Childminder in Lincolnshire

Inspection date 28 January 2019 Previous inspection date 24 July 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 helps children to learn about the wider world. She talks to them about similarities and differences. The childminder plans craft activities and experiences to help children to learn about their own culture and that of others. Children learn to count to three in French and play with money from other countries. n The childminder supports her assistant well when she works alongside her. Together, they use observations effectively to help identify children's development and what they need to learn next. n Children are creative. They demonstrate their imagination when they play with others and show their understanding of real-life experiences. For example, children pretend to make food for a party and get money from a toy cash machine. n Older children develop very good mathematical skills. They write numbers one to 10. The childminder encourages children to count numbers in order. She asks them to write

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This provision is good

prices on play food. Children tell the childminder that a cupcake is 'one pound'. n Children have a very positive relationship with the childminder. They invite her to join their play. Children demonstrate that they are emotionally secure. n The childminder reflects on her practice. She makes changes that increase opportunities for children to make independent choices in their play. However, she does not include the views of parents and children to help drive improvements to an even higher level. n The childminder and her assistant do not plan precisely to extend their professional development and to help raise the quality of their teaching skills even further.

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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 include the views of parents and children when reflecting on practice n build further on professional development opportunities to raise the quality of teaching and to help children learn at the highest levels.

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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 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 about their enjoyment of activities. 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 her responsibility to keep children safe. She attends child protection training. This helps her to promote children's safety well. The childminder helps to keep children safe. She provides high-visibility vests for older children to wear when they walk in the street. She talks to them about road safety. The childminder ensures that younger children are securely fastened in pushchairs. She works well in partnership with other early years settings and schools children also attend. She shares information about children's achievements to help support consistency in the experiences children receive. The childminder talks to parents daily. She shares a summary of children's progress when they are between the ages of two and three years old. This helps parents to understand their children's stage of development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has high expectations of what children can achieve. She uses her assessments of children's learning effectively to help identify and close any gaps in learning. She supports children to learn new skills. For example, the childminder holds paper still when children use scissors to cut. She praises children for their achievements, helping to raise their self-esteem. The childminder helps children to develop their understanding of language to describe size. For example, she talks to children about dolls' clothes being 'too small' or 'too big'. The childminder talks to children about the value of money. She asks them to match coins to pictures of coins and to recognise the numbers on them.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children behave well and demonstrate a sense of belonging in the childminder's home. For example, they display their artwork for others to see. They show an awareness of how to keep themselves safe. Older children explain to younger children how to hold scissors safely. The childminder helps children to develop their understanding of how to care for animals. Children help her to feed chickens in the garden and to collect eggs. The childminder provides children with opportunities to learn about being healthy. She offers them a range of healthy snacks. The childminder talks to children about different types of fruit they have not tasted before, such as an avocado. She encourages children to tidy away toys and resources. This helps children to take responsibility for caring for the environment.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress in their communication and language development. They talk confidently about their needs and wishes. Children take turns in conversations and demonstrate good listening skills. They learn skills for their eventual move on to school. They develop well in literacy. Children demonstrate writing skills, for example, when they use pens and paper. Older children recognise sounds that are represented by letters of the alphabet. Children develop well physically. For example, they imitated the actions from a story as they pretended to stumble and trip when they walked through a forest. Children in receipt of funding make good progress in all aspects of their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482699 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 10064697 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 - 4 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 8 Date of previous inspection 24 July 2015

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2014 and lives in Skellingthorpe, Lincoln. She operates all year round, from 7.30am until 6pm from Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds a relevant childcare qualification at level 3 and occasionally works with an assistant. She provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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Registers

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