Childminder in Wakefield

Inspection date 8 May 2019 Previous inspection date 15 December 2014

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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 benefit from the strong relationships that the childminder builds with parents and other professionals involved in their care. The childminder works collaboratively and engages in open two-way communication to share key information about children's development. This helps to ensure that all care and learning opportunities are consistently mirrored to those delivered elsewhere. n The childminder offers good settling-in procedures. She collects detailed information about children and uses this to plan a safe and welcoming environment. Children are relaxed, happy and confident. n The childminder completes ongoing assessments and monitors children's learning well. She uses information about children's learning and interests to identify effective next steps in learning, which underpin her planning and teaching. Children are making consistently good rates of progress and receive the individual support they need.

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This provision is good

n The childminder creates a warm and friendly environment where children are free to explore and make their own choices in play. Children are engaged and focused in their learning. n Although the childminder evaluates the quality of her setting, this does not focus precisely enough on what needs to be done next, to improve her already good quality of teaching and knowledge to the highest levels. n Occasionally, the childminder misses opportunities to extend children's learning and independence during daily care routines.

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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 better use of self-evaluation and continue to seek further professional development opportunities, to help enrich the already good opportunities for children's learning and raise attainment to the highest levels n maximise all possible opportunities to extend children's learning and independence during care routines.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector had a tour of all the areas of the premises that children access. n The inspector held discussions with parents, children and the co-childminder and took account of their views. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector completed a joint observation of an activity with the childminder and took account of her evaluation. n The inspector reviewed policies, procedures and other records relating to health and safety.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder and her co- childminder complete regular training to help keep up to date with current safeguarding and child protection issues. They have a secure understanding and recognise the signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect. The childminder has a detailed policy to follow should she have a concern about a child's welfare. She completes daily checks to ensure that all areas of the premises children access are safe and secure. The childminder and her co-childminder regularly seek feedback from parents to identify areas to improve the quality of the setting and service they provide.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The knowledgeable childminder provides good support for children as they play and explore. She plans a wide range of interesting and stimulating activities which help to keep children engaged and focused in their learning. For example, children use their good imaginations to create a vehicle using cardboard boxes and an electronic steering wheel. The childminder is skilled at promoting and extending children's developing communication and language skills. For example, she uses open-ended questions and encourages children to describe different animals they see while driving on a safari. With the childminder's support, children find various plastic animals, and they count and group these depending on their characteristics. They learn that the total number changes if you add 'one more' animal to a group. Children develop good mathematical skills. The childminder introduces new concepts to children and helps them to make

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

connections between the different marks they make. For example, children use water- spray bottles and tissue paper to print pictures and mix colours. Children develop good hand dexterity and concentration skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder and her co-childminder show a genuine fondness for the children in their care. They know and understand the individual and unique characteristics of each child and foster these well in their daily routines. They know which children prefer to learn outdoors, and they provide challenging activities to help support their next stages of learning. Children's behaviour is good. They know the rules of the setting and follow these well. Children enjoy the healthy and well-balanced meals the childminder prepares for them.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children are making good rates of progress and any gaps in their learning begin to close rapidly. Children are motivated and happy learners. They develop good levels of self-esteem and enjoy problem-solving and working things out for themselves. Older children begin to recognise their own name and, with help from the childminder, they sound each letter out phonetically. Children begin to give meaning to the different marks they make and develop their emerging writing skills as they write their own name. Children are well prepared for their next stages of learning and eventual move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY415340 Local authority Wakefield Inspection number 10094828 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 12 Number of children on roll 16 Date of previous inspection 15 December 2014

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2011. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder works from the premises of her co-childminder and they both hold appropriate childcare qualifications at level 3. The childminder offers 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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