Childminder in Gloucestershire

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

Children greet others warmly and invite them to join in games and play. They are curious, independent learners who make choices about what and how they want to play from the good variety of toys and resources readily available to them. The childminder encourages children to explore and experiment, providing a range of activities that engage them well. For example, children use their imagination well as they play with the baby dolls, dressing them to keep them warm and telling adults 'shh' as they gently rock the doll to sleep in the toy cot. Children behave well and learn to stay safe as they walk around the lake at the back of the childminder's house. The childminder reminds children to hold hands as they walk on the pathway near the water. They listen well and follow instructions. Children learn about the world around them well. They go on exciting outings, for example to the space museum where they learn about the moon and stars. Children meet the

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The provision is good

people who drive in an ambulance, police car and digger. They sit in the vehicles, try on the hats and talk about how these people help them and others. The childminder supports children to understand about healthy food choices and how they can help others. She and the children planted and grew their own fruit and vegetables. They talked about why they are good for you and what they needed to do to care for them. When the fruit and vegetables were ready the children harvested them and put them into bags to sell. They talked about how some children did not have toys to play with like they did and donated the money they raised to a local charity to help other children.

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need to do better?

n The childminder works well with her co-childminder and assistant to provide a varied curriculum for the children based on their interests. She knows children well and has a good understanding of what they can already do. She uses this information well to see what they need to learn next and recognises when children may need extra help. She puts in support to help them achieve. All children are making good progress in their learning. n Children enjoy playing with natural resources such as pebbles and sawdust. They use different vehicles like the digger and crane to collect the pebbles and move them around the tray. The childminder encourages children to make the noises of the vehicles and to repeat words to extend their vocabulary. The children decide to make a road for the toy vehicles through the sawdust in the tray and tell the childminder what they are doing. She listens to them and talks with them. However, she misses opportunities to encourage them to develop

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need to do better?

their ideas or solve problems as they work to create the 'road'. n The childminder reflects well on her provision and makes sure she, her co- childminder and assistant continue their professional development. She has attended training in keeping children safe and managing behaviour. The

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need to do better?

8 October 2019 childminder makes sure that she and her co childminder and assistant encourage children to share with others well. She frequently tells children 'well done'. However, she does not always explain what it is that children have done well or achieved in ways that could support their learning even further. n Partnerships with parents are good. The childminder regularly shares children's achievements with them and asks for information about what children like and want to do next. Parents offer suggestions, send in photographs and comment positively on the different outings and experiences that children have taken part in. n The childminder encourages children to become independent and care for their play spaces. She encourages them to put toys away before going to wash their hands for snack or lunch. She provides children with cutlery so they can put their own spread on toast, and helps them pour their own drinks.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder keeps her knowledge of children's safety and well-being up to date. She knows how to identify and act on safeguarding concerns about a child's welfare. The childminder understands her role and responsibilities for working in partnership with her co-childminder and monitoring her assistant, and ensures they are suitable to work with children.

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should:

n build on support for children to help them understand what they have done well or achieved, to enhance their development and well-being n make the most of opportunities to challenge and extend children's learning, encouraging them to develop their ideas and solve problems.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY548613 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 10112317 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 to 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2017 and lives in Saul, Gloucestershire. She operates from 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday all year round, apart from two weeks off, one of which is at Christmas. The childminder always works with a co-childminder or an assistant.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors. n The inspector considered the views of parents spoken to on the day and through written testimonials. n A joint evaluation of the activities provided for the children was discussed between the childminder and inspector. n The inspector looked at a sample of the childminder's paperwork including children's records, policies and suitability checks. n The inspector talked with children, the childminder, co-childminder and assistant at appropriate times during the inspection.

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Inspection activities

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

8 October 2019 8 October 2019 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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