Childminder in Southend on Sea

Inspection date 22 May 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 very positive attitude to her learning and development to improve her practice further. She attends additional training courses and makes good use of information online to help extend her understanding and knowledge. n Children find fascination in the simplest of activities. For example, they notice the pattern made by their wet boots on the concrete surface and try to balance plastic cows on upturned wooden farm play buildings. n The childminder provides children with plenty of opportunities to learn about the world around them. She takes children to visit local places of interest, such as animal parks, and then creates relevant, additional learning experiences in her home. n Partnerships with parents are good. The childminder has built strong, trusting relationships with parents and keeps them fully updated with a wide range of information about their children's care and learning.

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This provision is good

n Children enjoy their time with the childminder. They are happy, settle quickly and are confident in her home, which helps to develop their self-esteem and emotional development. n The childminder has good links with local school teachers. Children become familiar with the school environment during the daily school runs, which helps them to settle easily when the time comes to start school. n At times, the childminder misses opportunities to further engage and extend children's play to help support their learning. n Older children are not consistently encouraged to give younger, quieter children opportunities to take part in joint activities, such as sharing stories with the childminder.

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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 build on existing skills and knowledge to make the most of opportunities to engage and extend children's play to help support their learning further n develop additional strategies to encourage greater participation in joint activities between younger and older children.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector sampled a range of documentation and checked evidence of the suitability of household members. n The inspector observed children and the childminder playing together. n The inspector spoke to the childminder at appropriate times and read emails sent by parents to gather their views. n The inspector sampled children's assessments.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The childminder is constantly adapting and improving her practice. She makes good use of ongoing self-evaluation to help reflect on her knowledge and provision for children. The childminder seeks the views of parents and observes children to find out what works well and where she can make improvements. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of child protection and knows the signs and symptoms which indicate a child may be at risk of harm. The childminder reviews and updates her policies and risk assessments regularly and shares these with parents. She has built good links with staff at other settings that children in her care also attend. The childminder shares information about children electronically with staff and parents, which helps to keep everyone fully involved in children's care and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder makes effective use of questions to help children think about and solve problems. She praises them for their thoughts and ideas, which encourages children to continue their investigations. For example, children explore different textures in messy play and talk about the animals in the messy play tray and those they saw the day before on a farm trip. The childminder helps children who speak English as an additional language to celebrate and embrace their home language. For example, she asks parents for words in their home language and introduces a new word to children each week. This helps children to communicate and learn about other countries. Children enjoy getting messy outside. They play with watering cans, wash plastic animals with old toothbrushes and practise their pouring skills while helping to water the childminder's tomato plants.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children enjoy spending time with each other and the childminder. They listen attentively to the childminder's instructions and happily snuggle up to her for a cuddle. The childminder provides children with plenty of time to enjoy playing outdoors in the fresh air. She creates interesting and exciting play areas which the children eagerly explore. For example, children have endless fun playing with toy farm animals, wooden farm buildings and various textured materials such as breakfast cereal, which becomes 'hay' for the animals. The childminder works closely with parents. She gathers detailed information from them at the start of each new care arrangement and uses a range of methods to keep parents updated.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make consistently good progress in relation to their starting points. They are becoming increasingly confident and independent in their self-care skills. For example, they use small jugs to help themselves to water and skilfully use a spoon to serve vegetables, such as sweetcorn, at lunchtime. This helps children to develop the skills needed for their future, including the move to pre-school and school when the time comes. Children behave well.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY557072 Local authority Southend-on-Sea Inspection number 10106893 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 4 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2018 and lives in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. She operates all year round from 7am to 7pm, Tuesday to Thursday, except for family holidays that are agreed in advance.

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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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