Childminder in Lancashire

Inspection date 25 July 2019 Previous inspection date 7 July 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 Children flourish in this homely and nurturing environment. The childminder is calm, patient and kind, and children show that they feel safe and secure in her care. This provides a strong base for children's strong attachments and their confidence to explore and learn. All children make good progress in their development. n Partnerships with parents are very good. The childminder involves parents in their children's learning from the very beginning. For example, the childminder uses information shared at settling-in sessions to help inform early assessments of children's progress and to better plan for their learning from the start. n The childminder works well with the local schools children go on to attend, for example sharing valuable learning and development information with school teachers at a recent visit to the childminder's home setting. However, the childminder has been less successful in fully exploring partnerships with other early years settings children

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This provision is good

currently attend, in order to maintain the highest level of continuity in their learning. n The childminder completes ongoing assessment and monitoring of children's learning. She uses this information about children's abilities and interests to underpin her planning and teaching. Children's learning is documented beautifully in journal style books. These provide parents with a wonderful insight into the learning their children have achieved during their time with the childminder. n The childminder is extremely well qualified and attends further training to continually update her knowledge and skills. This contributes to the excellent and, at times, outstanding teaching in place and inspired learning environment. n The childminder has not yet explored a variety of ways to promote children's understanding of people, families and communities beyond their own experiences. n Support for children who speak English as an additional language is excellent. There

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This provision is good

are plenty of opportunities, from a young age, for children to play and learn in their home language. For example, the childminder learns key words in children's home language to use in early communication, and children have previously enjoyed listening to nursery rhymes in the different languages the children speak.

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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 enhance the partnerships with other settings that children attend, in order to promote a more effective exchange of information about children's learning and development, to improve and maintain the highest level of continuity in their learning n extend opportunities and experiences for children to learn about people, families and communities beyond their immediate experience.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector observed the quality of teaching, and the impact this had on children's learning, during play inside and outside. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the childminder and assessed the accuracy of her evaluation. n The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector viewed a range of documentation, including required assessments of children's learning, training certificates and children's records. n The inspector checked evidence of suitability of household members.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder demonstrates a clear knowledge and understanding of how to identify and report any safeguarding concerns. She updates her safeguarding knowledge through frequent training on a range of child protection topics, further supporting her in her role. The childminder shows a strong commitment to improving the quality of her provision. She evaluates the effectiveness of all aspects of her practice in order to identify ways she can improve. The childminder has addressed the recommendations raised at the previous inspection, meaning good health and hygiene routines are very well embedded and understood by the children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder is a wonderful teacher. She has high expectations of the children and uses a range of strategies to help them reach their full learning potential. She is highly skilled at seizing opportunities for learning, using children's own ideas and finding links to their known next steps. For example, children thoroughly enjoy listening to a story about minibeasts. They engage in excellent conversation about the different creatures, owing to the childminder's perceptive questioning skills. Children enjoy counting the legs of the bugs. The childminder challenges this further by asking how many legs two of the bugs have altogether. Children relish the challenge and set out using the blocks provided by the childminder to help them solve the problem. The childminder skilfully draws upon children's mathematical, communication and literacy skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder provides excellent support for children's ongoing physical and emotional well-being. She keeps children safe in the very warm weather as she limits the time spent in the garden during the hottest part of the day. Children are also kept fully hydrated. The childminder uses spontaneous opportunities to help children to learn about keeping themselves safe. For example, children choose a book about road safety that the childminder uses to ask children questions about their own understanding of important road safety rules. The childminder successfully supports children's good behaviour. She recognises when children become less engaged in play and swiftly distracts them by introducing another activity, effectively re-engaging them. This helps to maintain purposeful play and learning and positive behaviour.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children develop the key skills in readiness for their eventual move to school. Younger children quickly learn new words, contributing to their growing vocabulary. They are able to concentrate and persist with tasks from a young age. Older children learn to form the letters of their name and know the letter sounds they represent, in excellent support of their physical and literacy skills. They estimate, make predictions and test their ideas and show wonderful independence skills. All children are socially confident, enjoying interacting with new visitors to the childminder's home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY475023 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 10075745 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 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7 Date of previous inspection 7 July 2016

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2014 and lives in Preston, Lancashire. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds qualified teacher status.

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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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