Childminder in Gloucestershire

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 reflects well on her practice and provision. She uses feedback from parents and children and continuing professional development well to help her improve. For example, recent training on the ways in which children learn has helped her plan activities that meet children's needs and interests well. Children are motivated and keen to learn. n The childminder makes accurate assessments about what children can do. She uses these to plan challenging activities and identify when children may need extra help. She monitors children's progress well and closes any gaps in learning effectively. n The childminder builds good relationships with parents. She involves them well in recognising children's achievements through regularly sharing photographs and information. She helps them understand what children need to learn next and provides ideas for them to try at home. Children make good progress in their learning.

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This provision is good

n The childminder provides plenty of readily accessible toys and play materials indoors and outdoors for children to choose. Children make confident decisions about how they want to play and learn. Children behave well. n Sometimes, the childminder misses opportunities to let children know what they have done well, to encourage them to continue trying new skills. n On occasion, the childminder uses children's words for toys instead of providing them with the correct name.

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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 children with more information so they understand better what they have done well or achieved to support them to develop new skills and enhance their learning even further n develop consistency when modelling language to support children learning new vocabulary and letter sounds to enhance their communication skills further.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector observed the quality of the childminder's teaching indoors and outdoors, and the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector took into account the views of parents through written testimonials. n The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of children's learning with the childminder. n The inspector spoke with the childminder and the children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector sampled paperwork, including policies and procedures, online recording forms for accidents and children's records.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The childminder provides good-quality care and learning for children. She has a good understanding of the potential signs that a child's welfare may be at risk. She knows how and when to act on concerns to keep children safe. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder is developing her garden, following on from children's interest in playing outdoors. She has added a mud kitchen and growing area to provide more opportunities for children to explore and experiment with natural materials.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder knows the children well and provides engaging activities for them. For example, she adds toys to the mud kitchen that she knows children prefer to extend their concentration successfully. Children spend time digging out the toy car, train and characters from the mud. They persevere well as they spend time fitting the different characters into the train. The childminder extends children's early counting skills effectively. She uses a ball and encourages them to roll and catch it, counting from one to five. She offers children good chances to be creative. For example, she models how to fill a mould with sand then turn it out to make the shape of a teddy bear. Children copy her actions and enjoy using the rake to push the sand away.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children have a clear understanding of good hygiene practices. They understand why they need to wash their hands before eating snack. Children enjoy playing with others. For example, they engage in a game of hide and seek with the childminder. The childminder teaches them about living things. For instance, they help her plant fruit in a hanging planter and use the watering can to water them. The childminder prepares children well for the move on to playgroup or school. For example, she takes them to local toddler groups where they mix with other children and get to know the practitioners. They become familiar with the local school too, as they go with the childminder to drop and collect older children from school. Children gain confidence and adapt well to different social situations.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children love being with the childminder and excitedly explore indoors and outdoors. Children competently use one-handed tools, such as a spade, as they shovel sand from one part of the tray to another. They practise their physical skills as they climb the steps to the top of a slide, sit down and slide down. Children use their imagination well as they play with pretend food. They use the pizza cutter to cut the pizza and the knife to cut the cake, then share them with the childminder.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY550988 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 10104397 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 - 3 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 3 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2017. She lives near Gloucester city centre. The childminder offers care from 7.30am to 6pm Monday to Friday, all year round.

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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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