Childminder in Gloucestershire

Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

Children enjoy their time with the childminder. They demonstrate that they feel extremely safe and secure in the childminder's company. They accept visitors into the home and confidently interact with them. Children are extremely sociable and play alongside each other very well. They share and take turns with little or no prompting from the childminder. For example, they take turns happily as they play with a remote control car. Children have superb opportunities to develop their independence. The childminder encourages and gives all children plenty of time and space to do things for themselves, such as taking off their coats and shoes when they come inside. The environment is well organised, with resources that are easily accessible and that contribute to helping develop children's engagement and learning. The childminder organises the day well, with a good balance of child-led and adult-led activities to help support children's learning and concentration skills

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The provision is good

Children have an exceptionally good understanding of what is expected of them. The childminder teaches them good manners, such as saying 'please' and 'thank you' and sitting at the table to eat and drink. Older children use their manners with no prompting from the childminder and remind younger children what they need to say when appropriate. The childminder offers children an abundance of praise and encouragement, which helps children build high levels of confidence and self- esteem.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has a warm, caring approach towards the children. She has high expectations of them and they behave extremely well. Children respond well to the childminder's positive language. n Children are extremely confident and have developed close bonds with the childminder. New children are welcomed warmly into the home, they settle quickly into their play and demonstrate that they feel extremely comfortable with the childminder and their new friends. This supports children's emotional well- being highly effectively. n The childminder monitors children's progress and development well. She plans an interesting range of activities based on children's interests and next steps in their development. The childminder works closely with parents to enable them to support children's learning at home. She obtains details from parents about their child's daily routines. However, she does not gather enough information about

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need to do better?

what a child already knows and can do in order to enable her to plan for their future learning when they start. n The childminder recognises the importance of sharing information with other settings that children move on to. For example, she completes records of

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need to do better?

10 February 2020 children's development to pass to school and other early years settings when children leave her care. However, she does not share information with adults at other settings that children attend while in her care in order to support a shared approach to their learning. n Children make good progress in their learning. They are highly motivated and eager to learn. They enjoy the activities they take part in. For example, when the childminder shows children a light that changes colour, they take delight in hiding under a blanket as they watch and recognise the changing colours. This helps to support children's mathematical development and exploration of technology. n Children are effective communicators. They recall stories well and they take an active part when stories are read to them. The childminder has a wide range of books which are easily accessible and help children make connections between

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words and pictures. Older children confidently try and write their names on their work. This supports children's literacy skills effectively. n Children learn about healthy eating and hygiene practices. They develop their independence skills extremely well. Children enjoy helping preparing the table for meals, counting how many mats they need, and deciding whether they need spoons or knives and forks for soup. All children are encouraged to butter their toast and they confidently use knives to cut fruit. Children understand about why they need to wash their hands before eating. They enjoy outings around the local area to help support their understanding of the world around them. n The childminder is experienced and understands the importance of maintaining her professional development. She maintains the required training courses to ensure her knowledge is up to date, for example paediatric first aid. The

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need to do better?

childminder meets with other professionals to discuss practice issues. She reflects on her practice regularly, using parents' and children's comments, to help her maintain the good quality of childcare.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder keeps her knowledge of safeguarding up to date through regular attendance at training courses and update workshops. The childminder has a clear understanding about her responsibility to keep children safe. She understands the signs and indicators of abuse that may alert her to concerns about a child's welfare. She is clear about the procedures to follow should she need to take any further action. The childminder is aware of wider safeguarding concerns and promotes children's regular attendance and monitors when children are not present to help keep them safe.

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should:

10 February 2020 n extend the range of information gathered from parents to help them share their knowledge of what their child already knows and can do before they start, to help inform future planning of activities n improve how information is shared with adults at other settings that children attend to find more out about their learning and provide consistent experiences.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY299367 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 10125570 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 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 14 Date of previous inspection 18 December 2014

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2005. She lives in the St. Leonard's Park area of Matson, near Gloucester. The childminder works Monday to Friday, from 8am to 5.30pm, all year round, except for bank holidays.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector and childminder discussed how the childminder organises the delivery of the early years provision and curriculum in her home. n The inspector offered the opportunity of a joint observation. n The inspector observed children and their interactions with the childminder throughout the inspection. n The inspector held discussions with the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection. The inspector spoke to one parent and took into account the views of others from information gathered by the childminder. n The inspector looked at a sample of documentation. This included evidence of suitability checks of all members of the household.

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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

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