Childminder in Bath and North East Somerset

Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

The childminder has high aspirations and a clear vision for providing the best for children. She takes a genuine interest in them, carefully considers their needs and values them highly as individuals. She gathers a great deal of information from parents at the outset about children's interests and what they know and can do. She visits children in their own home and builds strong and beneficial relationships with them. This helps her to support children to settle quickly and grow in confidence. The childminder is dedicated to supporting children's well-being and emotional development. She continues to seek further professional development opportunities to develop her skills in this area even further.

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The provision is good

The childminder is skilled at supporting children's language development. She speaks slowly and uses simple sentences to help younger children understand what she means. She models words clearly to help them learn and use new words. She listens well and gives children time to think and respond to questions that she asks. She reads them stories and sings songs with them throughout the day, which helps to extend their speech skills further.

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need to do better?

n The childminder sets out her home in a very child-centred way. She provides a varied and highly organised range of stimulating resources and inspirational activities. These are very thoughtfully presented across the rooms on the ground floor of her home and out in her garden. She makes excellent use of all areas, maximising opportunities for children to make choices. They delight in exploring and following their interests and ideas, such as using play dough to make pretend birthday cakes in the kitchen and setting out a picnic in the dining room. n The childminder regularly completes accurate and comprehensive assessments and has a good understanding of children's development. She plans next steps in children's learning and focused activities to support each child in making very good progress from their starting points. n The quality of the childminder's teaching is strong. Her interactions with children

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need to do better?

are thoughtful and enthusiastic. She inspires children's confidence and motivation effectively. They are eager to try new activities and develop their skills. For example, younger children learn to count items and recognise and name colours. They learn to use new equipment, such as pipettes. They concentrate and persevere with the childminder's careful encouragement, smiling proudly as they successfully spray the water. n Children develop a very good sense of responsibility, excellent independence and personal care skills for their age. They are confident and know how to behave well and keep safe and healthy. They persevere very well and are keen to do tasks for themselves. They know to be careful when fastening straps and tell the

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24 October 2019 childminder they will 'mind fingers'. They develop very positive attitudes to learning and acquire very useful skills to support their future success. n Partnerships between the childminder and parents are strong and they work closely together to support children's individual needs. The childminder chats daily with parents and regularly shares children's achievements, assessments and the outlined next steps in their learning. Parents are very complimentary about the childminder's service and all that she does for the children. n The childminder places a high priority on supporting children's healthy lifestyles, inspiring their physical exploration, developing their understanding of caring for themselves and fostering a love of nature. She works tirelessly to continue her support of their good health. Her work has been recognised in the awards she has achieved, as well as the children's excellent development and outcomes in

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this area. n The experienced childminder is passionate about her role. She is a reflective practitioner. She regularly carries out evaluation of her practice, seeking the views of parents to inform her analysis, and prioritises future improvements to her provision. n The childminder shares information with other settings children attend. However, she is not successful in obtaining information back from all of them to ensure that she clearly understands what they are learning elsewhere and to inform her assessments and future planning.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder's thorough risk assessments and daily checks ensure children can play safely. She thinks carefully about the areas in her home they will use. She puts additional procedures and equipment in place to restrict their access to higher risk areas, such as cupboards in her kitchen and steeper steps in her garden. She has an in-depth understanding of the child protection issues that may affect children's well-being and welfare, and knows the correct procedures to follow to keep children safe. She ensures she keeps abreast of any changes and refreshes her knowledge by undertaking relevant child protection training regularly.

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n extend links with other settings children attend, to help to develop a two-way flow of information to inform planning and support a consistent approach for children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 132921 Local authority Bath and North East Somerset Council Inspection number 10125426 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Childminder Age range of children 1 to 10 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7 Date of previous inspection 26 February 2015

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 1999 and lives in Widcombe, Bath. She operates during term time from 7.45am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the areas used for childminding and discussed with the childminder how she implements the educational programmes for children. n The childminder and the inspector evaluated the effectiveness of an activity together. n The inspector observed the children and the childminder and spoke with them at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector took account of parents' written views by reading their comments in questionnaires and letters. n The inspector looked at a sample of the childminder's documentation, including evidence of her suitability and training, and her procedures for safeguarding children.

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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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