Childminder in Lincolnshire

Inspection date 4 March 2019 Previous inspection date 22 September 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 opportunities for children to develop their understanding of the wider world. She takes children to zoos and shows them different animals. Children talk about things they have observed and say that they have seen meerkats and llamas. n The childminder promotes children's safety well. She talks to children about road safety and stranger danger when she walks with them in the street. Children learn about how they can keep themselves safe. n The childminder provides children with opportunities to learn about healthy eating. For example, she talks to them about the healthy foods they eat. Children help her to grow vegetables in an allotment and learn about how healthy food grows. n The childminder reflects on the effectiveness of her provision. She gathers feedback from parents to help identify improvements. Children like using the new equipment indoors, such as a toy ice-cream parlour. This has helped them to develop their

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This provision is good

imagination through play. n The childminder supports children to develop good personal and social skills. Children help the childminder to tidy away toys before they get others out. Children behave well and show a good understanding of rules and boundaries in the childminder's home. n The childminder helps children make good progress in their mathematical skills. For example, she asks younger children to count the number of objects they use in their play. n Overall, partnerships with parents are good. However, the childminder does not consistently provide them with ideas about how they can continue to support children's learning at home. n The childminder has not identified ways to extend her professional development to help raise her teaching skills 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 provide parents with further opportunities, to help them to develop their children's learning at home n strengthen the quality of teaching, to help raise outcomes for children to the highest level.

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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 outdoors 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 throughout the inspection. 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 has a secure knowledge and understanding of the signs and symptoms of abuse. She knows where to report any concerns regarding children's safety or welfare. The childminder has a comprehensive range of policies and procedures in place. She shares these with parents so they understand how she promotes children's safety and welfare in her care. The childminder shares children's achievements with other early years settings and the schools children will move on to. This promotes consistency in supporting children's development. Parents speak positively about the childminder. They say that the childminder offers children an environment that is warm, friendly, homely and fun.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder completes observations and assessments of children's learning. She identifies what children need to learn next. The childminder helps children to develop their communication and language skills. For example, she gives children simple instructions and introduces new words, such as 'crunchy'. Children talk confidently to the childminder, learn new words and follow instructions. The childminder provides opportunities for children to develop their mathematical development. Children mix and pour ingredients together, as a way to help them to develop their understanding of weight and measure. The childminder offers children resources to build and construct. She asks them what they would like to build. Children say that they want to make 'a tower'. Children develop their creative skills and use materials to stack and build.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder uses a variety of ways to help children to feel emotionally secure when they first start. For example, she invites them to attend settling-in sessions. Children become familiar with the childminder and her home. The childminder gathers information about children's prior learning, care needs and interests from parents. This helps her to plan activities and to provide experiences that help children to settle quickly. The childminder offers children a good range of toys and resources. Children access these independently, following their interests through play. The childminder encourages children to take and manage risks in their play. Children use a knife to cut up banana and grapes for snack. They learn how to use tools safely. The childminder provides opportunities for children to test their physical abilities. For example, she takes them to soft-play centres, as a way to help children to move in different ways.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those in receipt of funding, make good progress from their starting points in learning. The childminder encourages children to develop skills they need for their move on to school. Children have a good imagination. For example, they pretend to make the childminder a 'chocolate yoghurt'. Children demonstrate their understanding of technology. The childminder gives children time to think about how toys work. Younger children have a sense of achievement when they show their understanding of how to operate toys that have batteries.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY420656 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 10064685 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 - 6 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 9 Date of previous inspection 22 September 2015

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2010 and lives in Lincoln. She operates all year round from 7.30am until 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder 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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