Childminder EY405623

Inspection date 5 February 2019 Previous inspection date 14 March 2018

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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 Outstanding 1 Outcomes for children Good 2

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This provision is good

n The childminder makes good use of assessments to accurately plan towards children's next stages of development. All children make at least good progress in their learning, given their starting points. n Children behave exceptionally well. The childminder is highly skilled at supporting children's superb emotional development and well-being. n The childminder arranges exciting experiences to enhance children's understanding of other people and families in the wider world. She plans excellent opportunities for children to learn about different celebrations that people celebrate around the world, such as Chinese New Year. n The childminder has made good progress since her last inspection. She has updated her paediatric first-aid training and now carries out regular audits on her provision to help her to ensure that she constantly meets the requirements. n Children do not always have regular opportunities to further develop their expressive

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This provision is good

arts and design skills and to be creative. n Children form extremely caring relationships with each other. For instance, older children show excellent compassion and care towards younger children. They show extremely high levels of self-control and respect towards each other.

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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 extend children's opportunities to express their creativity further through a wider range of accessible media and materials.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector toured the premises during the inspection. n The inspector talked to the children and the childminder at convenient times during the inspection. n The inspector observed children's play and evaluated an activity with the childminder. n The inspector sought the views from parents through written feedback. n The inspector looked at a range of relevant documentation relating to safeguarding, policies and procedures, and learning and development documents.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a thorough understanding of how to identify and report concerns about a child's welfare. She has an excellent understanding of how to manage and minimise any risks and keep children safe. The childminder makes close relationships with other local childminders. She uses these relationships effectively to reflect on her own provision and provide more experiences to promote children's learning outcomes. She has recently organised a story group session to help increase children's interests in books. The childminder carries out accurate self- evaluation to help to improve her provision. She invites the views of parents and children to help her to identify future improvements.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder makes good use of all opportunities to encourage children to share their thoughts and knowledge. Children constantly extend their vocabulary and are confident speakers. The childminder makes good use of visual cues, such as props and pictures to support children's communication and engagement. Children help to re-enact stories through props, and follow picture instructions well. The childminder forms close partnerships with parents. She shares plenty of information on children's learning and ideas for their next stages in development. Parents share positive comments about the progress their children have made since joining her.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder highly prioritises children's welfare and personal development. She is extremely successful in promoting children's understanding of leading healthy lifestyles and plans exciting activities to encourage children to enjoy an extensive variety of fruits. Children help the childminder to blend fruits to create a healthy smoothie, which the children thoroughly enjoy drinking. The childminder shares the picture recipes with parents to promote excellent opportunities for healthy eating at home. She makes excellent use of all opportunities to encourage children to learn about safety. Children are extremely cautious as they use knives safely to cut up pieces of fruit. Children thoroughly enjoy looking at the childminder's excellent range of books, which are used to explore feelings. They confidently express an excellent understanding of their own feelings and have an excellent understanding of how to recognise the feelings of others.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children develop the skills they need to move towards their next stages in learning and the eventual moves to school. For instance, they use a good variety of mathematical skills in their play. Children enjoy counting and practising using different measurements and weights. They regularly practise their early writing skills. Children recognise familiar letters and practise drawing lines and marks. They show high levels of concentration and engagement in activities and play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY405623 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 10084815 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 4 Number of children on roll 3 Date of previous inspection 14 March 2018

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The childminder registered in 2010. She lives in Bampton, Oxfordshire. The childminder cares for children Monday to Friday all year round, between 8am to 6pm.

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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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