Childminder in Shropshire

Inspection date 5 August 2019 Previous inspection date 13 June 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 is committed to developing her professional skills and keeps up to date with any changes. For example, she liaises with other childminders to exchange information about practice and researches aspects of early years education. Recent training has helped her to extend her knowledge of how to support children's early reading skills. n The childminder has developed partnership working with parents and other settings that children also attend in order to exchange information about children's achievements. This helps her to provide continuity in their care and learning. n The childminder has a good knowledge of children's individual needs and interests, and closely monitors the progress they make. She uses children's assessment information well to identify how to help children achieve the next steps in their learning. n Children make good progress. They acquire a wide range of useful skills that prepare

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This provision is good

them well for their future learning. Children develop good social skills from a young age. Toddlers and two-year-old children play collaboratively on tasks, such as pushing a large ball around the garden. They hug friends and show that they care. n The childminder provides children with a rich and varied range of activities that support their understanding of the world well. Children observe the natural environment. They plant seeds and observe them as they germinate and produce flowers and vegetables. Children show excitement as they discover potatoes have grown underground. n The childminder has not fully developed arrangements to review her teaching to identify where children's learning experiences can be further enhanced. At times, she does not identify how to extend their creative and critical-thinking skills to provide them with the highest level of challenge.

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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 extend reflective practice to identify how to further improve the good teaching and find ways to enhance children's learning experiences to challenge their creative and critical- thinking skills even further.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector observed the quality of teaching and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection and carried out a joint evaluation of the teaching and learning with the childminder. n The inspector had a tour of the childminder's home. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including policies and children's records. n The inspector took account of parents' views.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of her responsibilities to protect children from harm. She is knowledgeable about local safeguarding procedures should she have any concerns about the welfare of a child in her care. She makes good use of risk assessments to ensure she keeps children safe in her home and on outings. Self-evaluation is effective. The childminder is committed to making improvements to her provision and values the contributions that parents make to this process. Parents speak highly about the care their children receive. The childminder plans to develop even further the good opportunities for children to play and learn outdoors. She works closely with parents when children first start to attend, in order to establish their achievements, needs and interests. This helps her to plan well for their learning from the onset.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder skilfully supports children's communication and language development. She recognises how to adapt her use of language to help young children develop good communication skills, such as helping them to learn words to describe actions and objects. Children listen attentively and enthusiastically join in with action songs and rhymes. They respond well to instructions and answer the childminder's questions. Very young children are resourceful and use a combination of sounds and gestures to clearly express their wishes. The childminder provides children with a good range of opportunities to practise their physical skills. For example, she encourages them to use their hands to squash and crumble soil. Children enjoy climbing up a ladder to reach the top of the slide and experiment with ways of travelling down. They carefully negotiate obstacles, such as pushing a doll's buggy up and down steps.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The childminder prioritises children's emotional development well and she is nurturing and friendly. Children quickly form close attachments to her and are happy and secure in her care. The childminder provides good opportunities for children to build their confidence and self-esteem. Children respond well to the encouragement and praise they receive. The childminder manages children's behaviour calmly and effectively. She successfully helps them learn to manage their feelings. Children happily share equipment and take turns. They learn about what is expected from them, such as sitting down when they eat.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children progress well with their early literacy skills. They handle books confidently and use the illustrations as cues to the context. For example, having recognised an image in a book, babies start singing the associated nursery rhyme. They eagerly make the relevant animal noises and show a good understanding of when the rhyme links to the book. Children develop good mathematical understanding. They explore the properties of shapes and show a good understanding of quantity as they learn to count.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY479126 Local authority Shropshire Inspection number 10076119 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 - 2 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6 Date of previous inspection 13 June 2016

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The childminder registered in 2014 and lives in Whitchurch, Shropshire. She operates all year round from 7.15am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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