Childminder in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Inspection date 4 February 2019 Previous inspection date 8 June 2016

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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 uses training and evaluation to help her make effective changes that benefit the children. This has enabled her to improve her partnerships with parents and children's learning at home through the use of a book-lending scheme, for example. This has engaged parents well and encouraged children's love of books and expressing their ideas. n Children are confident communicators who express their ideas, thoughts and needs clearly. They listen well to the views of others, sharing their own ideas and opinions, extending and building on their conversations. n Children receive good support from the childminder to be independent and follow positive routines that support their health and safety. For example, they know to wash their hands after using the toilet and before they help to prepare their snack. They are able to meet some their own care needs with limited input from the childminder, helping to prepare them well for school.

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This provision is good

n The childminder plans well for children's learning. She provides interesting activities that engage and interest the children. Her effective support and guidance helps them to communicate well and learn to understand new mathematical concepts, such as simple calculation when they pretend to shop and take two pennies away to identify how many are left. n The childminder provides a wide range of resources during planned activities and makes resources available to children. However, she does not extend opportunities for them explore the resources after the planned activities or select a wider range to use in their own way, to help them build on their imaginations and learning and make sense of new ideas and experiences. n The childminder monitors the progress that individual children make. However, she does not track the progress of them as a group or in different groups to identify any patterns and gaps in their progress or the educational programme.

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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 allow children to explore resources more widely and in their own way, to help them build on their imaginations and learning, and make sense of new ideas and experiences n extend the tracking processes to monitor the progress that groups of children make, to identify and address any patterns in learning and any potential gaps in the educational programme more promptly.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the childminder and children engaged in their play and activities. n The inspector talked to the childminder about her childminding practices and procedures. n The inspector sampled a range of the childminder's records and documentation. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder to talk about her planning, support and review of the children's activities and learning.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder understands her responsibilities well to ensure children's welfare. She recognises the different risks to children and knows to report any concerns to the appropriate agencies. She undertakes effective risk assessments of her home and ensures that the children learn and understand how to keep themselves safe. The childminder uses funding well to meet the needs of specific children. This has enabled her to purchase new resources that target particular aspects of their learning and interests. Children thoroughly enjoy the good range of resources she makes available during planned activities, which has introduced them to solve simple number problems through adding and subtracting two single-digit numbers.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder knows the individual children's needs well to plan targeted activities and support that provide challenge to help them achieve. She adapts her teaching successfully to engage and captivate children. She is very calm and patient, providing clear instructions and time for children to listen and respond. Children are confident to ask questions when they do not understand, and the childminder explains new words, corrects mispronunciation sensitively and asks further questions that enable the children to work things out for themselves. For example, during a shopping game, she gave them clues to help them name unfamiliar foods, such as 'we had it at Halloween', which helped children to remember 'swede'. The childminder works very well with parents to engage them in their children's learning at her setting and at home. The evaluation of her book-lending scheme shows that parents welcome the opportunity to read to their

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

children at home and that children enjoy sharing their favourite parts of the book through discussion and their drawings.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are confident and self-assured learners. The childminder provides a positive role model and example for respectful attitudes and good behaviour. Children enjoy beneficial relationships with others. They know to share, take turns and be considerate to others. Children have a strong sense of self. They celebrate their own and each other's cultural backgrounds through sharing their personal family books that have photographs of familiar people, places and pets, for example. This engages them well in discussions and conversations about their lives. The childminder meets the children's care needs well. She works closely with parents to help children achieve and meet key milestones, such as potty training. Children enjoy many activities that develop control of their small and large movements.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress from their starting points and gain important skills ready for school. They have good relationships and enjoy involving others in their play. They recognise shape and size well, making patterns and identifying the 'yellow triangle' and 'blue square' with confidence. Children learn to be safe during daily routines. They know to use knives safely when cutting the rind off watermelon and the tops of strawberries, for example. They gain great satisfaction in their achievements.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY479487 Local authority Bournemouth Inspection number 10076158 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 - 9 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 8 Date of previous inspection 8 June 2016

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2014 and lives in Bournemouth, Dorset. She operates Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 5.30pm. The childminder is in receipt of funding to provide free 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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