Warren, Jennifer

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 July 2018 1 July 2014

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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 does not carefully observe children's play to find out exactly what they can do. Her assessments of children's development are not consistently accurate enough to identify what they need to learn next.  At times, activities are not matched to children's individual stage in development. Consequently, children are not consistently challenged sufficiently to make good enough progress in their learning.  The childminder has not thoroughly evaluated her practice to identify or address the weaknesses in her teaching.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder creates a learning environment that enables children to choose from a wide variety of toys. Children move confidently around the indoor and outdoor spaces as they independently make choices and lead their own play.  The childminder gets involved in children's play and talks to them about what they are doing. She supports older children to count and recognise different colours.  Children form secure attachments to the childminder and behave well. The childminder understands children's individual care needs well and quickly recognises when younger children are tired.  Children are confident, keen learners who are prepared to try new things. They listen to instructions to help keep themselves safe, concentrate well and start to solve problems.

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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

 use observations of children's play and regular assessments of children's development to identify what they need to learn next 02/08/2018

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 make sure activities are matched to each child's needs so learning experiences are challenging and promote children's good progress. 02/08/2018

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

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 improve the systems for evaluating practice to identify and address key weaknesses in knowledge and to improve the quality of teaching.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during the childminder's interactions with children and assessed the impact this had on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector took account of the views of the parents through written feedback they had provided. She talked to the children during the inspection.  The inspector looked at a range of documentation, including evidence of the suitability of persons living in the house. She discussed the childminder's safeguarding procedure.  The inspector viewed the areas of the childminder's house used for childminding.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of how to recognise and respond to concerns about children's welfare. She has used training to keep her knowledge of wider safeguarding issues up to date. The childminder has developed aspects of her environment to provide children with more opportunities to learn about the environment and how things grow. However, the evaluation of her practice is not rigorous enough to identify the professional development she needs to raise the quality of teaching to a good standard. Parents are pleased with the care their children receive and value the information they get from the childminder about what children do each day. The childminder has a close relationship with the local nursery and school. She finds out what topics children are doing at nursery and builds on these in her setting.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The childminder provides a wide variety of toys and resources for children to explore. However, she does not have a detailed enough knowledge of what children can do to make sure they are suitably challenged. For example, the childminder does not support older children as effectively as possible to develop their literacy skills. The childminder is well qualified and uses some good teaching strategies to help younger children refine their physical skills. For example, she shows them how to blow bubbles, patiently repeats the action and praises their efforts. Children learn new words as they listen and copy the childminder.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder offers a welcoming environment and children are motivated to get involved. They are confident to ask for help and make their own choices. Younger children combine resources as they explore filling, moving and tipping with different containers. They benefit from familiar daily routines and delight in being involved in good hygiene practices. The childminder provides a range of healthy meals to help children develop good habits and they ask for their favourite fruit when they are hungry. She helps older children take turns with the favourite toys and they like being helpful and independent. The childminder uses activities and discussion to help children learn about different celebrations in other cultures and reinforces good manners to each other.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Weaknesses in assessments and planning for learning mean children do not make good enough progress in their development. Older children do not have enough opportunities to develop and extend their emerging interest in letters and early literacy skills. Nevertheless, children enjoy their time with the childminder and develop the social skills, independence and confidence they will need to be ready for nursery and school. Older children can count groups of objects, play imaginatively and manage their own personal needs. Younger children become confident to move around safely and negotiate steps.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY459352 Local authority Doncaster Inspection number 1105505 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 16

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013 and lives in the Sprotborough area of Doncaster. She operates all year from 7.30am to 6pm from Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds a relevant early years qualification at level 4 and 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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