Childminder EY549231

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 are calm, settled and happy with the childminder. He has a strong rapport with each child, and they demonstrate how safe and secure they feel in his company. Children are interested to learn and keen to explore the good variety of resources on offer to them. They choose musical instruments to play and enjoy listening to nursery rhymes together. Children of different ages happily play alongside each other. They show kindness and tolerance with each other while sharing farm animals. Children behave very well. The childminder effectively helps them to learn rules and teaches them to keep safe, while enabling them to explore their own limits.

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The provision is good

Children enthusiastically explore sensory experiences, such as a farmyard created using breakfast cereals to represent the soil and fields. Their creativity and imagination are supported as they joyfully add zoo animals and dinosaurs to the farmyard and make the scarecrow become the zookeeper. Children's learning is purposeful and appropriate to their stage of development. Children follow their interests and are expertly supported by the childminder through playful learning. They make good progress in their learning. Children enjoy frequent trips out, for example to the zoo and to a garage, giving them a good understanding of the locality. Their social confidence is built further through meetings with other children at playgroups.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has close, caring bonds with the children. He creates a homely atmosphere where they can learn and thrive without pressure. He is an excellent playmate for the children and becomes absorbed in their games, while skilfully guiding their learning. n The childminder knows each child's interests extremely well. He helps children to achieve their potential. He gives frequent praise and support. He encourages children to challenge themselves, for example as a crawling child pushes himself to standing position using equipment. n Children's emotional and care needs are effectively supported as the childminder responds to their desire to sleep or have a cuddle. Lunchtime is a social event. Children are supported to attend to their own personal hygiene. n Children have a broad range of experiences. Frequent trips out are a key feature of the childminding provision. These focus on developing children's physical skills

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and knowledge of the world around them, as well as enhancing their social skills. The childminder competently supports children's mathematical ideas. He encourages them to count and recognise shapes while building a tower together with construction blocks. n Good attention is given to developing children's language and literacy. The

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need to do better?

11 February 2020 childminder introduces new words, such as 'collapsed' and 'pterodactyl', during play. He invites children to choose stories, which they cosily share together. Children chat freely with the childminder and he encourages them to recall things they have done recently. He asks pertinent questions that encourage the children to think and find solutions. n The relationship between parents and the childminder is very strong. Parents are kept well informed of their children's achievements and the progress being made. Daily updates and photographs of the children participating in activities are shared with parents, enabling them to feel well connected to their child's development. Parents hold the childminder in high esteem for his 'professional, dependable and capable service'. n The childminder extends his own knowledge through informal links with other early years professionals and via online courses. Although the childminder

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need to do better?

maintains good standards, he does not use his self-evaluation process as well as he could to identify areas for development. n The childminder knows the children in his care very well and regularly observes them to help closely assess their development. He uses his knowledge of their interests to help motivate them in their learning. Sometimes, he does not focus precisely on children's development across all areas of learning when planning for what they need to know and do next.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has accessed relevant safeguarding training and has policies in place to ensure children are kept safe. He demonstrates a good understanding of wider safeguarding issues, such as children being exposed to extreme views and behaviours. He is knowledgeable about how to recognise when children may be at risk of harm. He is clear about the procedures that need to be followed if he has any concerns about a child's welfare. Risk assessments are made when using the outside garden and during visits to the locality.

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should:

n extend the process of self-evaluation to highlight more clearly areas for development within the provision n enhance the planning of children's next steps in learning, to precisely and systematically build on what they already know and can do.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY549231 Local authority Essex Inspection number 10143481 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 6 Number of children on roll 8 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in September 2017. He holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3. The childminder operates from Monday to Friday all year round from 8.00am to 6.30pm. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the ground floor of the premises and discussed with the childminder how the early years provision is organised. n The inspector observed activities and held discussions with the childminder to evaluate the impact of practice on children's learning. n The inspector took account of written feedback provided by parents. n Relevant documentation was checked and discussed, including training qualifications and the suitability of adults living on the premises.

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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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