Childminder in Tameside

Inspection date 24 June 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 good knowledge of how children learn. She plans fun activities that children enjoy. Children make good progress in their learning and development. n Children are happy and have formed secure relationships with the childminder and each other. The childminder gives plenty of praise and encouragement to children, which helps build their confidence and motivation. Children happily play together. They share resources and behave well. Children follow clear instructions from the childminder and are eager to help. n The childminder adapts activities and builds on children's interests. For example, children are fascinated by a spider that they find in the garden, and the childminder takes the opportunity to teach children about spiders. She then supports children to use non-fiction books to further extend their learning and recap on the other insects that they have learnt about. n The well-qualified childminder routinely reflects on her setting. She gathers views from

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This provision is good

children and parents in a variety of ways, and she uses the feedback appropriately. She has a clear plan of action to help her to maintain her good practice. The childminder attends regular training to further develop her own knowledge and understanding. n The childminder does not consistently use what she knows about children's individual next steps in their learning to plan specific activities to help them make even better progress. n Strategies used to encourage all parents to share learning that has happened at home, to help support the continuity for children's development, are not highly effective.

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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 refine the planning of activities, based on what the childminder already knows about individual children's next steps in learning, to help children to make even better progress n develop highly effective strategies to support all parents to share learning that has happened at home, in order to support continuity for children's development.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning n The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder. n The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household. n The inspector took account of the views of children and parents through written feedback provided. n The inspector spoke to children during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a suitable understanding of how to keep children safe. She carries out risk assessments to identify potential hazards. She supports children to learn how to keep themselves safe through their daily routines and activities. For example, children engage in activities during road awareness week. The childminder has attended safeguarding training. This has helped her to know the procedure to follow if she has any concerns about a child's welfare. Overall, the childminder keeps parents well informed about their child's learning and development. She talks to parents daily and sends photographs via her phone so that parents can see their children having fun. She keeps them well informed about what their children need to learn next. Parents are complimentary about the childminder. They state she is 'trustworthy, reliable and kind hearted'.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder adapts activities to follow children's interests. Children enjoy planting and caring for sunflowers. They eagerly use watering cans to water their own sunflowers and look carefully at what happens to a sunflower that has a broken stalk. This helps promote their understanding of the world around them. The childminder supports children's mathematical learning effectively through their play and routines. For example, they count the stairs as they walk down them, and the childminder uses words such as 'heavy', 'high' and 'low' as they play. The childminder offers opportunities for children to make marks to help their early writing. Children delight in using paintbrushes and water to make marks and they practise writing the first letter in their name.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children's sense of belonging is supported effectively by the childminder. As an example, photographs and samples of children's work are displayed around the book corner. The childminder takes children to a variety of different places in the community, such as toddler groups and soft-play centres. Children go to a regular football training session for young children. This helps develop their physical skills effectively. The childminder encourages children to help her to clean the table before and after eating and teaches them the importance of washing their hands. The childminder regularly meets with another childminder and her minded children. This helps support children to make friendships with other children and develop good social skills.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children have fun and enjoy a variety of activities, indoors and outdoors. They enjoy engaging in imaginative play, such as going to the shops, making cups of mud tea and mending with a selection of tools. They develop their independence. For example, they happily put on their own 'wellies' and waterproof suits when going out to play in the rain. They enjoy using age-appropriate knives to cut their own fruit at snack time. Children are making typical progress for their age. They are developing the key skills they need in preparation for the next steps in their learning and in readiness for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY544413 Local authority Tameside Inspection number 10099443 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 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 10 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2017 and lives in Newton, Hyde. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3. She provides 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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