Manley, Mary

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

The childminder takes a genuine interest in children, carefully considering their individual needs. She gathers a great deal of information from parents at the outset. She finds out about children's interests and what they know and can do, and visits them in their own home too. The childminder has developed extremely caring and respectful relationships with the children. They are very happy, settled and thrive in her care. Children behave extremely well. They play cooperatively and show thoughtful and considerate behaviour towards each other.

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The provision is good

The childminder has high aspirations for children. She gives children time to tackle new tasks, effectively inspiring their confidence and encouraging them to have a go. Children take great pride in doing things for themselves and develop their sense of responsibility excellently. Children persevere to connect train track together. They crack eggs very carefully into a pancake mix and concentrate as they cut up banana for their pancake topping. The childminder adapts her support to offer targeted challenges for children's independence skills, relevant to each child's age and stage of ability. Young children conscientiously get out a plate for their meal and tidy away the toys. Older children learn to follow toileting routines independently and very effectively, in readiness for their move on to school.

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need to do better?

n The childminder supports children's communication and their thoughts and ideas very closely. She sensitively role models new words. Young children then excitedly use these independently, such as 'smelly' for the dough. They count with confidence and use mathematical phrases such as 'lots'. Older children confidently take turns in conversation with the childminder. They communicate their needs and ideas very well. n The childminder assesses children's progress accurately. She carefully monitors their development through frequent observations. She identifies any gaps in children's learning, making plans for each child to help them to achieve their next steps. All children make good progress. Their personal, social and emotional development is particularly high and they have very strong and positive attitudes to learning and developing their skills. n Partnerships with parents are very strong. The childminder's daily chats,

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frequent messages and the regular sharing of children's assessments promote a highly collaborative approach to children's individual needs. Parents are very complimentary about the childminder and the work she does for their children. They say she is very approachable, incredibly practical and professional. n The childminder sets out her home with a highly organised range of stimulating resources and inspirational activities. These are very thoughtfully presented across the rooms on the ground floor of her home. She makes excellent use of

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25 February 2020 all areas, maximising opportunities for children to make choices. They delight in exploring and following their interests and ideas, such as making play dough pancakes in the kitchen, building train and car tracks in the dining room and completing puzzles or playing with the baby dolls in the lounge. n Children's dexterity develops well. They carefully mould and use dough, fit puzzle pieces together and connect track. Younger children show very good skills as they take the tops off pens and independently make marks on the board. However, the childminder's attempts to inspire and challenge older children's early writing skills are not always successful. Older children explore the resources but are not inspired sufficiently to try new ways to make marks or develop their skills further, and soon move on to other activities. n The childminder evaluates her practice and incorporates different ways of

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working to benefit the children in her provision. For instance, she works closely with local authority advisers and uses a range of audit tools to reflect upon her practice. She successfully incorporates what she learns from training, for example ways to develop children's emotional development even further. n The childminder provides children with a wealth of opportunities out in the local and wider community. For example, she takes children twice weekly to activity groups to develop their social skills. They go on bus and train journeys and also learn about the other cultures and nationalities of their friends, to develop their understanding of the world. The childminder promotes children's healthy lifestyles and their physical skills through daily park visits, activities in her garden and regular walks in local woodlands, where they are inspired to learn about nature.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder closely monitors children as they play, offering prompt, sensitive reminders to help them learn about hazards and risks and adapt their action accordingly. She carries out thorough risk assessments on her home and when on outings to help maintain children's safety and security. The childminder knows what actions to take if she has a concern about a child's safety or well-being. She has recently updated her knowledge with a range of child protection training, including wider safeguarding issues, and updated her policies and procedures accordingly.

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should:

n devise better ways to inspire and motivate older children to make more purposeful marks and develop their early writing skills further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 132896 Local authority Bath and North East Somerset Council Inspection number 10125425 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 7 Date of previous inspection 9 February 2016

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 1997. She lives in the village of Paulton, near Bristol. The childminder holds a relevant early years qualification at level 3. She receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged three years. She works all year round, Monday to Friday from 7am to 6pm.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the areas used for childminding and discussed with the childminder how she implements the educational programmes for the children. n The childminder and the inspector evaluated the effectiveness of an activity together. n The inspector observed the children and the childminder and spoke with them at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day and their written views by reading their comments in letters. n The inspector looked at a sample of the childminder's documentation including evidence of her suitability and training, and her procedures for safeguarding the children.

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Inspection activities

25 February 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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