Childminder EY412221

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 provides a warm and welcoming environment for children. She has a good understanding about children's individual interests and plans a challenging curriculum to build on their knowledge and skills. The childminder places a strong focus on developing children's literacy skills. Children benefit from a wide range of interesting books, in different languages, to nurture their interest in reading. Children readily share favourites stories with each other and enjoy taking these books home to share with their families. The childminder ensures that children develop good attitudes to learning. For instance, children are keen to learn and gain good attention skills. They persevere in new activities and develop a sense of personal achievement as they confidently master new skills.

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The provision is good

The childminder provides a safe and secure environment for children. She recognises the uniqueness of each child and their family and works closely with them to promote children's care needs well. The childminder is kind and caring. She is a good role model and treats children with kindness and respect. In turn, children behave well. They are polite and courteous and develop good social skills. Children develop strong friendships with each other and show genuine kindness and concern for one another. The childminder offers children praise and encouragement. This helps children develop good levels of self-esteem and confidence, which supports them in gaining the skills for future learning.

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need to do better?

n The childminder is qualified and experienced. She uses her good knowledge of the children she cares for to provide activities that interest children and support their learning well. This is particularly successful in developing children's good physical skills. For instance, the childminder teaches younger children how to use scissors to cut paper. She provides different-sized scissors and explains to children how to use them. Children persist at holding and using the scissors and are delighted as they cut paper confidently. This helps to develop children's small-muscle skills in readiness for writing when the time comes. n The childminder introduces new language into children's learning well. For instance, as children sit for snack time, she teaches them about the names of new fruit and vegetables, such as 'okra'. However, sometimes, the childminder does not consider how she can use opportunities to encourage children to

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need to do better?

communicate their wants, needs and ideas more effectively. n Partnerships with parents are very successful. The childminder works very closely with parents to support children to settle into new routines happily. Parents speak highly of the childminder and the good-quality care and learning experiences that she provides. The childminder has shared information from recent training she has completed with parents to help promote good bedtime

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need to do better?

5 December 2019 and sleep routines for children. These strong partnerships enable the childminder to work well with parents to promote children's continuous learning and care. n The childminder helps children to learn about their own cultural heritage and those of their friends, to help broaden their understanding of the wider world. For instance, children recently celebrated St Martin's Day. They shared stories and took part in a lantern parade, as the childminder taught them about the festival. This helps to strengthen children's understanding of how they are unique in terms of the similarities and differences between themselves and their friends. n Children develop strong bonds with the childminder and with each other. They benefit from the childminder's kind and calm approach to their care. Children respond well to her and develop secure and trusting relationships. This helps to support children's emotional well-being effectively.

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need to do better?

n The childminder makes regular and precise assessments of children's progress to help her plan for what they need to learn next. She has begun to share information, with other early years settings that children attend, to help support them in moving to these new settings. However, the childminder has not used these relationships to help to provide ongoing continuity and support for children's learning experiences between the settings. n Children gain good independence skills. The childminder actively supports children in learning how to manage some age-appropriate tasks for themselves. For instance, children learn how to prepare their snacks, pour drinks, put on wellington boots and coats and tidy away toys. Children learn how to manage some hygiene routines confidently, such as washing their hands before they sit to eat. These skills contribute to children being prepared well for their next stage in learning.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has a good understanding of her roles and responsibilities to keep children safe. She makes good use of the regular safeguarding training she undertakes to be able to identify potential child protection concerns. The childminder recognises when children may be exposed to extreme behaviours or ideology. She knows the action she would take, including how to report concerns, following her robust procedures. This helps to keep children safe and maintains their welfare effectively.

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should:

n explore more ways to encourage children to communicate their wants, needs

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should:

5 December 2019 and ideas more consistently n work more closely with all other settings that children attend, to improve the continuity and support for children's learning experiences.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY412221 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10074513 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 6 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6 Date of previous inspection 19 January 2016

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2010 and lives in Godalming, Surrey. She provides care for children Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 7pm for most of the year. The childminder holds a childcare qualification at level 3. She is able to receive funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed the childminder interacting with the children and the impact this had on children's learning. n The childminder discussed an activity, and evaluated the learning that had taken place, with the inspector. n Parents shared their written views of the childminder's practice with the inspector, who took account of their comments. n Children and the childminder spoke to the inspector at convenient times during the inspection. n The inspector checked the suitability of the premises used for childminding.

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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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