Childminder EY229407

Inspection date 18 June 2019 Previous inspection date 8 April 2016

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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 The childminder seeks the views of children and their parents to help her continually improve her service. For instance, she has encouraged the children who attend after school to design and help construct their own garden. Children learn to budget, negotiate and respect each other's ideas. They work together well to dig up weeds before adding decorations, such as solar-powered lights. n The childminder uses a clear way of monitoring children's progress over time. This enables her to check how well and how quickly children are progressing in different aspects of their learning. Outcomes for children are consistently good. They make good rates of progress. n The childminder is very responsive to children's interests, needs and achievements. However, on occasion, children would benefit from being given longer to think, explore, wonder and experiment. n The childminder's professional development is not highly focused on raising the quality

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This provision is good

of teaching and learning, particularly for very young children. n The childminder provides healthy snacks and nutritious home-cooked meals. Parents praise the childminder for her skills in encouraging children to try new foods and develop a more extensive healthy diet. n The childminder develops good partnerships with other settings that children attend. With parent consent, she swaps information on children's current interests and achievements, and targets similar next steps in learning. n Parents report very positively about the setting. They state they have never been happier leaving their children, and their children have never been happier than when they are with the childminder. Children love her so much and see her as an extension to their family.

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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 give young children longer amounts of time to think, explore and process new ideas to help them achieve at even higher levels n continue to develop professional knowledge and skills to inform teaching and accelerate children's learning.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector observed, listened to and talked with children as they played. n The inspector reviewed policies and discussed the procedures relating to children's safety and welfare with the childminder. n The inspector looked at children's records, the childminder's planning and evaluation of activities, and information exchanged with parents. n The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day and reviewed written communication from parents. n The inspector spoke with the childminder about the impact of her training, experience and practice on children's well-being, learning and development.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The well-qualified and experienced childminder provides a warm, welcoming, safe and enriching environment for children. Parents write that she provides 'a highly professional business following protocols to the letter, but ensuring the children are always her main core focus'. The childminder makes thorough and effective risk assessments to help keep children as safe as she possibly can at her home and on outings. She reviews and updates these to meet the changing needs of families and her own personal circumstances. Children's safety and welfare are very high priorities for her. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder uses a range of ways to keep her policies, procedures and practices up to date. She has a good knowledge of child protection concerns and how to seek additional help for children when it is required.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder meets with parents to find out what children know and can do before they start at her setting. She listens carefully to parents' aspirations for their children and agrees effective ways of sharing information with them. The childminder is observant, skilled and responsive. For example, she plans activities that she knows children will enjoy exploring, and models new vocabulary and ideas to extend their learning even further. Young children delight in handling different shapes and textures, such as cooked pasta and dried cereals. They transfer materials, hide small toys underneath and learn to balance different shapes on top. The childminder models a wide range of new words as children play, such as when they move vehicles and characters in different ways. Children develop good physical skills and a broad vocabulary.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Young children are very confident to enter and move about the childminder's home. The childminder arranges it so that children can easily see and access toys, books and other prompts for conversation and play. Children are willing to take on new challenges and return to have another go at activities to try out new ideas. The childminder is calm, patient and encouraging. Children develop very secure and trusting relationships with her. The childminder gently models her high expectations for being thoughtful and caring. Children are happy and willingly help with activities, such as tidying away toys. The childminder shares her clear policies and procedures for administering medication with parents. They express their gratitude to her for keeping them well informed when she needs to do so. Continuity in children's care is very good and everyone involved knows precisely how children's individual needs are met.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are well prepared socially and emotionally for new ventures, such as starting nursery and school. They develop good social skills and high levels of personal independence. Children develop a good foundation in early literacy and mathematics. For example, they listen carefully to rhymes and stories, and experiment with weight and measure as they bake and prepare food together. Children show their delight in music and dancing. They are creative and imaginative, particularly when acting out their experiences.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY229407 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10073081 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 6 Number of children on roll 12 Date of previous inspection 8 April 2016

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2003 and lives in Chilton Candover, near Alresford, Hampshire. She operates all year round from 7.15am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. The childminder holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3.

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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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