Childminder in Warwickshire

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

Children play in a safe and welcoming environment. Relationships between the childminder, her assistants and the children are good. Children are settled and happy to attend. The childminder and her assistants hold key-person responsibilities for children and successfully work together to observe children and assess their different stages of development. Each child is challenged effectively to make progress in accordance with what they already know and can do.

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The provision is good

Children behave well. They play cooperatively and learn that sometimes they may have to share or take turns. Older children confidently express their views while readily engaging in conversation with adults. Children make decisions for themselves, such as whether to play indoors or outdoors. Some resources are stored so that children can choose and select toys and activities for themselves.

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The provision is good

The childminder encourages children to be active outdoors every day, and they practise their physical skills while playing on the large play equipment. Children play with a range of toys and equipment that help them to develop their handling skills. For example, there are door fastenings fixed to a fence on a board outdoors, including bolts, a thumb lock and a safety chain.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has made improvements to her provision since the last inspection. The children are divided into key-person groups for the purposes of meeting their emotional needs and to track their progress and decide on planning for the next steps in their learning. The childminder employs four assistants and works with two at any one time. They work well as a team to share information about children in their key group to ensure continuity of care and learning. The childminder values the support that a representative of the local authority has provided for her and her assistants. n Partnerships with parents are strong. The childminder provides a questionnaire. She asks for parents' views on whether they are kept up to date on their child's development and if they are happy with methods of communication and behaviour management. She asks them for suggestions for changes and whether they would recommend her provision. Parents' responses are very

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need to do better?

positive. They describe the childminder as 'very professional and understanding of children's needs' and 'friendly and nurturing'. Parents' comments about the progress their children make are also positive. They say that their children are always picking up new things and that their speech is really coming on. n Children make good progress in readiness for the move on to school. The childminder organises her home to ensure that the needs of children at different stages of development are being met. Since the last inspection, she has

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4 May 2022 developed a third designated playroom to meet the needs of pre-school children. The focus for these children is on being able to make new relationships, communicate well, hold a pencil and be independent in toileting and dressing. n The childminder and her assistants generally support children well in developing their independence. For example, children learn to manage simple tasks for themselves and self-care skills. They are confident in choosing and selecting toys available in playrooms. However, the childminder stores some resources in cupboards that children are unable to access and in an outdoor shed. She has not considered ways to offer children choices from these resources. n The childminder and her assistants support children's communication and language development well. They interpret the wants and needs of very young children through their non-verbal forms of communication and adopt good

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teaching methods to support early language skills. n Three- and four-year-old children are fully engaged when listening to a story being read by one of the assistants. They eagerly respond when she asks questions and enjoy exploring the props that she provides. Young children choose to join the group and bring one of their favourite interactive books to explore while sitting beside the assistant. n Babies aged over one year play with some toys that support sensory exploration. While playing outdoors, they enjoy water and sand play. However, the range of different textures for them to explore indoors is limited. Older children learn how to create colours with paint by mixing colours. n The childminder provides some opportunities for children to learn about diversity. However, she has not fully considered ways to raise children's awareness of communities, families and traditions beyond their own, in accordance with their different stages of development.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder and her assistants are aware of the signs of abuse and neglect and know the local referral procedures to follow if they have a concern. The childminder completes designated safeguarding lead training to keep her child protection knowledge up to date, and she cascades the knowledge she gains down to her assistants. The childminder identifies and successfully minimises potential risks in her home and garden. She ensures that the premises are secure so that children cannot leave unsupervised and unwanted visitors cannot gain entry.

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should:

n increase textures and play materials to support babies' sensory exploration n help children to make choices from the full variety of available play resources

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should:

4 May 2022 n build on current practice for teaching children about different communities, families and traditions beyond their own.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2570185 Local authority Warwickshire Inspection number 10198418 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 18 Number of children on roll 11 Date of previous inspection 4 June 2021

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2020 and lives in Bulkington, Warwickshire. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. The childminder holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3. She works with assistants. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder and the inspector had a learning walk together to discuss the childminder's intentions for children's learning. They discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector spoke with the childminder, two assistants and children throughout the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the childminder. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of adults. n The inspector took account of parents' views.

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Inspection activities

4 May 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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Inspection activities

4 May 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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