Childminder in Wokingham

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 June 2018 20 August 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

 Children form strong bonds with the childminder, who knows them well. The childminder acts as a good role model and has a warm and caring approach.  The childminder effectively monitors children's overall progress. She uses this information to precisely focus future planning, so that children are supported to make even more progress in all areas of learning.  Partnerships with parents are good. The childminder regularly shares information with them and seeks their views on how she can develop her practice further.  The childminder uses online forums and has attended a range of courses, including safeguarding to help keep her knowledge updated and strengthen her teaching skills.  Children are developing the skills they need for their eventual move on to pre-school and school. For example, they share when looking at books, and play cooperatively with other children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times the childminder does not help children to sustain their concentration during activities and benefit from uninterrupted play.  The childminder does not consistently help children to understand how to keep themselves safe, such as learning the importance of regularly tidying the play area.

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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

 support children more effectively to sustain their concentration during activities  continue to help children to understand how to keep themselves safe in the environment.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and the 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 toured the areas of the home used by children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has completed child protection training and has a secure understanding of the procedures to follow. She works well with other childminders to help strengthen her practice. For instance, she shares information with them and gains ideas. This has led her to develop her assessments of children's learning to help ensure that children make good progress and to quickly identify any emerging gaps. The childminder works effectively with other settings children attend. They share information about children's care and learning, which helps to maintain continuity.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder enhances children's understanding of the world. For example, she provides books and resources about dinosaurs and the environment in which they lived. As she reads stories, the children notice a volcano. She uses this observation to ask them about volcanoes. Children confidently recall looking at a volcano on the internet the previous week, and know that they produce smoke, fire and lava. The childminder supports children's early writing skills well. For instance, she provides paintbrushes, sponges and water to enable children to make marks, draw and print onto the walls in the garden. As they do this, she asks the young children to identify shapes. She also uses this opportunity to show the children how their marks disappear very quickly from the wall, as it a very hot day. Children enjoy exploring with different resources to help them to recognise change. For instance, when children play with stones and water the childminder

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

encourages them to observe what happens when the stones are mixed with water. Children recognise that the powder covering the stones and the water mixed together make a paste.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder provides children with good opportunities to learn about the similarities between themselves and others. For example, they visit the library and read books about different cultures and celebrations. They learn to respect and value differences. Children are provided with good opportunities to support their physical well-being and good health. For example, they are encouraged to be physically active outdoors and the childminder teaches them the importance of healthy eating and following good hygiene practices. She completes regular assessments on the home to help eliminate any possible risks to children.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress from their starting points. They happily choose what they want to play with from a wide range of resources. Older children have a good understanding of the need to share and take turns and to consider the needs of others. They have good skills in speaking and listening and are inquisitive to learn. For example, they ask 'why' and 'how' questions to find out how and why some things might happen.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 148289 Local authority Wokingham Inspection number 1127212 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 20 August 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1991 and lives in Earley, Berkshire. The childminder operates from Monday to Thursday, between 7.30am and 6pm for most of the year.

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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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