Childminder in Staffordshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 May 2018 Not applicable

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The childminder has not completed the progress check for all children aged between two and three years.  The childminder does not exchange detailed information with the providers of other settings children attend to help promote continuity in their learning.  The childminder does not gather information from parents about all of children's capabilities when they first start.  Self-evaluation is not rigorous enough. The childminder has not identified all weaknesses in her teaching to tackle these swiftly and secure good practice overall.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder uses ideas from training to compliment children's learning well. For example, she has developed ways to enhance children's physical skills, especially boys, using open-ended resources, such as wire to thread through bolts.  The childminder provides outings to help enhance children's learning experiences. For instance, she takes children to the library and forest school sessions. This helps children to develop skills, such as acting out stories in role play.  The arrangements for children to make a smooth move to nursery and school are well planned. The childminder takes children to visit their new setting to help them become familiar with the environment and feel reassured about starting.  The childminder uses consistent rules and boundaries to help promote children's positive behaviour. They are learning how to share toys, take turns and be kind to others.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 complete the progress check for all children aged between two and three years and provide parents with a short-written summary of their children's development. 16/07/2018

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 establish stronger working relationships with the providers of other settings children attend to enable a two-way flow of information and enhance the continuity in children's learning  build on the information gathered from parents when children first start to identify what children already know and can do and use this to fully inform planning and assessment from the outset  develop self-evaluation to critically evaluate all areas of teaching and raise the quality of practice further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during a range of activities and assessed the impact this had on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder. He looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household.  The inspector spoke to children during the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The childminder has established relationships with staff who work at other settings children attend. She shares information with them about children's care needs. However, the childminder does not exchange detailed information with the staff about children's learning to help promote continuity between all settings children attend. The childminder has not yet fully developed her evaluation of her practice to identify and address all weaknesses in her teaching swiftly. Despite this, she has gathered the views of parents and acted on these. For example, the childminder has considered parent feedback and increased the information she shares with them about children's daily activities. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder uses child protection training and local authority updates to help keep her knowledge of safeguarding procedures and legislation up to date. She knows how to identify and report concerns about children's welfare.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The childminder does not have a secure knowledge of the requirement to complete a progress check for all children aged between two and three years. She has completed it for some children. However, the childminder has not completed the progress check for children who start attending after their Healthy Child Programme health and development review of children age two with their health visitor has taken place. The childminder does not identify all that children already know and can do with their parents as part of her assessment of their starting points. Therefore, her baseline assessment does not reflect all of children's abilities. Despite this, she does identify children's likes and interests when they start with parents and uses this to help develop children's fascinations. Teaching is generally strong. The childminder helps children to develop some of the skills they need for the next stage in their learning, including school. For example, she provides props for

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

children to use to tell stories to help develop their communication and early reading skills. The childminder extends this by encouraging children to use mathematical language to describe the different sizes of the caterpillar from the story, such as 'big' and 'small'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder effectively promotes children's healthy lifestyles. She provides nutritious food for children to eat and encourages them to make healthy choices as they choose what they would like for lunch. Children benefit from daily exercise, such as going for walks with the childminder. The resources available to children are stimulating. The childminder allows children to choose what they would like to play with throughout different parts of the day to help them lead their own learning. She leaves resources from activities out for children to return to and practise their skills repeatedly.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Weaknesses in the childminder's teaching and assessment of children's learning mean children's outcomes are not consistently good. Despite this, they can concentrate well during activities. Children make marks by printing with potatoes and paint to create pictures of butterflies and caterpillars.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY500060 Local authority Staffordshire Inspection number 1051237 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7

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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 and lives in Brewood, Staffordshire. She operates all year round from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education 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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Telephone number

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