Wells, Michelle Josephine

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 May 2018 23 September 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

 Children make good progress from their starting points. The childminder uses her good knowledge of children's individual needs to regularly check and reduce gaps in their development. Children who are not at expected levels of development when they first start quickly catch up and reach their full potential.  The childminder provides children with a positive role model. She encourages children to choose what they want to do and supports them to achieve their aims during activities.  Children are happy and well behaved. The childminder works closely with parents to meet children's individual needs and ensure they settle and feel emotionally secure. She forms close affectionate relationships with children, who enjoy snuggling into her when they want a cuddle.  Since the last inspection, the childminder has used knowledge gained from completing a childcare qualification to improve her professional development. She has learned how

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This provision is good

to manage children's behaviour more effectively and has developed her understanding of safeguarding and child development.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Sometimes, the childminder does not identify opportunities that arise to encourage children to develop their self-care skills to extend their independence.  The childminder provides a limited range of experiences that supports babies to explore using their senses.

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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

 offer more support for children to develop their independence further  provide babies with a wider range of experiences that develops their senses.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed indoor and outdoor activities.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder.  The inspector talked with children and the childminder.  The inspector sampled documentation.  The inspector discussed self-evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of child protection procedures. She attends local authority safeguarding training. This enables her to keep up to date with current issues and she knows what to do if she is concerned about a child's safety. The childminder works closely with other local childminders to evaluate and continually improve her good teaching practice. She has improved how she uses resources and outings to promote children's learning outdoors. The childminder has also improved how she identifies and shares children's next steps for learning with parents. A parent commented, 'our children often come home with activities and are excited when they see the childminder and her family.'

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder promotes all children's good communication. She talks with older children about past events and asks questions that encourage them to talk and develop their vocabulary, for instance, while reading stories. The childminder responds in a receptive way when babies smile and make noises to express their needs. Babies enjoy pressing buttons on a toy helicopter to create light and music. Older children learn how things work, for instance, while playing with water in a container that has different attachments. The childminder challenges and extends children's learning and development. She has improved how she promotes children's understanding of numbers and words. She has created letters of the alphabet attached to pegs which older children use to order the letters in their name. The childminder displays numbers and letters on an outdoor gazebo and helps children learn to recognise them.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder supports children to develop good social skills. She regularly joins up with other childminders and their children, for example, during outings to forests and parks, and for a tea party to celebrate a royal wedding. Children develop good manners and learn to say 'please' and 'thank you' at appropriate times. The childminder promotes children's good health. She works closely with parents to encourage all children to eat a variety of healthy food, including babies who are being weaned. The childminder allows children to take risks within safe limits. For example, when children are learning to use climbing frames she stays close by and supervises them so they keep on trying.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop the skills they need for starting school. They are motivated to explore and learn. They concentrate well while filling plastic test tubes with sand and enjoy learning how to use syringes to squirt water. Children develop good pre-writing skills. They make marks using chalks, crayons and cars in paint.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY385832 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1071094 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 23 September 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2008. She lives in Farnham, Surrey. She provides care for children Monday to Friday, for most of the year. The childminder receives funding to provide free early education to children aged two and three years. She holds a level 3 childcare qualification.

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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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