ongoing teaching help staff to ensure they identify any gaps in children's learning. Planning is then adapted to help close or minimise these gaps in learning as quickly as possible.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The quality of teaching is good and children's confidence grows in relation to their communication, physical and social development. The setting is very well equipped with toys and props that support early learning. Staff are motivated and work well as a team to meet the individual needs of each child. Children enjoy listening to stories. Teaching is enjoyable and encourages them to share their ideas about what is happening in the book, as well as encouraging them to join in with repeating text. Staff encourage children to use props that enhance and help them to participate in the story. Staff plan exciting activities and children are widely encouraged to make their own choices and lead their own play.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff ensure the home routines of children are known, valued and followed. They form very secure attachments with children, who trust and seek them out to share their achievements. Children demonstrate a very strong sense of belonging. They navigate around the setting with ease and self-assurance, selecting resources or dealing with their personal needs extremely well. Exceptional opportunities enable them to learn about other people, including fortnightly trips to a local residential home for older people. Children learn to clean their teeth and develop an excellent knowledge of hygiene and the benefits of eating a healthy diet and playing outside.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good and occasionally rapid progress from their starting points. They develop an excellent understanding about the correct protocols for conversations. For example, children politely and patiently take turns in speaking and listening when talking to each other, staff or visitors. Children are inquisitive as they explore how pompoms can travel through tubes and demonstrate dexterity as they use single-handed tools, such as tweezers, with extremely good coordination and control.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY538431 Local authority Essex Inspection number 1134412 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 11 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 75

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

Charlies House Childminding registered in 2016. The provider employs 10 members of childcare staff. Of these, five staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. There is also an administrator. The setting opens from Monday to Friday, all year around. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm. Staff provide funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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