Griffin, Jennifer

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 play harmoniously in the care of the well-qualified and experienced childminder. They are at ease with visitors and demonstrate high levels of self- confidence and self-esteem. Children share toys and show genuine care and kindness to each other and the childminder. Children help the childminder to take care of her pet dog, which they cherish as a member of the family.

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The provision is good

The childminder uses self-evaluation to make useful enhancements to her learning environments. For example, she has made more space for babies to be able to move freely and practise their physical skills. Additionally, she provides additional resources such as topical books that are linked to children's interests. These motivate children to become keen and active learners. There is scope to review the arrangements at mealtimes to ensure high-quality interactions are maintained at these routine times of the day.

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The provision is good

In the main, the childminder supports children's development well in all areas of learning. For example, children look at books and talk about what they see as they imaginatively play with the farmyard toys. They match the animals and discuss similarities and differences. The childminder helps children deepen their understanding and embeds new learning. For example, she encourages older children to recall a trip to the zoo, and they confidently talk about their favourite animals. Further consideration can be given to extend opportunities for babies to explore more freely and learn by using all their senses.

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need to do better?

n Partnerships with parents are positive. The thoughtful childminder takes time to get to know children and their families. She gathers useful information from parents about what their children know and can already do. She uses this alongside her own observations and assessments to ensure children are settled and motivated to learn. All children make good progress from their starting points. n The childminder has a thorough knowledge of child development. Overall, she plans a well-designed curriculum for children of all ages who attend. She uses what she knows about the children to ensure that the learning environment is mostly interesting and stimulating. However, she does not fully ensure that babies and younger children have a wide variety of exploratory resources and materials to help them explore using their senses. Additionally, some toys are not always within easy reach to support younger children's independent play to

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the fullest. n Children develop good skills in mathematics. The childminder encourages children to count during everyday routines and activities, for example while

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need to do better?

27 January 2020 filling and emptying containers with rice and pulses. Older children understand and talk about concepts such as 'more', 'less', 'heavy' and 'light'. The childminder makes good use of these activities to ask children a variety of different questions. These support children's growing vocabulary and understanding. n Children gleefully recall past events and predict what might happen next during a story. The childminder's expressive reading and useful questioning engage children and motivate them to actively join in with their favourite books. Furthermore, children are supported to further develop their listening and attention skills. n Mealtimes are not always arranged to ensure that the children's social and communication skills are given the highest consideration. Sometimes, the childminder is busy with other tasks and prepares meals at different times. This means that she is not always sat at the table with the children, encouraging

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conversations and modelling expected behaviour. That said, children do relish tasks such as pouring their own drinks, buttering their own toast and helping to tidy up afterwards. n The childminder attends various training and conducts her own reading and research. This helps to keep her professional knowledge up to date. She brings ideas from training into her setting to help improve outcomes for children. For example, she has created a 'den' where children can have more time to engage in quiet play, rest or relax with a book. n The childminder seeks the views of parents and children about the quality of service she provides. She values parents' contributions and works flexibly to meet each family's needs. Parents comment that their children 'absolutely love her' and that they 'could not ask for a better service'.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has good systems in place to ensure her safeguarding and child protection knowledge is kept up to date. She has a robust understanding of what do if she is concerned about the welfare of a child. She implements effective risk assessments both in her home and when on outings with the children. Consequently, children are protected while in her care. The childminder robustly implements her policy for the safe use of mobile phones and cameras.

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should:

n extend educational programmes to include more ways for children to explore and investigate by using all of their senses, and ensure that the youngest of children can easily access all toys and resources n review the arrangement of mealtimes to provide more opportunities for children

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27 January 2020 to develop their social and communication skills even further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY242850 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 10064139 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 4 Date of previous inspection 13 October 2015

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2003 and lives in Accrington. She operates all year round, Monday to Friday from 8am until 5.30pm, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an early years qualification at level 6. She provides funded education for three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n A learning walk was conducted with the childminder. During this, the inspector discussed with the childminder how she organises her provision. The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and outside and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector and the childminder competed a joint observation, evaluated the activities and discussed the impact on children's development. n The inspector viewed relevant documentation and checked evidence of the suitability of all adults living on the premises. n The inspector spoke to the childminder and the children throughout the inspection. n The views of parents were sought through conversations held on the day and by means of written feedback provided for the inspection.

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Inspection activities

27 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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