Childminder in Lincolnshire

Childminder report Poplar Farm House, West Rasen, MARKET RASEN, Lincolnshire LN8 3LS

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Inspection date 4 October 2018 Previous inspection date 14 April 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 The childminder observes children's learning effectively. She monitors children's progress and identifies what they need to learn next. Children make good progress in their development. n The childminder helps children to develop an understanding about life cycles. Children learn about how caterpillars change into butterflies, tadpoles into frogs and chicks into guinea fowl. They listen to chicks chirping inside an egg. n Children are happy and settled. They demonstrate a good relationship with the childminder and, for example, enjoy involving her in their play. Children go to the childminder for cuddles when they are tired or upset. They are emotionally secure. n The childminder evaluates her practice well. She has made many changes over the past few years indoors and outdoors. This provides children with more opportunities to extend their learning. Children say that they like to ride on the toy tractors.

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The provision is good

n Toys and resources are varied and plentiful. They are at children's level, so easily accessible to promote their interests through play and to promote their independence. n Parents comment positively about the childminder. They say that their children make good progress in their speaking skills.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n Although the childminder finds out about children's daily routines from parents when they first start, she does not gather enough information from them about children's abilities. n The childminder has not targeted professional development opportunities to help her raise the quality of her teaching practice to the highest level.

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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 gather more information from parents about children's abilities when they first start to help plan more precisely for their learning from the outset n strengthen plans for professional development opportunities to help raise the quality of teaching practice to the highest level.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder. n The inspector held discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household. n The inspector spoke to children. n The inspector took account of the views of parents through reading the written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder knows the signs that may suggest a child is at significant harm at home or elsewhere. She has suitable systems in place to obtain permission from parents before administering medication to a child. The childminder uses appropriate safety seats in her car when transporting children. This helps to keep them safe. The childminder takes younger children with her when she takes older children to school. This helps them to become familiar with the routine of the day and the school environment. The childminder shares information with school teachers about children's prior learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder provides children with learning opportunities which are planned around the needs and interests of each individual child. She helps children to develop their communication and language skills. The childminder talks to children when she plays alongside them and asks them appropriate questions to help extend their thinking skills and to recall things from memory. For example, when children play in water, the childminder talks to them about collecting shells at the beach. This ignites children's interests and encourages them to lead their own play, for example, to sit in a boat and pretend to be on a pirate ship in the garden.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are confident to try new activities and to talk about their wants and needs. The childminder helps children to manage their behaviour. She gives them plenty of praise and encouragement to help raise their self-esteem. Children behave well and learn to share. The childminder provides children with opportunities to develop their social skills. She takes them to toddler groups to help them to make relationships and to mix with other children and adults. The childminder helps children to learn about their local community. When children take an interest in the local church, the childminder takes them to look at the size of the church and to pick conkers from the churchyard. This helps to develop children's awareness of the natural environment.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children confidently manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs successfully, including dressing and going to the toilet independently. They demonstrate good attention and listening skills and follow simple instructions. Children enjoy pretending to be a hairdresser when they brush the childminder's hair, showing their imagination. They thoroughly enjoy playing in the garden where they climb on equipment to help develop their physical skills. Children make good progress in their learning and develop key skills for their eventual move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY458721 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 10071012 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 2 - 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 12 Date of previous inspection 14 April 2015

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2013 and lives in West Rasen. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. She holds an appropriate 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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