Childminder in Warwickshire

Inspection date 1 March 2019 Previous inspection date Not applicable

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Not applicable 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 has a warm relationship with the children in her care. She knows them well and notices and responds quickly to any changes in their behaviour. n Children are happy in the childminder's home. They make independent choices about where they play and seek out the childminder's attention for reassurance or comfort. n Children make good progress. The childminder makes accurate observations of children's play and learning, and uses this information to identify next steps in learning. n The childminder supports children's early language and communication development well. For example, she quickly responds to pointing or sounds made by very young children. This helps them to know how to express their needs. n The childminder ensures that her early years knowledge stays up to date. She accesses frequent training and meets regularly with other childminders. n The childminder offers daily opportunities for children to be physically active. Children

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This provision is good

spend time outside every day. n The childminder takes children to participate in a wide variety of activities outside of her home. Children build their confidence to interact with others and learn to behave in different social situations. n The childminder has good relationships with parents and she keeps them informed of their children's care and experiences. n The childminder does not fully support children to make independent decisions about their play and learning from the wide selection of resources that she provides.

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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 increase the opportunities for children to make more independent decisions about their play and learning from the range of resources provided.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed and assessed the quality of teaching of children playing indoors and outdoors. n The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of a planned activity. n The inspector looked at relevant documents, including policies, training and children's learning records. n The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector took account of parents' views.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder is aware of her responsibility to keep children safe and has a good knowledge of the signs and symptoms of abuse. She knows the procedures to follow if she is concerned about a child. The childminder monitors her own practice well. She identifies appropriate training to support the current needs of children in her care, for example speech and language training to improve support of early language development. The childminder has recently changed the system for monitoring children's learning and progress. She is reviewing her reporting to parents to ensure that she gives them a better understanding of the documents she provides. Parents value the broad range of experiences their children are given and report that their children are happy.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder's good knowledge of the children enables her to adjust activities and daily routines to ensure children's individual needs are well met. She offers children some toys and materials to explore from the selection of resources. She supports children's exploration by ensuring she is at their level as she plays alongside them, and by selecting additional resources to extend their play. For example, babies investigate textured materials and enjoy using them to play peekaboo with the childminder. The childminder supports early language development well. She repeats simple words back to the children so that they hear the correct pronunciation and introduces new words to increase their vocabulary. For example, as children play with farm animals, she names the animals, makes animal noises and encourages them to join in. The childminder enhances the older children's learning at school through daily reading and practising

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children confidently move around the childminder's home. They spend time outside every day, and when the weather permits, they move between indoors and outdoors independently. The childminder teaches children about how to look after themselves and enables even the youngest children to take safe risks, such as negotiating the step as they move between indoors and outdoors. She provides a broad range of healthy meals and snacks. The childminder supports children to manage simple tasks for themselves. For example, very young children begin to feed themselves and find their own outdoor clothes when they want to go outside.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are well supported to develop their self-confidence in preparation for the move on to pre-school or school. They access a broad range of activities outside the childminder's home, attending music and movement, playgroup, and shopping at the greengrocers. The childminder plans other visits in response to children's interests to broaden their experiences. For example, they recently visited a farm. Older children know the rules and boundaries when they are in the childminder's home, and she talks with them about how to keep themselves safe and healthy.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY538290 Local authority Warwickshire Inspection number 10089603 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 0 - 10 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2016 and lives in Nuneaton. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, and before and after school on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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