Childminder in Cambridgeshire

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

Children are well settled and happy in the childminder's care. They form strong bonds with the childminder and show that they feel safe and secure through their body language. The childminder understands how important this is for children to be ready to learn. She is kind, nurturing and attentive to ensure that their needs are met promptly. Children are confident to explore and interact with the childminder and visitors.

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The provision is good

The experienced childminder has a clear plan of what she intends children to learn to help them to be ready for the move on to school. Children have good opportunities to practise and build their knowledge and skills over time. The childminder carefully follows children's individual interests to help inspire their learning and develop good listening and attention skills. Children especially enjoy looking at books and listening to stories. The childminder provides a wide range of books that children also choose from to take home to share with their families.

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The provision is good

Children learn how to consider the impact of their actions on others. They listen to and heed the childminder's patient and gentle reminders to be kind towards each other. Children are gaining an understanding of how to share and take turns as they play.

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need to do better?

n The childminder is reflective in her practice, seeking ways to improve and update her professional knowledge. Following a recent incident, she has sought guidance from the local authority to help her target her professional development plans to further enhance children's safe learning experiences. The childminder is also a member of a local network of childminders. Through this network, she arranges and attends training and shares good practice ideas to help improve children's learning. n The childminder knows children well. She assesses their progress in learning and identifies what they need to learn next. However, sometimes she tends to focus her interactions and activities to engage older children. Although younger children join in and benefit from the discussions, this is not always focused to meet their stage of development or support their interests. n Parents are positive about the care and progress in learning that their children

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make. They typically comment on the childminder's professionalism and how much their children enjoy spending time with her. Parents state that they feel well informed about their child's day. n The childminder talks to children as they play and introduces new words to help them build their understanding and vocabulary. However, the childminder has not considered the impact of background noise, such as music or the radio, and

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19 September 2023 how this affects children's ability to hear speech sounds and develop communication and language skills. n Children enjoy daily opportunities to be physically active. The childminder provides a wide range of resources in her secure garden which help children to strengthen both their large and small muscles. Children climb steps on the slide and they throw and roll balls of differing colours and size. They enjoy painting and exploring glue as they create pictures with the different shapes they have been learning about. n Children go on outings with the childminder into the local community. The childminder has developed her risk assessment processes to ensure that children are safe as they learn about local people and customs and join in with forest- school activities in the local parks. n The childminder introduces mathematical language and concepts naturally as children play. She encourages older children to compare the size of elephants in

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a jigsaw puzzle they choose. Younger children hear numbers in order, such as when the childminder counts to two as she helps them put on their shoes. Older children recall the names of some simple two-dimensional shapes, showing that they remember what they have learned the previous week with the childminder. n Children receive lots of encouragement and praise from the childminder. This encourages them to have a go and try new things, as well as build good levels of self-esteem. Children are keen to do things for themselves. They collect their shoes when it is time to go outside and they use safety knives with appropriate supervision to cut fruit at snack time.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder attends regular training about safeguarding children. She knows the possible indicators of child abuse and neglect. The childminder knows how to report any concerns about children, or adults working with children, to the relevant agencies. She reviews updates that she receives about safeguarding and undertakes further reading. This helps her to broaden her knowledge of national and local issues that may affect families, such as county lines and the risks to children of hearing extremist views.

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should:

n adapt and review practice further to support all children, taking into account their individual stage of development and interests n enhance ways to help children hear speech sounds clearly and make the most of opportunities to develop their spoken language.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY246066 Local authority Cambridgeshire Inspection number 10307135 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 7 Date of previous inspection 16 October 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2003. She operates from 8.00am to 6pm, Tuesday to Friday, all year round, except for family holidays and bank holidays. The childminder holds a relevant early years qualification at level 3. She provides funded education for two-, three- and four-year-old children, however there were no children present in receipt of funding at the time of the inspection.

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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 The childminder and the inspector discussed how the childminder organises their early years provision, including the aims and rationale for their early years foundation stage curriculum. n Children spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, both indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The childminder and inspector discussed how the curriculum had been implemented and the impact that this has on children's learning. n The inspector took account of the written views of parents.

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Inspection activities

19 September 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

19 September 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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