Childminder EY368235

Inspection date 13 March 2019 Previous inspection date 16 April 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 Good 2 Outcomes for children Good 2

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This provision is good

n Since her last inspection, the childminder has reviewed her practice to help her identify effective ways of achieving and maintaining good-quality provision. n The childminder places a high priority on promoting children's physical development. She is careful to provide young children, who are just learning to walk, with sufficient space to practise their emerging physical skills in safety. She supervises them closely and takes effective steps to minimise the potential risks posed when children are unsteady on their feet. n The childminder promotes young children's emerging language skills well. She talks to them while they play and describes what they are doing. She places importance on helping children develop a strong foundation in their home language as a basis for their future spoken English. n Young children settle well and are happy and content in the childminder's care. They are confident to explore their surrounding while looking to the childminder for guidance

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This provision is good

and support. The childminder is very alert to children's needs and routines. She recognises when they are tired and responds to their needs with care and sensitivity. n The childminder gathers detailed information from parents to help her settle children into her care. She takes effective steps to involve them in identifying children's stage of development on entry. However, she does not consistently provide parents with guidance to help and encourage them to support their children's learning at home. n Although the childminder is alert to what children like to do, she sometimes does not build upon their changing interests to fully encourage them to explore and experiment with their own ideas.

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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 guidance and advice about how they can support their children's learning at home n build on children's changing interests, to help fully promote and extend their exploratory and concentration skills.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector spoke to the childminder and looked at relevant documentation. n The inspector viewed the areas of the premises used for childminding and checked evidence of the suitability of household members.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder is confident about her role in protecting children and keeping them safe from harm. She is knowledgeable about the action to take if she is concerned about a child's welfare. The childminder recognises the important role continual professional development plays in helping her to constantly develop her knowledge and skills. She has identified relevant areas of focus, such as supporting children's language skills, to help improve outcomes for children. The childminder targets priorities for development on the needs of children attending. For example, she is researching groups in the local area that operate while children are present, to help extend their social experiences and enable them to mix with children of a similar age.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder makes good use of up-to-date guidance to help her monitor children's progress and identify what they need to learn next. She provides a good range of age- appropriate toys and equipment to help promote their interest and enjoyment. She is observant about children's abilities and praises their achievements, such as when a young child successfully kicks a ball. The childminder values and mimics the babbling sounds young children make, to help encourage them to express themselves and learn the pattern of conversation. She is tuned into young children's ways of communicating what they want. She provides the words needed to describe what they want to help extend their emerging vocabulary.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children develop close relationships with the childminder. They respond well to her sensitive and encouraging manner and seek her out for comfort and support. The childminder provides children with simple guidance about safe practices and acceptable behaviour from a young age. She talks to children as they explore their environment, providing age-appropriate explanations to alert them to potential hazards. The childminder sensitively encourages young children's emerging independence. She encourages them to hold their own beaker and, noticing their interest in the lid, shows them how to open it themselves. The childminder teaches school-age children to show care and concern towards little ones, to help promote their understanding of the needs of others.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop key skills to support their next stage of learning. They demonstrate self-assurance in different social situations and look to the childminder, as a trusted adult, for reassurance before approaching an unfamiliar adult. Young children demonstrate their growing confidence and developing independence. They make simple choices about what they prefer to play with and happily carry their favourite toys around with them. Young children enjoy practising newly learned skills, such as making a loud noise by banging on a metal bowl.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY368235 Local authority Norfolk Inspection number 10084872 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 - 11 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5 Date of previous inspection 16 April 2018

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2008 and lives in Thetford. She operates all year round from 6am to 5pm from Monday to 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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