Childminder in Essex

Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

Children are not sufficiently challenged and engaged. The childminder plans and organises a wide range of learning opportunities indoors and outdoors. However, she does not tailor her planning well enough to ensure that all children are actively involved and remain interested. This is especially so for the most able children. As a result, children often become disinterested in the resources on offer and show unwanted behaviour, which distracts them from their learning. The childminder has some agreed strategies in place to manage children's behaviour, but does not deliver these consistently. Children, therefore, receive mixed messages about acceptable and expected behaviour.

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The provision requires improvement

Children know the childminder's home well. They freely access toys and resources from the selection available to them. Children are extremely confident and independent. They determine much of their own learning.

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The provision requires improvement

Children have good opportunities to develop their social skills. The childminder makes use of local groups for children and regularly meets up with other registered childminders and their childminded children. The childminder takes children to visit places of interest and uses many local natural areas, such as parks and woods, to enhance their learning experiences.

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The provision requires improvement

Children enjoy learning about specific themes, such as outer space. They name some of the planets in the solar system and explore them, for example, through books, the television, models of the planets and discussions with the childminder.

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need to do better?

n The childminder spends much of her time managing behaviour when children behave in an unwanted way to seek her attention, rather than providing exciting and challenging experiences to capture their interests. n On occasions, the childminder misses opportunities to follow children's leads. For example, she suggests that the children might use the face paints rather than drawing on their faces with pens. However, she does not provide the resources to facilitate this play and develop children's understanding of appropriate behaviour. n Children are provided with opportunities to learn about taking risks. They prepare their own orange juice by cutting fresh oranges in half and using a hand-held juicer to squeeze the juice out. Children use vegetable peelers to peel their cucumber and apples for snack, and use an apple corer to remove the cores from their own apples. Children are clearly familiar with these tools and

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need to do better?

manage their use well. n The childminder encourages children's mathematical thinking. For example, she

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4 November 2019 encourages them to pour the juice they have squeezed from the oranges into a measuring jug and look at the amount. n Children enjoy listening to stories read by the childminder. They proficiently tell her about bones in the human skeleton as they read a book together about the human body. They know where the spine is and that the bone in their head is called a skull. n Children enjoy experiencing fresh air and exercise daily when they play in the childminder's garden or go for walks in the local area. The childminder encourages children to think about how they can live a healthy lifestyle. For example, they talk about the foods that are good for them and where they come from. Children know that oranges grow on trees and talk about the pumpkins they grow to use at Halloween. n The childminder is committed to further developing her knowledge and expertise. She attends a range of training and puts her new-found knowledge

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into good practice. For example, following a training course about 'communication-friendly spaces', she has created cosy areas around her home for children to sit and chat, or simply to use to be alone. n Parents comment that they are very happy with the care provided by the childminder. They comment on the wide range of learning opportunities the childminder provides for their children and how these have helped them to grow and make progress.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder demonstrates a good understanding of her responsibility to protect the children in her care. She is aware of the types of abuse and the known indicators that might suggest that a child's welfare or safety is being compromised. The childminder regularly updates her safeguarding knowledge, for example, through training and research. The childminder understands the importance of keeping children safe when they use the internet and has a clear 'no mobile telephones or cameras' policy in her home.

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Due date

implement behaviour management strategies that help children to understand appropriate behaviour in groups. 29/11/2019

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should:

n develop planning to ensure that all children are challenged in their learning and are provided with activities that keep them engaged and motivated to learn n follow children's leads and interests to make best use of spontaneous learning opportunities.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY436122 Local authority Essex Inspection number 10063030 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 7 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5 Date of previous inspection 3 December 2015

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2011 and lives in Coggeshall, Colchester. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. The childminder holds a childcare qualification at level 3. She provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector observed an adult-led activity and evaluated this with the childminder. n The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household. n The inspector spoke to children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector took account of the views of parents through written feedback provided.

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Inspection activities

4 November 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

4 November 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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