Childminder in Bristol

Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

The childminder is calm and patient and has a caring and friendly manner. Children build strong, close relationships with her, and she comforts them quickly if they become upset. She spends time settling them, offering cuddles and reading them stories. They thrive on her attention and reassurance and are happy in her home. Young children are beginning to manage their emotions and learn to share toys with the other children.

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The provision is good

The childminder thinks through the support and activities she offers, linking these to children's learning needs and motivating them successfully. She gets down to the children's level, playing and exploring alongside them and encouraging their curiosity. They enjoy her company. Children develop their creative ideas and skills well. They act out scenarios with the baby dolls or have a pretend picnic with the childminder. She encourages and models clear words and speech to extend their language. Children enjoy using coloured water outside to paint an array of things, marvelling at the effects they create, and naming colours as they mix. They follow their interests well as they select toy dinosaurs and play imaginatively, roaring and splashing the dinosaurs in the coloured puddles they have created. They answer the childminder's well-placed questions and describe and name different parts of the dinosaur's body, such as its neck, saying it is long.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has a good understanding of how children learn. She knows the skills and knowledge they need to acquire, and carefully and accurately monitors their development. Children make good progress. n The childminder builds strong, beneficial relationships with parents. They collaborate closely, sharing information about children's achievements and interests. The childminder works with them to support children's learning at home. She shares her knowledge from training to help first-time parents support the changing needs of their children. Parents say the childminder genuinely has the children's best interests at heart and that they have seen developments in children's learning, language and behaviour. n The childminder organises her home with stimulating resources linked to children's interests and stages of development. Children confidently select items themselves. At times, children concentrate well, particularly on things that

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interest them. However, some are easily distracted and distract others, while they try to listen to a story, for example. Additionally, more confident children lead and change the choice of play. The childminder misses the chance to help them appreciate the needs of the quieter, less confident children and extend the involvement and skills of them all. n The childminder offers children a good range of activities to improve their

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18 October 2022 dexterity, coordination and strength. As she reads them stories, she encourages them to turn the thin pages of a book themselves, reminding them to check they turn only one. Children lift and carry larger toys and boxes. They peel little oranges at snack time, cut up fruit, connect blocks and make marks with brushes. n The childminder promotes children's healthy lifestyles well. She encourages them to drink water and have healthy fruit snacks. She takes them on trips out to local parks and woodlands to encourage them to be active in the fresh air. She takes children to her allotment to teach them about nature, planting and growing food such as pumpkins, cucumbers and carrots. n Children are keen to do things for themselves. The childminder offers them encouragement and praise. Young children work to get their boots and coats on to go outside. They show positive attitudes to learning. However, the

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childminder is not always successful in encouraging children to persevere and attend to tasks, such as tidying up, to develop their sense of responsibility further. n The childminder links closely with local childminders and the regional childminding network to keep abreast of changes to legislation and share good practice. She thinks about what she provides for children and gathers the views of parents to help her identify areas for improvement. She undertakes training that is focused on the changing needs of children, such as enhancing support for children's communication relating to their emotions and behaviour.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder keeps up to date with local safeguarding procedures. She knows what action to take if she has concerns about a child in her care. Furthermore, she regularly undertakes child protection training to help refresh her knowledge. The childminder ensures her provision is safe and secure, and children are supervised closely. She uses gates to limit children's access to higher-risk areas, such as the steep steps in her garden, so children can independently explore and play safely. She has clear procedures to promote children's safety when out of her home, such as on walks in the local area and bus journeys into the city.

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should:

n help more-confident children to appreciate the needs and choices of those who are quieter and less confident, to extend all children's exploration and learning n encourage children to attend to and persevere with tasks, to further develop their sense of responsibility and skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY451323 Local authority Bristol City of Inspection number 10235913 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 5 Date of previous inspection 16 November 2016

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2012 and lives in Arnos Vale, Bristol. She operates from 7.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Thursday, during school term times and some days in the school 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 provision. n The inspector viewed the areas used for childminding and discussed with the childminder how she implements educational programmes for the children. n The childminder and the inspector evaluated the effectiveness of an activity together. n The inspector observed the children and the childminder and spoke with them at appropriate times during the inspection. n Parents shared their views of the childminder's provision with the inspector. n Relevant documentation was reviewed by the inspector, including suitability checks and paediatric first-aid qualifications, and the childminder discussed her procedures for safeguarding the children.

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Inspection activities

18 October 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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18 October 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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