Jones, Dionne Elizabeth

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 are happy, safe and secure in the childminder's care. They access a wide range of interesting and exciting activities. The childminder places an emphasis on providing opportunities for children to play and learn outdoors. She uses her observations to plan an environment that is linked to children's interests and takes account of what they need to learn next. Children have many chances to investigate during their play. The childminder provides many sensory experiences for children to develop their natural curiosity. For example, they explore mud, sand, water, dough and foam. The childminder has effective relationships with parents. She makes sure that they are kept up to date about their children's ongoing care and development.

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The provision is good

Children demonstrate their growing imaginations and recreate home experiences during their play. For example, they play cooperatively in a role-play kitchen outdoors. Children enjoying emptying and filling different containers with pasta, pretending to make dinner for the childminder. The childminder has clear expectations for children. She teaches them how to share and take turns. Children's behaviour is excellent. For instance, they politely ask each other for toys, and consistently say 'please' and 'thank you'. When children play, they show an awareness of keeping themselves safe. For example, the cover their dolls and give them sunglasses when it is sunny. Children also pretend to wash their hands before they pretend to cook food. They tell each other, 'Be careful, it's hot.'

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need to do better?

n Children are very motivated to learn. They become engaged in their play and activities for long periods of time. For instance, children are curious to explore plastic bottles with different materials inside. They excitedly bang the bottles with large wooden spoons and explore the sounds that they can make. n The childminder incorporates mathematics into children's play. Children recognise numbers and count when they play hopscotch. They are enthralled to play a game of hide and seek, looking for numbers hidden outside. n Children develop their early literacy skills during activities. The childminder provides activities that are themed around children's favourite books. For example, when children show an interest in the story of 'The Gingerbread Man', the childminder provides them with dough to make their own men. Children develop an awareness that print carries meaning. For example, they pretend to

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read a menu during their play. n There are many opportunities for children to make marks to develop the skills needed for writing. Children make marks on the fence with large paint brushes and water. They make handprints and tracks with cars in foam. Older children draw pictures using chalks and an easel. They give meanings to their marks and

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need to do better?

13 March 2020 proudly tell the childminder, 'I'm drawing a spider.' n The childminder provides excellent support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). She liaises with a range of professionals, including inclusion officers and speech and language therapists, to meet children's needs successfully. The childminder also attends appointments with parents and their children to provide them with further support. n There are very good partnerships with other settings that children also attend. For example, the childminder uses a 'three-way sharing diary' to pass on information with parents and settings. She also helps children with SEND transition into nursery and visits with them each week, prior to children starting. This helps children to familiarise themselves with their new environment and routines. n The childminder supports children to develop their understanding of being

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healthy. She provides nutritious snacks and meals for children, and carefully meets the individual dietary needs of children. Children have plenty of opportunities to play outdoors in the fresh air each day. They regularly attend other groups within the community. n Overall, children are independent. They follow their own interests and confidently explore the highly stimulating environment. However, the childminder misses opportunities to encourage children to manage their self-care skills. For example, she often wipes children's noses and puts their coats on for them, without allowing them to have a go themselves first. n The childminder makes sure that all her mandatory training is kept up to date. However, she does not have a targeted programme of professional development in place to help raise the quality of teaching even further.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has a good knowledge of child protection and wider safeguarding issues. She has a clear understanding of the signs and symptoms that could indicate that a child is at risk of harm. The childminder knows the procedures to follow should she have any concerns about a child's welfare. She gives children clear instructions to keep them safe. For example, the childminder reminds children not to climb on the fence in case they hurt themselves.

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should:

n enhance the opportunities children have to manage their self-care skills to develop their growing independence n plan a programme of professional development that helps to raise the quality of teaching even further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY269689 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 10071490 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childminder

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inspection

Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8 Date of previous inspection 24 August 2015

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2004. She lives in the Haworth area of Keighley, Bradford. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children and holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder showed the inspector around the areas of her home that children access. They discussed how the childminder organises her setting and plans experiences for children. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's development. The childminder and inspector reflected together on children's learning during their play. n The inspector looked at a sample of the childminder's documentation, including evidence of the suitability of those living on the premises. She held discussions with the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection.

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Inspection activities

13 March 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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Inspection activities

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