Childminder in Tameside

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 and her co-childminder are an effective team. Their calm and friendly manner sets a positive tone for the provision. Children show that they feel safe and happy in their company. The childminders understand how children learn. This helps them to plan activities that promote children's good progress. Children enjoy cooking and baking. They learn how to measure ingredients. This teaches children to apply mathematical knowledge in a meaningful context. The childminder adds cooking implements to the role-play kitchen and children pretend to cook. They demonstrate what they know and remember about cooking. For example, children know that they must set a timer when they put food in the oven.

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The provision is good

The childminder has high expectations for children's behaviour and communicates these well. One underlying intention is that children develop positive relationships with others. To implement this intention, the childminder has introduced a 'kindness jar'. When children do something kind, they receive positive, specific praise and add a button to the jar. Once there are enough buttons in the jar, everyone celebrates and has a reward. The impact is that children understand what being kind and considerate means in practice. This helps children to form positive relationships.

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need to do better?

n The well-qualified childminder seeks out information that enhances her professional skills. A course about children's physical development extended the childminder's knowledge about movements that cross the body's midline. She used her new knowledge to modify the curriculum. For example, children wave ribbons and dance. They copy arm movements that go from side to side and in circles. This promotes children's brain and muscle development. n The childminder and her co-childminder work well together. They observe and discuss each other's teaching. However, their discussions do not focus closely enough on the impact of activities on children's learning. This hinders their progress towards achieving the highest quality of teaching that promotes children's swiftest progress. n The childminder helps children to extend their vocabulary. Children learn what 'faster' means when they sing songs fast, then faster. Babies hear the

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childminder say 'poppers popping' while they have their nappies changed. The lively alliteration helps babies to make links between words, sounds and events. n The childminder reads stories in a way that captures children's attention. Older children join in with sing-song phrases, such as 'run, run, as fast as you can'. This helps to develop their auditory memory. Children demonstrate interest and involvement in the fate of the gingerbread man. They use props to re-enact the exciting tale. This helps children to learn that a story is a sequence of events.

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need to do better?

1 March 2023 n Routines generally promote children's independence. For example, children busily dispose of leftover food in the food waste-bin after snack. However, there are instances when routines are not taught well enough. For example, the smart speaker plays a tidy-up tune, but the childminder does not make sure that children know precisely what they are aiming to achieve. The routine does not promote children's self-motivation and independence to the highest level. n The childminder plans activities that build on children's experiences. This is demonstrated when children have a dental appointment. The childminder talks with children about what will happen. This helps children to learn about the jobs that people do. Children learn why cleaning their teeth is important. This helps them to form habits that promote their long-term good health. n Children benefit from the friendships that they form in the busy provision. That

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need to do better?

said, the childminder felt that the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic had limited children's social interactions. Since the pandemic, she has made sure that children meet other adults and children in a range of contexts. This helps children to be ready for new experiences and change. n Parents and carers say that the provision is a home from home and that children look forward to coming. Parents feel well informed about events and activities. For example, they know that children planted herb seeds this week. The information helps parents to continue children's learning about herbs at home.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder completes training that updates and refreshes her knowledge of child protection matters. She knows the action she must take if she has concerns about children's safety. For example, if a child is absent without notice, the childminder checks that they are safe. The provision is well organised. The childminder completes required records of events such as accidents and injuries to children. She keeps parents informed via the telephone and an online app. The childminder and her co-childminder work together well. They plan and divide the daily duties to ensure that children are supervised safely.

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should:

n develop the evaluation process so that it examines, even more closely, what children are intended to learn and whether they have learned it n strengthen techniques for teaching routines so that children's independence and participation are promoted throughout the day.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2620162 Local authority Tameside Inspection number 10276078 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 15 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2021 and lives in Droylsden. Her provision operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder works with a co-childminder. She holds a qualification at level 3. The childminder provides 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 childminder and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the childminder. n The childminder and the inspector discussed the childminder's intentions for her curriculum. They conducted a joint observation and considered the impact of activities on children's progress. n The inspector observed interactions between the childminder, her co-childminder and children. She spoke with and played with children. n Parents and carers were spoken with by telephone. The inspector took account of parents' views. n Documents used in the childminder's setting were sampled by the inspector. The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of the childminder and her co- childminder.

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Inspection activities

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

1 March 2023 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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