Childminder 302418

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

Children are happy and settled and have secure emotional attachments to the nurturing childminder. They demonstrate confidence while moving freely around the safe home. The childminder plans a wealth of outings. These complement the already good curriculum, enhance children's socialisation and promote their good health. For example, children go to toddler groups, indoor physical activity centres and play villages where they take part in imaginative and creative play. Children also visit the library, which helps to foster their love of stories and books and supports their future early literacy skills.

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The provision is good

The childminder helps toddlers and younger children to develop good language skills effectively. She encourages two-year-old children and toddlers to lift the flaps in their favourite book and asks questions about the animals and the sounds they make. She holds lovely conversations during activities and care routines. Toddlers chatter away and use gestures to make their needs known, and two-year-old children use simple sentences.

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The provision is good

Children are encouraged to make healthy food choices and develop good independence. For example, two-year-olds delight in cutting up their fruit, before using impressive small-physical skills to make a fruit kebab. Younger children are kind and caring and are very responsive to requests, such as helping to tidy up.

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need to do better?

n The childminder uses her precise assessments of children's progress to plan for their next steps in learning. Her effective teaching contributes to children's good progress and their acquisition of essential skills and knowledge for future learning, such as in early literacy and mathematics. n The childminder sustains two-year-old children's focus and concentration as she models how to use the plastic balance scales to weigh cereal. She points out why one side is lower and suggests they add more to the other container. As they fill up bun cases, the childminder encourages children to count and match the corresponding number of pieces of cereal to the numeral on the laminated card. n The childminder ignites two-year-old children's curiosity and encourages them to test out their ideas. For example, she suggests they fill up the empty cardboard tube with cereal and watch what happens when they lift the tube up.

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need to do better?

n Children gain control of their small muscles. Toddlers scoop the cereal with a spoon, shake instruments and press buttons on technology toys. Children aged two precisely place the circular cereal on to the pipe cleaner. Toddlers are very physically active as they cruise around furniture, developing large-muscle control in readiness for walking.

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need to do better?

3 December 2019 n The childminder provides a wide variety of accessible resources and challenging activities for children over two years that focus their learning well. These include those set up in the vibrant playroom. However, toddlers have less opportunities to access a broader range of media and materials freely, to ignite their curiosity, exploration and investigation fully. n The childminder models and encourages good manners. She praises children for sharing toys with toddlers. She reflects differences with resources such as dressing-up costumes, books and dolls, and children learn about special celebrations and events beyond their own experiences. n The childminder builds positive relationships with parents. She gathers important information about children's care routines and stage of development on entry. This helps her to plan immediately around children's learning needs and home routines, and promote a shared and consistent approach. However, the

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need to do better?

childminder is less successful in working in partnership with other settings to complement children's care and learning to the highest level. n Parents express very positive written feedback about their children's care and the progress they make. They comment how much they love the photographs and videos they receive that capture children's first-hand experiences or achievements. Parents regularly view and add comments to their children's records of learning. n The childminder continually reflects on and improves her practice, such as through webinars and online training. She values the views of parents and children. For instance, she distributes parent questionnaires, and children can indicate their likes and dislikes through picture surveys.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has a secure understanding of how to help children to stay safe and protected. She keeps up to date with changes to safeguarding legislation or practice, for instance, through regular training. The childminder can identify possible signs of abuse, including where children may be at risk of harm from extreme behaviours and views. She fully understands the reporting procedures, should she have a child protection concern. The childminder identifies and removes potential hazards to children and has clear safety procedures for promoting children's welfare on outings.

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should:

n extend opportunities to ignite younger children's curiosity, active exploration and investigation n strengthen information sharing with other settings children attend, to optimise a

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should:

3 December 2019 shared and consistent approach to their care and learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 302418 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 10061707 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 10 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8 Date of previous inspection 10 July 2015

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 1986 and lives in Wibsey, Bradford. She operates all year round from 7.45am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder showed the inspector around the areas used for childcare purposes. n The inspector observed 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 childminder presented relevant documents to the inspector. She also shared children's records of learning. n The inspector spoke to children during the inspection and viewed written feedback from parents and 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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Inspection activities

3 December 2019 3 December 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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