Childminder in Hampshire

Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is good

The warm and caring childminder offers children a welcoming and inclusive setting that is very well resourced. She has a secure understanding of children's individual needs and is highly attentive to these. Children are happy in her care and demonstrate a willingness to take part in activities. The childminder ensures that time is spent resourcefully when babies settle in. She regularly liaises with parents to help ensure that she understands babies' routines and adheres to these well. Babies show they feel safe and secure and explore the environment with curiosity. They demonstrate their emotional well-being as they cuddle up with the childminder during play and when feeding.

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The provision is good

The childminder is highly committed to her role and proactively updates her skills and knowledge to help her offer children the very best start to their learning and education. She has established strong partnerships with parents to help her share children's next steps. Likewise, she keenly provides help and guidance to support parents in extending children's learning at home. This includes home learning packs and guidance for promoting speech and language. The childminder has high expectations for children's behaviour and attitudes. Young children are starting to show awareness of their feelings. They are thoughtful and considerate of babies attending.

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need to do better?

n The childminder is keen to continually improve her practice. She has updated her skills and developed a good awareness of the education inspection framework. She plans very well for children's learning, tailoring it to their individual needs. She incorporates interesting and challenging experiences across all seven areas of learning. Children show good levels of motivation to take part in the activities and show readiness for their future learning. n During the inspection, children thoroughly enjoy taking part in a traffic survey during a local outing. The childminder skilfully uses her effective teaching practice to help children identify the vehicles they see, count these and mark their survey sheet. Young children are confident to call out that they see a 'truck' and a 'blue car', and they count other vehicles. They are developing communication skills and taking on board mathematical concepts that are

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appropriate to their age. n The childminder is encouraging of children's early interest in books and reads regularly with them. She warmly explains that the story has a beginning, middle and end. However, she misses opportunities to talk about the characters and, for younger children, help them to distinguish what they see in the pictures of the book. Children are not as attentive as they could be, although they demonstrate some good listening skills. Nevertheless, the childminder offers

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26 September 2019 children a lending library to encourage parents to read with children at home. n The childminder uses secure systems to monitor children's progress. This progress is shared with parents during termly consultation meetings. The childminder is extremely confident to act on any identified gaps in children's learning to ensure any child needing additional support receives this promptly. Partnerships with other professionals, who share care of children attending, are very well established. This makes a strong impact on the continuity of children's learning and development. Parents positively state they are very happy with the communication they receive and how their children's development is supported. n Mealtimes are very sociable. Young children develop high levels of independence and an awareness of healthy eating. They learn about personal self-care, such as handwashing routines. The childminder continues to promote learning as

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need to do better?

younger children name 'orange', 'banana' and 'bowl'. They eat independently and are very keen to help wash up afterwards. The childminder offers many outings away from home, so children can socialise with others and benefit from physical play and exercise. Confident young children are keen to show how they can put on coats and shoes. n Overall, the childminder models language very well. She is particularly keen to help ensure all children acquire a good level of speech and communication. She responds well to babies' gurgling and babbling to promote their early communication. During the inspection, she used singing activities to help build on children's language, but, at times, younger children were not engaged enough and became distracted. n The childminder helps children to manage their feelings and encourages children to make choices about what they do. Children behave very well. They have an extremely good bond with the childminder and show they are happy in her care.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has a good knowledge and understanding of how to safeguard the children she cares for. She adheres to her policies, procedures and risk assessments to promote children's health, safety and well-being. She supports children's developing understanding of safety, for example road safety, when on outings with children. The childminder has a secure awareness of the typical signs and symptoms that may indicate possible abuse. She knows the procedures to follow if she has a concern about a child's welfare. The childminder has used training and research to enhance her safeguarding knowledge further. For example, she effectively demonstrates her understanding of the 'Prevent' duty guidance.

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should:

26 September 2019 n enhance further the opportunities for children to benefit from their developing interest in early literacy n build on ways to encourage children to be even more engaged in singing and music activities to enhance their developing language even further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY546776 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10124453 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 to 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2017. She lives in Tadley, Hampshire. The childminder works Monday to Friday for most weeks of the year. The childminder receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged three.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector spent time talking to the childminder about how she plans for children's next steps and monitors the progress children make. n The inspector observed the childminder's teaching practice and the impact this has on children's learning. n Time was spent away from the setting as the inspector joined the childminder and children on a short outing. The inspector and childminder discussed and evaluated this activity. n The inspector sampled relevant documentation during the inspection. This included written feedback from parents. n The inspector spoke with the childminder to gain an understanding of how she updates her skills and knowledge.

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Inspection activities

26 September 2019 We carried out this inspection 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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Inspection activities

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