Childminder EY438095

Inspection date 1 October 2018 Previous inspection date 17 September 2015

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Good 2 Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 2 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2 Outcomes for children Good 2

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The provision is good

n Children have good opportunities to learn the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. The childminder provides lots of physical activities and healthy and nutritious snacks and meals. n The childminder tracks and monitors children's overall progress well. She uses her assessments to identify what they can do and plans effectively for their next steps in learning. All children make good progress from their individual starting points. n Children are happy, settled and show high levels of emotional well-being. They build strong relationships with the childminder who knows them well. n The childminder successfully helps children to learn about the wider world in which they live. For example, they discuss the changing seasons and children recognise the things they have observed, such as the changes in temperature and weather. n Children make choices from a wide range of stimulating resources indoors and

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The provision is good

outdoors. They engage and concentrate and learn new skills as they play.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n The childminder does not make the most of opportunities to support older children in understanding that print carries meaning.

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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

n maximise opportunities to teach children that print carries meaning.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the children and the childminder at play and discussed the activities with the childminder. n The inspector considered the comments from parents and took their views into account. n The inspector reviewed children's development records, a selection of the childminder's policies, children's records and evidence of suitability. n The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector discussed the self-evaluation process with the childminder.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder updates her knowledge and understanding of safeguarding matters regularly. She understands what to do if she has any concerns about a child. For example, she knows the indicators that children may be at risk of exposes to extreme ideas and beliefs. The childminder keeps her skills up to date. For instance, she has attended a range of courses and works well with other professionals to share ideas to help sharpen her teaching skills. Effective partnerships with parents help to ensure that she meets the children's individual needs successfully. She seeks their views and keeps them well informed and involved in their children's learning. This helps to provide continuity in children's care and development and the ongoing improvement of the provision.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has a good understanding of how children learn and develop. She observes them closely; gets to know them well and provides a good range of resources and activities to motivate and engage them. For example, children have fun outdoors using a mud kitchen and talk about what they make. The childminder uses these opportunities to extend children's learning further. For instance, when children suggest they add milk to the mixture, the childminder asks them if milk is a solid or a liquid. Children know that it is a liquid and it will make the mixture runnier. The childminder provides children of all ages with good opportunities to develop their physicals skills. For example, she holds babies who are just learning to stand and walk in a standing position and pre-school children confidently negotiate steps, balance along beams and jump across tree stumps in the garden.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder successfully encourages children to behave well and form positive relationships with others. She sets clear boundaries for behaviour and uses everyday experiences to help children to understand the need to share and take turns. For example, as a child use an easel to paint, she explains to other children that they must wait for the child to finish before they have their turn. The childminder understands her role in keeping children safe. She completes daily checks on her home to identify and eliminate any positive risks. All children show a good awareness of the need to keep themselves safe, including following good hygiene routines.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop valuable skills that will help them in their future learning, including pre- school and school. They confidently choose what they want to play with and happily play alongside others. They complete simple tasks, such as preparing the table for meals. Older children accurately recall past experiences and events and younger children can describe what things are used for. For example, they explain that a digger is used to dig up mud.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY438095 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 10071508 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childminder Age range of children 0 - 6 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 11 Date of previous inspection 17 September 2015

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2011. She works with her mother, who is also a registered childminder, in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. The childminder operates all year round, Monday to Friday. She provides funded early education for children aged three years. She has a childcare qualification at level 3.

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Registers

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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