Childminder in Sheffield

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, all under three, are happy and confident. They have secure attachments to the nurturing childminder, which helps them to feel safe and secure. Children thoroughly enjoy taking part in familiar daily routines, such as completing the daily chart. They eagerly find a picture of the sun as the childminder encourages them to 'look out of the big window' to observe the weather. Children behave very well, especially given their young age. They thrive on the childminder's praise for using their 'good listening ears' and 'kind hands' and for sharing and taking turns.

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The provision is good

Children develop good independence. For example, they learn to wash their hands before helping to serve their own food. Children develop good small-muscle strength during daily routines and activities. For example, two-year-old children use utensils, with the childminder's support, to scoop chicken, vegetables and mashed potato. Toddlers grasp broccoli and use a spoon. Children make marks with paint on their individual canvas and squash, poke, roll and pat dough. Toddlers demonstrate good large physical skills as they climb on and off sit-and-rock toys.

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The provision is good

Children make good progress and develop ample skills in readiness for future learning. For example, two-year-old children are focused and motivated as they find items associated with spring under feathers and shredded straw and paper. They explore these using home-crafted bee and ladybird magnifying glasses.

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need to do better?

n The childminder plans broad and challenging educational programmes and enriches her curriculum with expansive topics and exciting outings. For example, children visit the circus, botanical gardens and museums. This particularly expands two-year-olds' knowledge and experiences exceptionally well. However, the childminder does not always provide activities and resources that take the highest account of the stage of play and interests of toddlers. n The childminder knows children in her care extremely well because of effective settling-in programmes and strong partnerships with parents. For example, the childminder regularly shares children's developmental trackers. She discusses how she and parents can work together consistently to support significant milestones in children's development. n The childminder fosters children's early language and love of stories superbly. For example, she provides purposeful narrative during activities and daily

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routines. She sensitively repeats and models language correctly when children are building on their sentence structure. Books are easily accessible, and the childminder plans daily story and song time, using visual aids. She shares new songs that children are learning with parents. n The childminder spontaneously sings songs and reads stories excitingly. Older

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23 March 2023 two-year-old children confidently use their developing language as they look at pictures and talk about the story. The childminder plans follow-up activities after reading favourite stories, which helps to reinforce and embed children's learning. For example, children bake gingerbread people, organise a tea party for a tiger and embark on a 'bear hunt' yoga session. n The childminder interacts effectively with children to build on their learning. For example, as children investigate spring-themed resources, she introduces words such as 'antennae', 'bloom' and 'chick'. The childminder talks about how things work, such as the magnifying glass and magnetic train carriages. Her own enthusiasm sparks children's enjoyment of learning further. n The childminder helps children to respect one another and use good manners through excellent modelling. She also uses stories to reinforce important social

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skills and support two-year-old children in learning to understand and manage their feelings and frustrations. n Children have a nutritious diet and ample fresh air and exercise, such as taking part in a nature hunt in the garden. The childminder uses songs and fun activities to help instil early messages about healthy lifestyles. This includes the importance of good oral hygiene. n The childminder uses spontaneous opportunities, such as building a train track, to talk about aspects of staying safe. She reinforces road safety, using traffic lights that children helped to make with craft materials. Children know that red means 'stop' and green means 'go'. n The childminder reflects on her practice in certain respects. As part of this, she distributes comprehensive questionnaires to parents, to help inform and improve her service. These show highly complimentary feedback. However, the childminder has not yet considered how she can target continued professional

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development to further strengthen teaching and learning.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder regularly updates her safeguarding training. She can confidently identify possible indicators of abuse, including those that might indicate a child is at risk of harm from extreme behaviours and views. The childminder fully understands how to make a child protection referral. This helps to keep children safe from harm. The childminder undertakes good risk assessments to promote children's safety, indoors and outdoors. As part of this, she makes use of equipment such as safety gates. This eliminates children's access to the kitchen and stairs. The childminder submits relevant documentation to Ofsted, in order for them to determine the suitability of household members reaching the age of 16.

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should:

23 March 2023 n plan the curriculum more precisely to match younger children's individual stages of development and facilitate their interests, to optimise their learning n make better use of continued professional development opportunities in order to raise teaching and children's learning to the highest level.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2613003 Local authority Sheffield Inspection number 10276060 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 6 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2021. She lives in the Netheredge area of Sheffield. The childminder is open Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, all year round, except for family holidays and bank holidays. The childminder is eligible to 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 childminder and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the childminder. n The inspector observed areas used for childcare purposes, care routines and the activities taking place. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities and assessed the impact on children's learning. She held discussions with the childminder to understand how she organises the early years provision and curriculum. n The childminder and the inspector carried out a joint evaluation of an activity. n The inspector viewed written feedback from parents. n The inspector looked at relevant documents, including evidence of first-aid training.

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Inspection activities

23 March 2023 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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