Childminder in Milton Keynes

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 enjoy a curriculum that supports them to gain the skills and attitudes that they need in readiness for when they move on in their learning. They make good progress in their development and demonstrate that they are enthusiastic and willing to learn.

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The provision is good

Children enjoy playing with an array of construction activities. They work together to make 'tall' and 'big' flower towers and talk descriptively about their creations. This helps children to work together and share their ideas in a cooperative manner. In turn, they learn to take turns and negotiate. Children talk together, with older children encouraging younger children's speech and language. The childminder takes children to musical groups where they learn songs and rhymes which boost their communication and language skills. Outdoor activities encourage children to develop their physical skills. In the garden, they climb on and through a climbing cube, slide down apparatus and scoot on bicycles and scooters. Children have ample opportunities to develop the smaller muscles in their hands. They use tools such as pencils and paintbrushes and construct roads to play with cars and small- world figures.

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The provision is good

Children are developing their independence. They make choices and decide when they want to play in the garden and what toys they want to play with. This helps children to think for themselves.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has plans for what she intends for children to learn. She explains this with confidence and understands what children need to know to be ready for starting school. Her curriculum encourages children to make choices, take turns and concentrate, which they do throughout the day. n The childminder shares information with parents and with other settings that children attend. This provides children with good continuity in their care and education. The childminder plans to build further on these relationships to share more detailed information to provide children with even greater consistency. n Children enjoy activities that help them to use their bodies and increase control of their movements. For example, they stretch up high when painting the shed with water and use pencils to draw pictures, which they identify as their family and pets. n On the whole, children behave well. The childminder explains about behaviour

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need to do better?

and encourages children to consider their actions and the effect they have others. However, the childminder does not always encourage children to understand and talk about their strong emotions in order to find ways to calm themselves down.

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need to do better?

22 March 2022 n The childminder recognises the importance of offering equality of opportunity and challenges children to try out new resources and activities. She enables children to assert their individuality and not be confined by gender expectations. n There are rules in place to help children to keep safe, such as sitting down while eating. Sometimes, the childminder does not explain to children why these rules are in place so that they can begin to understand ways of keeping themselves safe, instead of the childminder needing to remind them. n The childminder knows children well. Children develop close relationships with her and her family and demonstrate that they feel settled and secure. For example, the childminder explains how children show they are pleased to see her as they run into her arms with excitement when she collects them from pre- school. Children show their contentment in her care. They are relaxed and show

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need to do better?

high levels of confidence when meeting new people. n The childminder is organised and well qualified. She undertakes ongoing professional development to enhance her good knowledge and skills. The childminder is reflective and recognises areas of her practice she would like to improve for the benefit of children. n The childminder works effectively with parents and offers them advice. Together, they decide how to best promote children's learning. For example, the childminder recognises that during the COVID-19 pandemic, children have missed out on social activities with others their own age. Consequently, children have recently started local pre-schools so they have more opportunities to mix with a wider circle of children to promote their personal, social and emotional development.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has a good understanding of the risks to children's safety and security. She supervises children closely and maintains a safe environment for them to play. The childminder knows about local child protection issues and how she can help to identify children at risk of harm. She knows when to refer any concerns about children's welfare to the local safeguarding children partnerships. The childminder recognises how social issues, such as living in poverty, can affect children's well-being. She knows how she can offer support and direct families to agencies that can help.

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should:

n develop the curriculum to include more opportunities for children to learn about their emotions and how they can manage and start to control strong feelings when they all play together

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should:

22 March 2022 n encourage children to learn about the reasons for the rules that in place to help to keep them safe, to increase their understanding.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY553358 Local authority Milton Keynes Inspection number 10143690 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 Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2017 and lives in Redhouse Park. She operates all year round, from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3. The childminder provides funded free early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The inspector observed the implementation of the curriculum during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder. n The inspector talked to the childminder and children at suitable times throughout the inspection.

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Inspection activities

22 March 2022 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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22 March 2022 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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