Childminder EY436524

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 May 2018 28 November 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

 The childminder has a good understanding of how children learn. Children enjoy the activities she plans and prepares for them. They spend extended length of time playing and exploring.  The childminder is committed to her professional development. Knowledge gained from a wide range of training courses is translated into practice effectively. For example, the childminder has extended opportunities for children to gain good mathematical skills in enjoyable ways. This successfully helps to improve learning outcomes for children.  Children benefit from a learning environment that is bright, welcoming and thoughtfully presented. They are highly motivated and explore freely during indoor and outdoor play.  Children are offered a healthy and balanced diet, in partnership with parents. Parents are given the choice between providing food themselves or having the childminder provide it. The childminder works closely with parents to ensure all meals are reflective

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This provision is good

of children's individual needs and dietary requirements.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder's strategies for gathering information from parents about what children can already do when they first join the setting are not as successful as they could be.  Sometimes, younger children are not as effectively challenged or engaged as the older children during child-initiated play.

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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

 explore more effective ways to encourage parents to share information about what their child can already do when they first start attending  make better use of teaching skills during child-initiated play to best support younger children to make the highest rates of progress in their learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed all areas of the home and garden that are used for childminding.  The inspector looked at children's records and a range of other documentation, including policies and procedures.  The inspector carried out observations of the childminder's interactions with the children and evaluated these with her. The inspector also discussed the childminder's self-evaluation methods.  The inspector observed children engaged in a variety of activities indoors and outdoors.  The inspector took account of the written views of parents expressed in letters and the childminder's own survey.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has a good knowledge and understanding of how to protect and safeguard children. She regularly attends training to update her knowledge and skills in this area. The childminder reflects on her practice and children's learning, alongside her co-childminder and her co-childminder's assistant. This enables her to quickly identify gaps in children's learning and plan an exciting range of activities that supports children to make continual progress. Any actions that are needed to address gaps in their learning are well-targeted and swiftly put into place.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The wide range of resources and toys indoors and outdoors captures children's interests well. The childminder, co-childminder and assistant introduce lots of opportunities for children to gain mathematical skills during their play. They help older children to count and recognise numerals one to five, for instance, while looking for hidden fish pictures. Children get excited about the activity, which is later continued outdoors, following children's wishes. Water-play activities further develop children's mathematical skills, as they learn about filling, emptying and talk about how heavy the watering can is when it is full. The childminder keeps parents very well informed about children's activities, their learning and the care they receive.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder is nurturing, caring and has a friendly personality. Children warm to her quickly, forming strong attachments and settling in their new environment with ease. The childminder is a positive role model for children. Children benefit from lots of praise, kind words and encouragement to share and take turns. This helps to support their developing confidence and sense of self-esteem. The childminder helps children to develop good hygiene practices and independence. She teaches them to wash their hands before eating and after going to the toilet. Children are given small tasks to complete, such as helping to prepare the drinks and snacks. They are delighted to be given the responsibility of being the helper. The childminder takes children to toddler groups and play sessions to meet other adults and children. She uses these opportunities well to help build children's social skills and awareness of diversity within the local community.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children thrive and thoroughly enjoy their time at the good-quality setting. They have independent access to a wide range of age-appropriate resources and equipment. They are eager to play and explore. Children are confident and sociable. They develop positive attitudes towards each other and are motivated to learn. Children show fascination and remain engaged in activities for a length of time. All children make good progress in relation to their starting points and are well prepared for the next stages of their learning and for the move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY436524 Local authority Nottinghamshire Inspection number 1105361 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 6 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 19

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 28 November 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2012. She is registered to work from another registered childminder's house in Newark, Nottinghamshire. The co-childminder also employs an assistant. The childminding provision operates all year round from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3. She provides 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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Telephone number

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