Childminder in Manchester

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 playing in this homely and exciting environment. They have access to a wealth of resources that interest them and keep them engaged. Activities are offered with children's interests in mind and give children opportunity to progress in all areas of learning and development. For example, children thoroughly enjoy measuring and mixing ingredients to make play dough before expressing their creativity while playing with it. Overall, children behave well and have warm and secure relationships with the childminder. They enjoy spending time with her and sharing their experiences. Children confidently speak with visitors, demonstrating they are secure in their environment. Children develop a good knowledge of living things and how to care for them. They experience the lifecycle of a butterfly and stick insect, nurturing the eggs and caring for the insects before release. This helps to support children's understanding of their world.

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The provision is good

Children learn about healthy lifestyles and the importance of caring for yourself. They enjoy sitting with the childminder at mealtimes to share nutritious home- cooked meals. This supports healthy eating habits and good communication skills as children actively discuss what they have been doing that day. Children benefit from a well-resourced garden area in which they enjoy fresh air and physical exercise. Younger children play on the climbing frame while older children enjoy imaginative play in the play hut.

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need to do better?

n The childminder is enthusiastic and actively joins in play. She has a good understanding of how children prefer to learn and provides a wide range of learning opportunities. The childminder makes good use of her knowledge of what children can do in order to plan and provide stimulating and challenging opportunities. This helps to ensure that all children make good progress. n The childminder has strategies in place to support children in learning about appropriate behaviour. However, she does not consistently adapt these strategies to ensure that all children fully understand what is expected of them. This means, on occasions, behaviours displayed can have a detrimental impact on other children, their feelings and consequently their learning. n The childminder promotes children's independence at all times. She encourages children to select their own resources, self-serve at meal times and to tidy away

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their toys. This supports children's growing confidence and self-esteem, and develops good skills for their future learning. n Young children enjoy participating in expressive arts through music and dance. They wave and float brightly coloured scarves and use their bodies to create movement and actions to songs and rhymes. This gives children the opportunity to enhance their large-muscle skills, use their imaginations and embrace their

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2 August 2022 creativity. n Children develop a love of books. A comfy reading area encourages children to sit and explore books. Children interact with each other to retell familiar stories. They ask the childminder and visitors to help them to read. The childminder readily participates, reading clearly and giving children opportunities to finish sentences or suggest what might happen next. This supports children's language and early literacy development effectively. n The childminder plans activities that incorporate all areas of learning and development. For example, making dough leads to experimenting with colours and textures. This allows older children to practise mixing colours. Younger children explore differences in size as they use different-sized vessels to add water to the mixture. This helps to develop early mathematical skills and feeds children's inquisitive nature. n Partnerships with parents are strong. Parents are extremely complimentary of

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the childminder. The childminder shares daily information about children's learning and experiences. She looks for alternative ways to encourage ongoing development when children can not attend. For example, the childminder provides additional resources that help children and families to maintain learning at home. n The childminder uses her knowledge of children's progress to identify any emerging gaps in their learning and development. She swiftly seeks the support that some children need to make good progress. The childminder attends training and works in partnership with other early years professionals to further enhance her skills. For instance, the childminder has undertaken focused mentoring to improve her practice.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has a good knowledge of how to keep children safe from harm. She completes regular risk assessments of her provision and for trips to the park. This helps to minimise any potential hazards. The childminder takes into account any new issues and acts upon them swiftly. For example, during the recent heatwave, the childminder adapted her garden area to offer more shade and taught children about the importance of protecting themselves and keeping hydrated. The childminder has a strong knowledge of the signs and symptoms of child abuse and the procedures to follow should she have any concerns about a child in her care.

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n review and adapt positive behaviour management strategies to ensure they

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2 August 2022 effectively support all children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2517676 Local authority Manchester Inspection number 10207943 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 12 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2019 and lives in the Wythenshawe area of Greater Manchester. She operates all year round, from 6.30am to 6.30pm, 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 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 provider. n The inspector and childminder completed a learning walk together and discussed the childminder's curriculum and what she intends children to learn. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact this was having on children's learning. The childminder and inspector evaluated an activity together. n The inspector took in to account the written views of parents and spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of the childminder and all other adults living in the home.

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2 August 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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2 August 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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