Childminder in Stockport

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

The childminder provides a welcoming and homely atmosphere. At the start of the inspection, children say 'hello' to the inspector and share books and toys with her on arrival. Children are demonstrating they are secure and confident in the childminder's home. The childminder is attentive to children's needs and forms close relationships with them.

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The provision is good

The childminder has high expectations and works hard to achieve the best outcomes for the children she cares for. All children make good progress from their starting points. For example, the childminder skilfully supports children's communication and language development. She supports children's language knowledge well as she animatedly reads books and sings songs with children. She models clear pronunciation and grammatically correct language to children to support them in learning new vocabulary.

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The provision is good

Children are developing friendships and are learning social skills as they regularly attend playgroups. Children are also encouraged to learn about their own safety and help to risk assess activities themselves. For example, children assess how high to climb the rope ladder in the garden. The childminder uses her environment to allow children to explore these risks in a safe and controlled way.

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n Children make good progress in their communication and language. The childminder uses her recently acquired knowledge from communication training to target any gaps or delays in children's learning. She supports them with focused interventions during children's play. This helps children to feel confident when communicating. n The childminder regularly takes children out into the community to broaden their experiences. For example, she takes children to an intergenerational music and movement group at the local care home. Children access weekly forest school sessions and a stay-and-play group that focuses on scientific experiments. These experiences support children to learn about the wider world. n Generally, the childminder lets the children take the lead in their free play. This supports their confidence as they can make choices about what they want to do. However, when younger children begin to lose interest in activities, the

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childminder does not always follow this lead. This sometimes means children do not fully engage, which could impact on their motivation to learn. n The childminder is a reflective practitioner. She uses her knowledge of child development to recognise where children need extra support. For example, she has recently accessed a range of communication and language development training to enhance her knowledge and, therefore, support children further.

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17 November 2022 n Overall, children develop their independence skills well. Children use a step to wash their hands, find their own puddle suits and wellies and attempt to put them on. Children develop healthy hygiene practices. For example, they use their own towel to dry their hands. Occasionally, the childminder does things for the children instead of letting them have a go for themselves. For instance, she removes older children's clothes for them before nappy time. This does not always support children to be highly independent throughout the day. n The childminder teaches children how to keep themselves healthy. She talks about healthy foods at lunchtime and ensures that children follow good hand hygiene routines. She consistently reminds children to wash hands before and after messy play and before eating food. She models to children thorough handwashing practices, and each child has their own hand towel. This helps

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children to embed healthy self-care habits for the future. n Partnerships with parents are strong. The childminder knows the families very well. She keeps parents well informed of children's progress and offers ideas for learning that they can carry on at home. Parents speak warmly of the childminder and value the extra-curricular activities their children access. They praise the progress they can see their children have made since starting at the setting.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has a good understanding of child protection. She understands all areas of safeguarding and is confident about the procedure to follow if she has concerns about a child's welfare. She updates her training regularly and recently accessed training on the 'Prevent' duty to update her knowledge in this area. The childminder ensures that her home is safe and secure. She has risk assessments in place and makes daily checks. She helps children to learn about keeping themselves safe. For example, she teaches them about plants that can sting during weekly walks and forest school sessions.

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should:

n fully consider children's interests when planning activities to enhance children's positive attitudes to learning, helping them to be highly engaged and motivated to learn n promote the development of children's independence skills by enabling them to do things for themselves more often.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2590531 Local authority Stockport Inspection number 10251223 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 Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2020 and lives in Stockport. She operates from Monday to Friday, from 7am until 6pm, all year around, with the exception of family holidays. She can provide funded early education for two-, three- and four- 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 provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n Relevant documents were viewed by the inspector, including a paediatric first- aid certificate and daily registers. n The childminder and the inspector evaluated an activity and discussed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector held discussions with the childminder to assess her knowledge of the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the early years foundation stage. n The inspector discussed the childminder's curriculum vision and intended learning opportunities for children. n Parents spoke to the inspector and shared their feedback regarding the childminder. n The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and the children. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and

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outdoors, and assessed the impact this was having on children's learning.

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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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