Childminder in Hampshire

Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

The childminder has worked hard to successfully address the actions and recommendations raised at her last inspection. She ensures that children benefit from a safe and secure environment to play and learn. Children develop strong bonds with the childminder and with each other. Older children behave well. The childminder is consistent in her approach to teaching children about being kind and considerate of their friends' needs. Children are polite and learn how to play cooperatively. Babies enjoy the close comfort and attention the childminder offers them. For instance, she recognises when babies are tired and cuddles them as they get ready for their nap time.

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The provision is good

The childminder offers a range of activities to help inspire and motivate children to play and learn. Children are keen to learn and concentrate well in activities that interest them. Older children develop good mathematical skills. They learn to count and are able to match numbers with quantities. For instance, children count out six grapes at snack time and are able to point out the big, medium and small chairs in the story they share. Babies gain good physical skills. They develop good hand-to- eye coordination skills, such as when they squeeze musical toys and notice the sounds the toys make as they squeeze them.

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need to do better?

n The childminder's gentle and caring approach to children helps them to settle happily into her home. The childminder takes the time to get to know children, to find out about their individual likes, interests and personalities. Children develop good levels of self-esteem and are confident, happy and well cared for. n Opportunities for children to learn about mathematics are promoted well by the childminder. Older children become confident in using mathematics to help them count, recognise written numbers, and to match quantities with numbers. For example, as children thread pasta they count how many they have threaded and compare sizes of pasta. The childminder's teaching is good and older children learn how to use mathematics purposefully as they play. n Overall, children make good progress in their communication and language skills. Older children develop good listening and attention skills and concentrate

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well in activities that interest them. Babies develop good early speaking skills, such as babbling, as the childminder responds warmly to them. However, the childminder does not closely monitor the way older children use speech sounds when they talk. This does not help her to plan precisely what she can do to further support this aspect of their learning. n The childminder helps children to develop good attitudes to learning and how to confidently manage some age-appropriate care tasks for themselves. For instance, older children learn how to wash their hands before they sit for lunch

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24 November 2021 and help tidy away their plates when they have finished eating. The childminder responds to children's growing independence well. She sensitively intervenes when necessary, but gives children the time to learn how to be independent and praises them when they are able to do some things for themselves. n Partnerships with parents are good. The childminder shares a wide variety of information with parents to keep them fully informed of children's daily activities and their key achievements. Parents comment positively about the good-quality care and learning experiences their children receive. The childminder recognises that there is more she can do to provide parents with more detailed information about what she wants children to achieve next, to help parents support their children at home further. n The childminder fosters children's love of reading and sharing favourite stories extremely well. The childminder reads to children, using animated voices for

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characters, as she brings stories to life. Children thoroughly enjoy sharing books and retell favourite stories with their friends and the childminder, as they listen intently. n Babies benefit from good opportunities to develop their physical skills. For instance, the childminder offers them 'tummy time' to help them build on the strength in their muscles, to prepare them for crawling. Babies develop good coordination skills, such as when they pick up pieces of fruit and feed themselves independently at snack times.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has a good understanding of her roles and responsibilities to keep children safe. She completes regular risk assessments within her home and when on outings. The childminder takes action to remove or minimise risks to children, to keep them safe. Training on safeguarding has been used to help the childminder know how to identify when children are at risk of harm. The childminder recognises signs that children may be at risk of abuse or neglect, including from wider safeguarding concerns. She is aware of local safeguarding issues and procedures to follow to safeguard children, including how to report concerns she may have.

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should:

n strengthen ways to help children to hear and practise using speech sounds, so that they speak with increasing confidence and make the best possible progress in their language skills n provide more precise information to parents about what their children need to learn next, to help them actively contribute and support their children's learning and development at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY414620 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10115037 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 6 Date of previous inspection 27 June 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2010. She lives in the Swanmore area of Hampshire. She provides care from Monday to Friday, 7.30am until 6.30pm, all year round. The childminder receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder holds an early years qualification at level 3.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider 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 childminder. n The childminder showed the inspector the premises and discussed how they ensure it is safe and suitable. n The childminder and the inspector completed a learning walk together to discuss the childminder's intentions for children's learning. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The childminder and inspector discussed how the curriculum had been implemented and the impact that this had on children's learning. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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Inspection activities

24 November 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

24 November 2021 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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