Childminder in West Sussex

Inspection date 10 April 2019 Previous inspection date 16 November 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 Children clearly enjoy their time spent with the childminder. She is an attentive and engaging play partner. Children actively seek her out for comfort and cuddles for reassurance. She supports their emotional well-being effectively. n The childminder builds positive relationships and communicates effectively with parents and key people at other settings children attend. This helps to support high levels of consistency in children's care and learning. n The childminder allows children plenty of unhurried time to explore and play with resources. This helps to ensure children have the maximum time available to play and learn from opportunities. n The childminder is a positive role model for children. She teaches them good manners and skills, such as turn taking, and they behave well. n Children are self-motivated and confident and enjoy a range of resources that support the development of their expressive art and design skills. For instance, children delight

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This provision is good

in exploring musical toys that capture their attention. n At times, the childminder does not challenge children's communication skills to the highest levels to help raise children's outcomes further. n The learning environment is not arranged so that children can make fully independent choices about what to play with. Some toys are not easily accessible for children.

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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 create more opportunities to challenge children's speaking skills to help raise children's outcomes further n review the accessibility of equipment to allow children to make individual decisions and independent choices in the resources they want to use.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector observed the childminder and children as they played. She listened to their interactions and talked to them at appropriate times. n The inspector held discussions with the childminder in relation to observations of children's play, learning and progress. n The inspector sampled documentation, including children's records and suitability checks. n The inspector took note of written views from parents. n The inspector viewed areas of the house and garden used for the care of children.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The childminder makes good use of furthering her knowledge and skills, for example by attending training. She implements changes and improvements to her setting effectively that help raise the quality of her practice and outcomes for children. For example, the childminder now uses many sensory play opportunities to support children's learning and development effectively. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder knows what actions to take if she has any concerns about children's welfare. The childminder makes well- considered plans to continuously develop and improve her setting and her practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder makes accurate observations of what children can do and makes effective plans to support the next steps in their learning. This is evident when the childminder sets up an activity to support children to develop their physical skills that will eventually help them to hold a pencil to write with. Children enjoy a range of sensory experiences, such as exploring woollen balls. These experiences contribute to children developing an understanding of the world around them. The childminder monitors the progress children make in their learning and quickly identifies if children need targeted support in any areas. Children enjoy moving objects between containers and enjoy attempting to pull objects off the edges of these. This helps to support their physical development. The childminder uses opportunities to talk to children about colours, shapes, sizes and numbers as they explore the objects. This contributes effectively to

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

the development of children's early mathematical skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder teaches children to consider their safety. For instance, as young children pull themselves up on furniture and lower themselves down again, she reminds them to take care so they do not hit their heads. The childminder works effectively with parents to ensure that children have a healthy range of meals supplied. She offers children nutritious snacks and drinks to complement and support a healthy lifestyle. Children enjoy outings, such as to the library to find books to borrow that interest them and to have fun at local parks where they play on physically challenging equipment. Children have the opportunity to learn about their local community and diversity in the wider world. The childminder makes effective use of children's interests to help support their learning. For example, she borrows toys from a toy library that match children's current interests and highly engage them in their learning. Children are enthusiastic learners.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress in their learning from their starting points. They enjoy a range of activities and experiences and learn a variety of skills that will support them in the next stages of their learning and for school when the time comes. For instance, they play alongside their friends and learn social skills. Children enjoy looking at books and learn how to handle the pages. This helps them to develop early reading skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY290909 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 10060888 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 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2 Date of previous inspection 16 November 2015

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2004. She lives in Petworth, West Sussex. The childminder provides care on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, from 7.30am to 6pm, throughout the year.

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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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