Childminder in Wiltshire

Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Requires improvement

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The provision is inadequate

The childminder does not have a sufficient understanding of each child's developmental stage. She monitors some aspects of children's development, however, her assessments are not accurate. As a result, she is unaware of some gaps in children's learning and has not considered how she can help them make better progress in these areas.

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The provision is inadequate

Children are keen to join in the activities suggested by the childminder, such as group games, playing imaginatively with a play shop and looking at books together. The childminder joins in to provide some learning opportunities, such as encouraging children to count with her. However, children quickly lose interest when the challenges are too great for them. For example, she tries to teach younger children the months of the year and challenges older children to spell their names with capital letters before they are developmentally ready to do so.

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The provision is inadequate

Children are happy and settled in the childminder's care. They develop friendships with others and loving and trusting relationships with the childminder and her assistant, who they spontaneously cuddle. They play kindly with one another and share well. Children go for walks to the park for physical play and are keen to talk about what they like to do there.

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The provision is inadequate

The childminder has adapted her practice to keep children and families safe throughout the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. For example, she restricts outings to group settings and uses hand sanitiser regularly.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has made insufficient progress to improve the quality of education for children since the last inspection. She does not have a good enough understanding of her role in promoting children's learning and development. As a result, children do not benefit from a well-planned curriculum with activities to build on what they know and can do. n The childminder sets out activities for the children and encourages them to suggest what they would like to do. However, she does not know what she intends children to learn from the activities. While she has identified some next steps for children, her lack of understanding of how children learn means she does not help them to achieve well. n Children communicate their needs and feelings to the childminder. She talks to children and asks them some questions but does not use these discussions to encourage children to start forming sentences and to learn new words. For

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example, she does not encourage children to answer some of the questions she asks and pronounces words incorrectly, such as 'doggy' and 'birdie'.

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need to do better?

4 August 2021 n Children behave well. The childminder and her assistant model good behaviour and positive attitudes. They help children to develop good social skills and polite manners. The older children help the younger children with care and consideration and help them to learn how to play well with others. n The childminder understands some of the skills children need in order to prepare them for school. However, the childminder does not encourage older children to overcome challenges when they say they cannot do something. She fails to develop their motivation to learn and their ability to achieve independently. For example, she does not help children to persist and overcome difficulties when they tell her they cannot join constructional materials or peel their banana. n The childminder plans to re-establish contact with local professionals to gain support and improve her practice. She has completed some self-evaluation of

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her provision. However, she has not identified the weaknesses in her knowledge of the learning and development requirements and how she can improve this. n The childminder develops close working relationships with parents. She keeps them informed each day of their child's well-being and the activities they have done. Parents share positive feedback regarding the care of their children. For example, they state that they are very happy and their child 'absolutely loves the care'.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder provides a safe and secure home, which she keeps clean and well maintained. She ensures children have a healthy diet and provides social mealtimes to encourage good eating habits. The childminder assesses the risks to children in her care, including when on outings, to keep them safe. The childminder understands the signs that a child might be at risk of harm and the correct procedures to follow in the event of any concerns about a child to safeguard their welfare. She ensures her assistant completes all required training in first aid and safeguarding children.

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Due date

improve the quality of teaching to provide children with appropriate challenges and to build on their learning in all areas, including their language development and motivation to achieve 15/09/2021

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Due date

4 August 2021 improve the use of assessment to develop a clear understanding of children's development, use this information to plan purposeful activities to support children's learning across all areas of the curriculum 15/09/2021

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Due date

improve self-evaluation and professional development so that weaknesses in teaching and understanding of the curriculum are swiftly identified and addressed. 15/09/2021

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Setting details

Unique reference number 145783 Local authority Wiltshire Inspection number 10110742 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 7 Date of previous inspection 30 November 2018

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2001. She lives in Salisbury, Wiltshire and works with an assistant every day. The childminder offers care from 8am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the childminder received since the COVID- 19 (coronavirus) pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the childminder and has taken that into account in her evaluation of the setting. n The childminder provided a tour of her home and explained how she uses space and activities to meet children's needs. n The inspector observed activities and the quality of the childminder's interactions with the children. She discussed the effectiveness of an activity with the childminder. n The inspector sampled the childminder's documentation and discussed her knowledge of the requirements of the early years foundation stage. n The inspector took account of parents' views.

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Inspection activities

4 August 2021 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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