Jennings Nicola Faith

Inspection date 21 January 2019 Previous inspection date 16 December 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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This provision is good

n The childminder provides children with a good range of activities, both in and out of the home, which support all areas of learning. n The childminder ensures a calm and engaging learning environment. Children have support as they to learn to take turns and to share. The childminder encourages children to remember to say 'please' and 'thank you'. n The childminder supports language development effectively. She joins in enthusiastically with children's play, responding positively to emerging words, supporting pronunciation and extending vocabulary. She holds meaningful conversations with older children, encouraging them to recall past events. n The childminder helps to build children's self-esteem. She provides meaningful praise as children succeed at tasks or do kind things for each other. Activities help children to start to recognise feelings and emotions. n Children regularly take part in activities away from the childminder's home, providing

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This provision is good

plenty of opportunities for them to become confident and secure around others. n The childminder actively seeks the views of parents and supports their wishes for their children's care and ongoing development. n The childminder occasionally misses opportunities to develop children's early understanding of letters and the sounds they represent. n The childminder has not yet fully explored ways to further enhance her professional development, to extend her knowledge to an even higher 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 make the most of all opportunities to support children's early understanding of letters and the sounds they represent n explore additional professional development opportunities to help raise the quality of teaching and children's learning to an even higher level.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector observed children at play and evaluated activities with the childminder. n The inspector looked at children's observations and assessment records, evidence of the suitability of household members and a range of other documentation, including safeguarding procedures and accident records. n The inspector took into account the views of parents through written feedback. n The inspector talked with the childminder about how she evaluates and improves her service.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has a good understanding of her responsibility to protect children from abuse and neglect. She is clear about how to report concerns about a child's welfare to the appropriate bodies. The childminder is well organised and has a range of relevant policies and procedures which she implements and shares with parents. Parental feedback about the childminder is positive. They find her professional, enthusiastic and good at meeting children's and families' needs. The childminder enables a two-way flow of information about children's development with other settings they attend.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder regularly observes and assesses children's progress and identifies where they may be at risk of falling behind typical development. She puts in place next steps to support children's ongoing learning and effectively manages the needs of children of different ages. The childminder provides opportunities for early mathematical learning. Counting is woven through activities and children show enjoyment and perseverance as they work out how to complete simple puzzles. Children are learning about the world. As the childminder engages in children's make-believe games, she helps them to learn that eggs come from hens rather than grow like flowers.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children have warm and caring relationships with the childminder and each other. They have plenty of opportunities to develop age-appropriate independence. The childminder encourages and supports children to help set up and tidy away planned activities. Older children are learning to manage their own care needs. Children are learning to keep themselves healthy and know that on cold days they need to wear hats and scarves when they go outside. The childminder makes good use of her garden and local parks to ensure children have daily opportunities for fresh air and exercise. She ensures meals and snacks provided to children are healthy and age-appropriate.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are motivated and engaged learners who are working within the expected range of development for their age. They are confident communicators who express their own desires and needs. As children play with building bricks, they work out how to slot them together and recognise different colours. Children start to develop the small muscles in their fingers as they sort buttons and attempt to do up zips. As they take part in messy activities, they explore different textures and identify when things are hard and soft. All children are learning the skills needed for the next stage of their learning, including school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 222038 Local authority Cambridgeshire Inspection number 10062032 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 - 10 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 16 Date of previous inspection 16 December 2015

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2001 and lives in Somersham, Cambridgeshire. She operates from 7.30am to 6pm, each weekday, all year round, with the exception of family and public holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. She holds a 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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