Childminder in Devon

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 May 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 The childminder's effective self-evaluation helps her to identify areas for improvement, to achieve good-quality outcomes for children. For example, recognising that she was less confident in promoting early mathematics, she made good use of online resources to develop her skills so that children continue to achieve well in this area.  Children make good progress relative to their starting points. The childminder has effective systems to identify and address any gaps in their learning. She completes regular progress reports for parents and offers these to other early years settings that children attend.  Children are happy and well behaved, with very good self-esteem. They are keen learners who are curious and inquisitive. They are spontaneously affectionate towards the childminder and caring towards each other, showing they feel emotionally secure.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder is not consistent in seeking information from parents about their children's achievements at home, to include in her assessments when planning for their future progress.  The childminder provides some activities that help children learn to use technology. For example, they use the compact disc player to play music from around the world. However, these activities provide little challenge for older children.

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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

 encourage parents further to share information about their children's achievements at home  develop activities that help children learn to use technology for different purposes so these provide more challenge for older children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder and children engaged in learning activities, indoors and outside.  The inspector talked to the childminder and children, and read feedback from parents.  The inspector sampled required records, including safeguarding procedures, and talked to the childminder about how she implements these to help protect children from harm.  The inspector and the childminder discussed her systems for monitoring children's progress and planning for future learning.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder works very well with her established, more experienced co-childminder, enabling her to make targeted changes that have a positive impact on children's learning. For example, they have recently taken on an allotment to extend outdoor learning opportunities for children. The childminder's monitoring of their progress shows this has improved learning outcomes for children. For example, measuring the distance between the strawberry plants and identifying how much water is 'enough' encouraged them to use and build on their knowledge of mathematics. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder understands local safeguarding procedures well and knows what to do to help protect children from harm. She and her co-childminder also work with an assistant. They provide her with professional support and make sure she is knowledgeable about safeguarding and child protection procedures.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder plans challenging activities that interest and engage children very well. For example, prior to a treasure hunt, they walked the route from the house to the allotment and made a note of landmarks such as lamp posts and post boxes. The childminder encouraged them to use what they learned to make their own maps, using their knowledge of their community and developing their mark-making and number skills. The childminder extended this very well as children used their maps to follow the clues to their destination. For example, she asked children how many more lamp posts to find and which way to turn, encouraging them to calculate and use positional language. The childminder supports children's literacy well. For example, they make particularly good use of reference books to find out more about plants and bugs they see at the allotment.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children's safety awareness is very good. For example, while on their treasure hunt, they showed a thorough understanding of road safety. They talked about safe places to cross the road, and always to keep looking and listening 'even when the green man shows'. Children confidently help themselves from the good range of easily accessible resources to explore their own way of doing things. For example, they used large and small sieves to find the objects buried in sand because they worked out this was quicker than digging.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop good skills that prepare them well for the next stage in their learning, including going to school. They listen and pay attention very well. For example, when they struggled to blow bubbles, the childminder showed them how to blow slowly and steadily. Children concentrated hard as they practised this and were delighted to achieve long streams of bubbles, which they thoroughly enjoyed chasing and catching.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY500517 Local authority Devon Inspection number 1053047 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 10 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 12

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2016. She lives in Exeter, Devon. She works at the home of another registered childminder and, at times, they work with an assistant. The childminder operates Monday to Friday from 8am to 4pm all year round.

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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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