Childminder in Leicestershire

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, including those that are new to the setting, are happy and well settled. They independently explore the activities and resources on offer safely and with confidence. Children have lovely attachments to the childminder and enjoy spending time with her. They invite her into their play, cooking her favourite dinner in the role-play kitchen. Babies smile and babble when the childminder engages in their play. They put their arms up to the childminder to signal when they need a cuddle for reassurance.

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The provision is good

Children are provided with experiences, activities and resources that help them to make good progress in all areas of their development. They have lots of fun, laughing as they listen to silly stories and making pretend cupcakes with play dough. The childminder recognises that children have spent more time indoors and had limited experiences of the outside world, due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Children receive a curriculum that broadens their home experiences with various trips out. For example, children recall a trip to the local park. This helps to build on and strengthen children's physical development.

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The provision is good

Children form positive and encouraging friendships. The childminder has high expectations of children's behaviour, consequently, children are extremely helpful and respectful of one another and play cooperatively together. Older children enhance and extend each other's play skills. They use their communication skills and imagination to take on different roles, for example, they help to take the 'injured' teddy to the 'vets'.

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need to do better?

n The childminder evaluates the service she offers and seeks the views of parents. She discusses what children have been doing at home with parents and uses this information to help her build up a better picture of children's development. The childminder networks with other professionals and knows what she wants to improve. However, she recognises that she would benefit from completing further training focused on teaching and learning to raise the quality of the service she offers. n Children are provided with healthy snacks by the childminder, who talks to them about the benefits of healthy eating. Children enjoy various fruits and know that fruit is good for them as it makes them big and strong. n The childminder places a high priority on supporting children's communication and language development. Books feature well in the curriculum and the childminder is a natural storyteller. Children love cuddling up with her on the

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need to do better?

sofa and listen to her every word. She extends their vocabulary, introduces new knowledge and builds on what children already know by using recall and

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need to do better?

11 August 2021 questioning. n Children develop a good understanding of mathematics. This is because the childminder weaves in opportunities to support this through play. For example, children count cupcake cases, spot numbers in the environment and recognise basic shapes, such as a circle. n The childminder is a good role model. She encourages children to be independent, share, take turns and to be gentle with one another. Children show good behaviour and positive attitudes to learning. n The childminder interacts well with the children and increases their knowledge and skills by planning activities that broaden their experiences. However, occasionally, she does not focus sharply enough on building on children's prior knowledge to extend their learning. For example, children enjoy pretend baking. However, the childminder does not use what she already knows of children's learning to extend this further. This results in the most-able children not making

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as much progress in some areas of learning. n Children learn good hygiene practices. They wash their hands independently in readiness for meals and discuss how this helps to keep their hands 'clean from germs'. This contributes to how children gain a good understanding of keeping themselves healthy and safe. n The childminder regularly observes and assesses children's learning and development. She gathers evidence from parents about children's starting points and ongoing development. This information supports her own observations to plan for gaps in children's learning. n The childminder uses incidental opportunities well to have discussions with children about the wider world. For example, they discuss how some children speak a different language to them and have skin tones that are different to their own. This helps contribute to children's understanding of diversity and to be respectful about people who may be different to them.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder's knowledge and depth of understanding around safeguarding and child protection is good. Clear policies and procedures are implemented in practice by the childminder to ensure children's safety is promoted effectively. The childminder knows the signs that might indicate a child is at risk of harm. This includes wider aspects of safeguarding, such as female genital mutilation and the 'Prevent' duty. The childminder knows which agencies to contact should these concerns arise.

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should:

11 August 2021 n build on training and networking opportunities to help raise the quality of the service further n sharpen the planning of activities to ensure that the most-able children are challenged to build on what they already know and can do, to support future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY562905 Local authority Leicestershire Inspection number 10191245 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 4 Number of children on roll 3 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder was registered in 2018 and lives in Enderby, Leicestershire. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the setting 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 their evaluation of the setting. n The inspector completed a learning walk of the setting to understand how the provision and curriculum is organised. n The inspector looked at a sample of the childminder's documents. This included pertinent policies and evidence of the suitability of all those living at the setting. n The inspector spoke with the childminder and the children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector completed a joint observation and evaluated this with the childminder. n The inspector took account of the written feedback from parents.

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Inspection activities

11 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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