Childminder EY330217

Inspection date 10 December 2018 Previous inspection date 14 December 2017

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires improvement 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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This provision is good

n The childminder provides a well-resourced and carefully organised environment that supports children's learning. She organises her home well to encourage children to lead their own play. This helps children to explore their interests and develop their independence. n Children establish secure attachments with the childminder. They delight in playing peek-a-boo with the childminder. The childminder is warm, friendly and kind to children. She helps children to develop their confidence and self-esteem. n The childminder develops good partnership working with parents. She knows the families well and makes good use of a range of communication methods to ensure that parents are involved in their child's learning. n The childminder works with other settings that children also attend, to exchange information to provide continuity in children's care and learning. n At times, the childminder does not recognise opportunities to extend the younger

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This provision is good

children's language and communication skills further. n Systems for assessments are still developing and are not sharply focused to enable the childminder to help identify and close any gaps in children's learning, to help them to make the best possible 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

n make the most of opportunities to support young children's developing language skills further n make even better use of assessments to plan more precisely for children's learning.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector spoke to the childminder at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder. n The inspector sampled documentation, such as children's records and written policies, and read reports from the local authority advisers. n The inspector took account of the views of parents through discussion.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of her responsibility to protect children. She knows the procedures to follow to record and report any concerns, to help keep children safe and protected. The childminder makes good use of local childminding networks and ongoing professional development to update her good practice. She uses the knowledge gained from research to meet the future needs of children in her care. The childminder evaluates her practice daily and recognises areas where she wants to extend her knowledge and skills. For example, she plans to complete training to extend the range of strategies that she uses to help children learn to manage their feelings and behaviour successfully. The childminder welcomes the views of the parents and children to help her further develop her provision.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder supports children's developing imagination skills well. Children engage in role play as they play in a tent and make meals for a baby doll. She is knowledgeable about the children in her care and uses their interests to engage them in activities. For example, the childminder provides finger-painting activities for children to make marks on a paper plate to develop their early writing skills. Children develop good hand-to-eye coordination. This is demonstrated when they delicately add pompoms and stickers with a pincer grip. Children benefit from the childminder's enthusiastic involvement in their play. This is evident when the childminder extends children's curiosity as they explore musical instruments. She demonstrates how to make sounds with the different instruments. Children are interested and motivated to learn. For instance, children concentrate for long periods when they repeatedly move beads up, down and round a

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are happy, secure and enjoy the time they spend with the childminder. They regularly take part in activities away from the childminder's home, providing plenty of opportunities for them to become confident and secure in other social situations. The childminder ensures children have opportunities for fresh air in her garden and on local walks. She provides children with a range of experiences to develop their understanding of the wider world, for instance, through first-hand experiences in the community and play activities in the home. Children behave well. The childminder acts as a good role model, sets clear boundaries and gives children lots of praise to help them to feel good about themselves. She talks to children about how to keep themselves safe, for example, reminding them that music sticks are hard, and that they need to be careful of their fingers. Children learn hygienic practices, such as washing their hands after messy play.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children confidently lead their own play and make decisions. Young children show pride in learning to walk to other side of the playroom, after deciding to use a push-along walker. Children become confident communicators. They initiate songs and confidently join in with the actions. Children make good progress in their learning from their starting points and are acquiring the skills needed for the next stage of their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY330217 Local authority Dorset Inspection number 10084781 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 1 - 6 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7 Date of previous inspection 14 December 2017

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2006 and lives in Christchurch, Dorset. She cares for children on Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 5.30pm, for 48 weeks of the year. The childminder holds an early years qualification at level 3. She provides funded early education for children aged three years.

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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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