Childminder in West Berkshire

Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

Children enjoy their time in the childminder's warm and welcoming home. Good relationships between the childminder and children are evident. Children move around with confidence, readily selecting toys and resources they want to play with. They demonstrate that they feel safe and secure in her care.

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The provision is good

The childminder and her assistant have high expectations for children's behaviour. They act as a positive role model and provide guidance and effective strategies, to promote children's positive behaviour and well-being. For example, basic 'house rules', such as not jumping on furniture, are implemented to help children to keep themselves safe and respect the environment. Children behave well and are polite, kind and caring. They form firm friendships with one another and play together happily. They take turns and share resources.

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The provision is good

The childminder promotes children's health and well-being effectively. Children benefit from healthy, nutritious meals and snacks and have regular fresh air and exercise. They enjoy the time they spend outdoors, and the childminder provides good opportunities for children to develop their physical skills. For example, children have fun as they jump across logs in the garden and play football games. The childminder and her assistant use outdoor play to reinforce the importance of being healthy, such as explaining to children they are going outdoors to get some fresh air. These positive experiences support children's physical and emotional health.

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need to do better?

n The childminder ensures the environment is stimulating and safe for all children. Children are friendly and confident. They communicate positively and respond well to the childminder's high expectations. They successfully develop valuable social skills, which will help prepare them for their future lives. n Children demonstrate good attention skills as they listen to stories and rhymes. They become engrossed as they join in with the actions to songs and predict what might happen next in familiar stories. n Partnerships with parents are strong. The childminder uses effective communication methods, including daily discussions and one-to-one meetings. They share plenty of information and agree on what children need to learn next. This helps to promote continuity of care and learning between the childminder and their home. n Children have great fun as they learn and delight in joining in with activities.

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need to do better?

They develop the skills they need for the next stage in their learning, including school. For example, they confidently complete simple tasks, have a good understanding of how to keep themselves safe and competently meet their

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need to do better?

8 January 2020 personal care needs. n The childminder and her assistant provide good support for children's language development. They talk to children about what they are doing, introduce new words, and provide a constant dialogue. Babies babble and giggle in response to these positive interactions. However, on occasion, although the childminder and her assistant ask children interesting questions, they do not always allow children time to think and respond, to help develop their thoughts and ideas even further. n Children make good progress in their learning. The childminder uses the information she gathers from parents, and completes regular observations, to check what children know and can do. However, she does not always adapt activities to ensure they are suitably challenging for older children, to extend their learning to the highest level. n Children are keen to engage with the childminder and her assistant and take

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part in activities. This is illustrated when they become engrossed in knocking down skittles with a ball. As they do this, the childminder encourages them to count how many skittles they have knocked down, to help promote their early mathematical skills. n The childminder is committed to her role and ongoing professional development. She makes good use of online courses and has regular meetings with her co- childminder and assistant to discuss practice issues. This helps them to continually make improvements to the provision.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder and her assistant ensure they keep their knowledge of safeguarding up to date. They are aware of their roles and responsibilities in keeping children safe. They complete regular training, as well as discussions during staff meetings, to help them to recognise the signs that might indicate a child is at risk of harm. The childminder has robust recruitment procedures in place, to ensure that adults working with children are suitable. The premises are safe and secure, and children are continuously supervised to help keep them safe in the environment.

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should:

n give older children the time that they need to think and respond to questions, to develop their thoughts and ideas further n plan and provide more highly challenging activities to extend older children's learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY411975 Local authority West Berkshire Inspection number 10132682 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 11 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 20 Date of previous inspection 17 March 2016

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2010. She provides care in West Ilsley, Newbury, Berkshire. The provision operates Monday to Friday, between 8am and 6pm. The childminder works alongside a co-childminder and an assistant. The childminder holds a relevant qualification at level 3 and her assistant holds a qualification at level 2. The provision receives funding to provide free early education for children aged three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector and the childminder completed a learning walk across all areas of the home to understand how the early years provision and the curriculum are organised. n A joint observation of an activity was completed with the childminder. n The inspector asked the childminder and her assistant questions throughout the inspection to establish their understanding of how to safeguard children. n The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder, assistant and children, and considered the impact on children's learning. n Documents were sampled by the inspector, including public liability insurance and evidence of paediatric first-aid training.

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Inspection activities

8 January 2020 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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8 January 2020 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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