Childminder EY449478

Inspection date 4 February 2019 Previous inspection date 7 August 2018

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Effectiveness of leadership and management Requires improvement

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement

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Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This is a provision that requires improvement

n Procedures for informing parents about accidents are not effective, as the childminder relies on her online system to do this. However, some parents have difficulty accessing the system, meaning they could miss notices about accidents. n Systems for the management and supervision of assistants are not well established. This means they do not provide learning and development experiences for children or implement procedures consistently. n Children's communication is not supported as well as it could be. For example, assistants often use children's words for items, such as 'horsey' and do not support their understanding of letters and sounds effectively. n Assistants often tell children to 'stop', or just say 'no', rather than offering positive suggestions about what they would like children to do. Children are not sure about what is expected of them and sometimes continue the unwanted behaviour.

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It has the following strengths

n The childminder has made positive changes to the play spaces. For example, she has added storage boxes that children can easily reach, created a role-play area indoors, and added a water play activity outdoors. Children can make better choices about what they want to do. They play and explore well, engaging with the different activities. n The childminder and assistants help children to understand healthy choices. They encourage them to choose fruit for snack time and talk about how the food gives them energy. n Monitoring of children's development is improving. The childminder and assistants use children's interests to plan appropriate next steps and recognise when children need extra support. Children make some progress in their learning.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and Childcare Register the provider must: Due date ensure that systems for informing parents about accidents are effective. 28/02/2019

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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 sure that systems for the supervision of assistants are implemented well to support a more consistent approach to provide good-quality experiences for children n develop teaching for assistants to support children to extend vocabulary, especially by grouping and naming things and exploring the meaning and sounds of new words n support assistants to offer positive messages about behaviour so children understand what is expected of them.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of the childminder's and assistants' teaching indoors and outdoors. n The inspector took account of the views of parents through responses to parent questionnaires. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder of assistants working with the children. n The inspector had discussions with the childminder, assistants and the children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector sampled documentation, including policies and procedures, accident records, self-evaluation and children's records.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement

The childminder has implemented some changes to address the issues raised at the last inspection. She and her assistants have attended training to better understand their responsibilities for safeguarding children. The childminder and her assistants know what to do in the event of concerns about children's welfare. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder and assistants have recently completed training for supporting children's learning, health and safety. However, the lack of good supervision means they do not all have the same expectations of children's behaviour. They share information with parents about children's learning, however they do not always make sure parents know when children have had an accident. Assistants implement a few ideas from training courses to support improvements, such as following children's interests by adding toys to play activities. This change aids children's confidence and

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The quality of teaching is improving and children enjoy exploring and experimenting. However, not all activities are planned well or offer sufficient challenge to enhance this learning. For example, during a paint mixing activity, the assistant tells the children what colours they need to make purple and green rather than letting children find out for themselves. Children use their imagination well. For example older children set up a cafe, take orders using pen and paper, then serve their friends with pretend cake and tea. Younger children enjoy playing musical instruments. They choose which ones they want and follow the assistant's lead as they sing favourite rhymes. Older children learn about technology and like to push buttons on the remote-controlled handsets to make toy robots move.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The childminder and assistants have decided on 'golden rules' to support children's behaviour, such as good sitting, good looking and good listening. They do not use these routinely with the children. For example, at story time, instead of preparing children to listen using the 'golden rules', assistants just start reading the story. However, children are more interested in continuing their play. Children show consideration of others as they practise their physical skills in the garden. For example, they push themselves along on a scooter, negotiate safe pathways and stop before they bump into others or the gate.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Although children have fun with the childminder and assistants they do not make the progress they are capable of. They get opportunities to play with school-aged children before and after school. They visit the school and community centre and develop confidence in different social situations. Children are prepared for moving on to school. Children are developing good self-care and independence skills. For example, assistants encourage younger children to put on their coats to go outdoors, and older children competently use cutlery to eat their lunch.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY449478 Local authority Swindon Inspection number 10082317 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 - 10 Total number of places 9 Number of children on roll 29 Date of previous inspection 7 August 2018

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2012 and lives in Wroughton, Swindon. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. The childminder employs two assistants, one of whom holds an appropriate childcare qualification at level 3. The childminder holds early years professional status. The childminder operates from non- domestic premises for less than 50% of the time.

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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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