Childminder 120685

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 July 2018 2 July 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 provides enjoyable activities that motivate children to join in. For example, children eagerly sing songs and rhymes and explore props, such as puppets.  Partnerships with parents are good. The childminder exchanges information with them regularly about children's achievements to foster a shared approach to learning and care successfully.  Resources are easily accessible, and children know what is available to play with. This helps children to explore confidently within the setting and choose what they want to do or play with.  Children enjoy lots of individual attention, which helps them to feel safe and secure. They form positive relationships with the childminder and show high levels of emotional well-being.  All children make good progress. Young children show great interest in books. They carefully turn pages and recall familiar characters in the story.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not provide young children with a wide range of opportunities to use drawing and writing materials to make marks and record their ideas.  Although children are making good progress, the childminder does not use the information from her observations of the youngest children, as effectively as she could to help identify less obvious gaps in their progress.

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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

 provide more opportunities for children to record their ideas through mark making, drawing and writing  use information from the assessment of younger children's learning to help identify less obvious gaps in their development.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and children and considered the impact this has on their learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector discussed with the childminder how she keeps the children in her care safe.  The inspector viewed documents, including the childminder's paediatric first-aid certificate and public liability insurance.  The inspector viewed the areas of the home used by the children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has completed relevant training and is aware of her responsibility to keep children safe. Children are cared for in a secure home environment, where they can play safely, indoors and outdoors. The childminder keeps her knowledge and skills up to date. For example, she makes good use of online resources and networking with other professionals to gain ideas and sharpen her teaching skills. She has good relationships with other professionals, including other early years settings children attend. Effective systems of sharing information about children's progress help to ensure continuity in children's care and learning. The childminder evaluates the effectiveness of her provision well. She seeks the views of parents and children to help her to continually drive for improvement. Since her last inspection, she has increased the opportunities for children to independently develop and extend their

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

skills during routine activities. For example, she now encourages children to think of solutions and solve problems for themselves.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children have good opportunities to find out about their wider world. For example, they gather fallen apples from a tree and rub the leaves of a mint plant to compare this to the smell of toothpaste. The childminder uses these spontaneous interests to enhance children's developing mathematical skills. For instance, she encourages children to count how many apples they have and to compare their sizes. The childminder is skilled in helping children to gain good communication and language skills. For instance, she provides lots of commentary, models good conversational skills and introduces new vocabulary. Children are vocal and repeat familiar words and phrases in response to the childminder's warm interactions.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder effectively helps children to lead healthy lifestyles. For instance. she makes good use of a very large outdoor space, which contains ride on toys, water play, a climbing frame and slide to encourage children to be physically active. She is conscientious about keeping children safe. She regularly checks the environment and resources to make sure they are suitable. She sets clear boundaries for behaviour and teaches children to show respect and tolerance for others. Children behave well and are happy to cooperate with others. For instance, they take turns to play and hide in a cardboard box and giggle at one another when they jump out.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children have fun as they learn and develop the skills that prepare them well for the next stage in learning, including their eventual move on to pre-school and school. For example, they show good levels of physical skill, as they climb apparatus, manoeuvre around obstacles and chase bubbles around the garden. Young children enjoy singing along to favourite songs and rhymes and join in with some actions.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 120685 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1126764 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 13

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2001. She lives in Farnham, Surrey. The childminder cares for children Monday to Friday, between 7.30am and 6pm, 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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