Childminder in Gloucestershire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 May 2018 20 October 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 is very experienced. She has a sound understanding of her role and responsibilities. This helps her to promote children's safety, welfare and learning well.  The childminder is friendly, welcoming and caring. She gets to know children and their families well. Children settle quickly and are very content with her. Parents comment that nothing is too much trouble for the childminder and their children love attending.  The childminder provides children with a good range of activities that helps to promote different aspects of their learning well. Children are curious and inquisitive. They are motivated to play, explore and learn.  Children make good progress in their development. They are becoming highly successful learners. This includes all those in receipt of funded education.  Older children are becoming highly independent. They competently manage their own care needs and can make choices about what they want to do, play with or eat.

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This provision is good

 The childminder shares two-way information about children's care and development with parents and other providers. This helps to promote strong continuity between the setting, home and other settings children attend.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not plan fully effectively to provide babies with consistently rich and varied opportunities to investigate, use and combine resources in different ways.  The childminder does not monitor children's progress as closely as possible, to help her provide consistently focused activities that target children's learning needs at all times.

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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 planning for babies and provide them with consistently rich and varied opportunities to investigate, use and combine resources in different ways  monitor children's progress more closely, to help better inform the planning of activities to focus more sharply on children's learning needs.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed teaching practice and conducted a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector viewed the areas used for childminding and held discussions with the childminder.  The inspector looked at the records, documents and policies available.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability and qualifications of the childminder.  The inspector spoke to children and sought the views of parents from the written evidence provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder's home is safe and secure. She conducts regular risk assessment checks of the areas in use to help reduce any potential hazards. The childminder has a sound understanding of safeguarding issues. She knows how to identify and act to protect children from different types of harm. The childminder conducts research, accesses training and works closely with a network of other childminders. This helps her to keep her knowledge and skills up to date. Self- evaluation is good. The childminder reflects carefully on the quality of the provision. She sets clear targets for future development and aspires to achieve outstanding practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder observes children's achievements and assesses their abilities well over time. She identifies the key next steps in children's learning and shapes activities to promote their interests well overall. For example, children of all ages enjoy creative and imaginative play. The childminder provides them with good opportunities to build dens in the garden, draw pictures using pencils and pens, and engage in role play using home- corner resources or a doctor's set. The childminder talks to children about what they are doing, shows them how to use resources and offers explanations to their learning. All children continually progress well in their learning and development.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder successfully promotes children's physical well-being. She is sensitive to babies' care needs, such as bottle feeding, nappy changing and sleep arrangements. The childminder provides children with nutritional snacks and meals. She helps them to make healthy choices and talks to them about the benefits of eating well. The childminder ensures children adopt good hygiene routines. She encourages regular exercise. Children enjoy riding around on wheeled vehicles, playing on the swings and climbing on low-level equipment in her garden. Children behave really well and actively participate in the familiar routines. The childminder helps them adhere to her simple boundaries. She helps children learn about their similarities and differences, and fosters mutual respect.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children gain all the skills they need for the next stage of their learning and eventually school. Babies learn to babble and explore speech sounds. Children express their wants, needs and ideas clearly. Babies learn to cooperate with caregiving experiences. Children take responsibility for their own belongings and they enjoy helping with small tasks. Babies have close bonds with the childminder and enjoy time with their peers. Children interact positively with others. They share and take turns. Children develop strong literacy and mathematical skills. They enjoy reading stories and enthusiastically talk about what is happening in the pictures. Children enjoy playing number games that require them to sort, sequence and match numbers up to 10.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY265459 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 1128802 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 12

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 20 October 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2003 and lives in Gloucester. The childminder operates all year round from 7.30am until 5.30pm from Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder offers funded places for 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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