Childminder in Kirklees

Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is good

The childminder plans a variety of challenging activities and first-hand experiences based on her good knowledge of the children in her care. She has high expectations of what children can achieve and plans effectively for what they need to learn next. She does this in close consultation with parents, who are well informed about their children's progress. Children who have attended since they were babies, and are now aged two years, have close bonds with the childminder. This helps to foster their emotional well-being and enables them to feel safe and secure. Children are confident, independent and develop skills that prepare them for their future learning. They happily choose what they want to play with and they focus well in most respects. The childminder fosters children's love of books wonderfully. She is a good role model and this is reflected in children's positive behaviour. The childminder enhances children's opportunities to mix with a larger,

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The provision is good

more diverse group of children, for instance by taking them to toddler groups. She uses good strategies to support children when they occasionally test boundaries. The childminder reflects on, and improves, most aspects of her practice.

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need to do better?

n The childminder gathers a wide range of information from parents about children's home routines, stage of development and uniqueness when they first start settling in. This helps her to plan for children's individual care and learning needs as soon as they start attending. These are continually discussed with parents, thereafter. This helps children to feel safe and secure. n The childminder plans a broad and varied curriculum that gives children a wide range of knowledge and skills. However, the extensive range of available toys, many for older children, is quite overwhelming and distracting. This means that children are sometimes not focused when they lead their own play. n The childminder uses her continuous observations and assessments of children's progress to focus planning on their interests and their key next steps in learning. She is proactive in addressing any emerging development concerns.

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need to do better?

n Parents are well informed about and involved in their children's learning. For example, the childminder encourages them to view and contribute their own observations to children's records of learning. She also invites parents to share family events or their child's interests from home, which helps to inform her planning. n Children thoroughly enjoy snuggling up to the warm and loving childminder as she reads their favourite story about a tiger who came for tea. Children are enthralled by the childminder's exciting tone of voice, which she changes to reflect the different characters in the book. Children imitate the roar of a tiger, use simple language to talk about what is happening and delight in finishing sentences and turning pages. Parents borrow books from the excellent array

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need to do better?

23 October 2019 available, to help foster their children's love of reading at home. n The childminder supports children's communication and language skills effectively during care routines and activities. She links stories to children's own experiences, such as a trip to the local café, and suggests children create their own tea party for the toy tiger. This helps to reinforce and build on children's knowledge and understanding. n The childminder uses books to reinforce aspects of children's personal, social and emotional development, such as sharing and managing their feelings. Children delight in looking in the mirror and imitating different emotions. Books reflect positive images of diversity and the uniqueness of families. n Children enjoy healthy food choices, take part in effective hygiene routines and have good opportunities to be physically active. For example, they enjoy regular trips to the park and indoor soft-play centres.

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need to do better?

n The childminder uses a variety of sources of information to help her reflect on her practice and keep this up to date. She attends certain training to enhance her knowledge, although this is not focused on enhancing teaching and learning.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has completed a broad range of child protection training, including that which is related to wider safeguarding issues. She has a good knowledge of general possible signs of abuse and of those which may indicate that a child is at risk of harm from extreme behaviours and views. The childminder fully understands how to report child protection concerns to promote children's welfare. She undertakes good risk assessments to help children stay safe.

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should:

n enhance children's focus and engagement as they lead their own play n target continued professional development more precisely, so that there is a greater focus on what will enhance teaching and learning to the highest level.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 310951 Local authority Kirklees Inspection number 10063949 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 2 to 10 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5 Date of previous inspection 30 September 2015

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 1993 and lives in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. She operates Monday to Thursday, from 7am to 5pm, all year round, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3 and is eligible to deliver funded early education for two-, three- and four- year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed areas used for childcare purposes, activities indoors and the interactions between the childminder and children. n The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder. n The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documents, children's records of learning and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household. n The inspector spoke to children 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

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