Childminder in Birmingham

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 arrive happy; keen to spend time with the friendly, gentle childminder. They develop strong bonds with her and demonstrate that they feel safe and secure in her care as they confidently move around her home. Children learn to share, take turns and build friendships, and they are kind to each other. Children enjoy the praise they receive from the childminder for their efforts and achievements. This helps to raise their self-esteem and confidence. Children concentrate and persevere with activities, for example, with puzzles.

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The provision is good

Children engage in creative play with toy telephones. They learn to count and recognise numbers. Babies learn to operate simple technology. They start to recognise that simple actions cause things to happen. For example, babies push buttons to make music play. They develop their fine-motor skills as they open flaps and turn dials.

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The provision is good

The childminder successfully promotes children's health. She provides children with fresh fruit and vegetables they have not experienced before, at snack and mealtimes. Children learn about the importance of oral hygiene. The childminder ensures children have plenty of opportunity for physical activities indoors and outdoors.

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The provision is good

The childminder helps to develop children's independence skills. Older children learn to dress themselves and use cutlery. Babies are learning to feed themselves. Children develop a positive attitude towards learning and are acquiring the skills and attitudes they need in readiness for school.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has high expectations for all children. She is committed to making sure all children in her care learn and develop to the best of their ability. The childminder works closely with parents at all times. She finds out what children can and cannot do before they start in her setting. The childminder uses this information along with her own assessments to plan and deliver an ambitious well-sequenced curriculum specific to children's individual needs. This has a positive impact in developing children's knowledge and skills. n The childminder's quality of teaching is good. She provides activities and experiences that match children's interests and learning needs. Children who start with significant gaps in their learning and development make excellent progress. Those who speak English as an additional language are fully supported. n The childminder has a unique and close relationship with parents. She signposts

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need to do better?

them to different support services within their community, such as English

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12 May 2022 tuition, food banks and advisory organisations. The childminder gives advice to parents on healthy lifestyles. For example, she advises on healthy snacks and foods and has helped to arrange doctor's appointments and enrol children with dentists. n The childminder speaks English and Somali. This helps her to support the children who attend her setting who speak English as an additional language. She is able to assess children's learning in both languages, and so identifies any gaps promptly. The childminder has adapted her curriculum to precisely target areas of learning where more support is needed. n The childminder manages children's behaviour well. She uses clear and consistent rules and boundaries and gives gentle reminders when children momentarily forget. Children behave well. They are friendly and polite and use good manners. n The childminder encourages children to explore the environment independently

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and choose their own play. However, she does not always recognise and respond to children's emerging interests to extend their learning during these times. n The childminder places a strong focus on building children's communication and language skills. She repeats back the sounds babies make and talks to children, introducing new words and helping them to build sentences, as they play together. Children laugh and giggle as they join in action songs with the childminder. They develop a love of books and point out the pictures they like, learn new vocabulary and that print carries meaning. However, opportunities for children to experiment with making marks and practising their early writing skills are more limited. n Children enjoy the outdoors and fresh air each day. They learn about the wider world, as they help to grow vegetables and herbs in the childminder's garden. Children are delighted to see the tiny strawberries appearing on the plants they

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have grown themselves from seed. n The childminder provides a range of opportunities to help children to understand about different people, their cultures and traditions. They have regular walks in the environment, visit community groups and join in the neighbourhood street parties with the childminder.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has a very broad knowledge of safeguarding and knows the signs and possible symptoms of abuse and neglect. She knows who to contact if she has concerns about a child's safety and welfare. The childminder works closely with others in the community to help to raise her awareness of child exploitation and female genital mutilation. The childminder supervises children closely at all times. She has thorough risk assessments in place to ensure that children are kept safe in her home and on outings. Children learn to keep themselves safe during walks in the community, for example, they learn about road safety.

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should:

n recognise children's emerging interests during their self-chosen activities to extend their learning further and help them to make even better progress n enhance opportunities for children to explore mark-making resources.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY552106 Local authority Birmingham Inspection number 10174420 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 3 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2017. She lives in the Bromford area of Birmingham. The childminder operates from 8.30am to 3pm, during term times only. She receives funding to provide funded early education for three-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the childminder received since the COVID- 19 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 childminder and the inspector took part in a joint evaluation of children engaged in activities. They discussed what the intention was and the quality of teaching and learning that they observed. n The childminder spoke to the inspector, as part of the learning walk, about the intentions for children's learning. n The inspector spoke to parents and children during the inspection and took account of their views. She also took account of written views of parents provided to her. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching and learning being provided and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation,

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including evidence of the suitability of those living, or working with children on the premises.

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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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