Childminder EY548855

Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children develop warm bonds with the childminder and are happy during their time with her. She helps children to feel safe and settle quickly. The childminder is attentive and demonstrates how well she knows their individual needs and personalities. Children laugh as they roll coloured balls down a slide. They arrange building blocks to create a goal at the bottom and cheer each time they succeed in rolling the balls into it. Children challenge their physical skills as they climb the ladder up the slide and stack building blocks to create towers. From a young age, children enjoy imaginative play with small-world toys such as dinosaurs and dolls. They grin as they make the dinosaurs roar and nibble the carpet. Children carefully select small toy people and arrange furniture in the doll's house. They tuck the baby doll up in the smallest bed and say 'shhh' as they close the door.

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The provision is good

The childminder has high expectations for the children in her care. Children help tidy away the toys and follow hygiene routines, such as washing their hands, with the childminder's support. They delight in independently using a small handheld vacuum cleaner to help tidy up spilled rice after a sensory play activity. Children concentrate as they cut up boiled eggs at snack time. Young children practise their small-muscle control skills as they feed themselves yoghurt from a small pot with a spoon.

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need to do better?

n The childminder uses her observations of children to assess their learning and help her monitor their progress. She plans interesting activities to help children achieve their next steps in learning. The childminder organises her provision to help encourage children to become curious and make choices in their play. For example, children can independently access toys and resources that reflect their emerging interests. n From a young age, children begin to develop an understanding of positive behaviours and boundaries. The childminder provides children with consistent rules and gentle reminders. This helps them to be kind towards each other. Children begin to take turns and share resources with minimal support. n The childminder accesses support and training from her local authority. She welcomes feedback from her adviser and new ideas from training and professional books. She uses this information effectively to review her work,

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need to do better?

reflect on her practice and make changes. n Children learn to express themselves in a range of ways. For example, young children select pictures of different foods to choose what they would like to eat. The childminder helps children to build their language skills. She introduces and repeats simple words and sounds for younger children. n The childminder has developed good relationships with parents and shares

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need to do better?

16 December 2019 information with them about children's daily care and experiences. However, she does not always support consistently strong partnership working between herself and parents. For example, she does not engage all parents in a two-way flow of information about children's development, to support continuity of learning and progress for children. n The childminder takes children on outings in the community to offer them new and different experiences, such as swimming lessons at the local pool and visits to play centres, farm parks and wildlife reserves. This helps to develop their understanding of the world and gives them opportunities to practise their social skills in larger groups of children. n Children develop skills to support their future learning. They are keen to play and maintain good levels of focus for their age. Children concentrate as they use different tools to scoop rice into bottles, to make shaker instruments. They

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need to do better?

persist with the difficult task of screwing the lids onto the bottle. Children listen carefully as the childminder encourages them to pay attention to the sound the rice makes as it falls onto different surfaces.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder attends regular training and ensures that she maintains her knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues. She has a good knowledge of the signs and symptoms that may indicate that a child is at risk of harm. The childminder knows who to contact should she have any concerns about a child's welfare or the behaviour of an adult.

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should:

n enhance the arrangements for engaging parents in children's learning and development, to strengthen the consistency of support children receive.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY548855 Local authority Suffolk Inspection number 10108360 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 0 to 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 6 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2017 and lives in Grundisburgh, near Woodbridge in Suffolk. She holds an appropriate qualification at level 6. The childminder operates Monday to Sunday, from 6am until 6pm, all year round. 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 assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The childminder took the inspector on a tour of the areas used for childminding to explain how the early years provision and curriculum are organised. n The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of all persons living in the household. n The childminder completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the inspector. n The inspector spoke to children during the inspection and took account of the views of parents through written feedback provided.

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Inspection activities

16 December 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

16 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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