Childminder in Reading

Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

All children are provided with an ambitious curriculum that motivates them to learn and make good progress overall. They confidently and independently choose and use the resources, particularly when they play imaginatively in a role play area. Children thoroughly enjoy dancing and laugh with their friends, for instance, when they hear music coming from a battery operated play elephant.

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The provision is good

Children enjoy learning about the world around them, for example, during regular outings to farms, woodland areas and on nature trails. They learn about how things work, for instance, when they visit and talk about a local wind turbine that interests them.

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The provision is good

The childminder and her assistants form positive relationships with children who are happy and settled. They work well in partnership with parents to meet children's individual care needs. For instance, to establish food and sleep routines that provide continuity for babies and help them feel safe and secure.

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The provision is good

The childminder has clear expectations for children to behave well. She regularly praises their achievements and focuses strongly on helping them learn to share and take turns. This is successfully achieved, for example, when children patiently wait until their friends have finished playing with the resources they want to use themselves.

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need to do better?

n Since the last inspection, the childminder has successfully improved her knowledge and understanding of her safeguarding roles and responsibilities, including recruitment procedures to ensure assistants undergo suitability checks. n The childminder and her assistants know all the children well. They work together well as a team to meet children's individual needs and extend their learning. For example, when children enjoy looking at shapes floating in a water filled play mat, the childminder challenges them to identify the colours and find other objects in the playroom that are the same colour. n The childminder and her assistant skilfully encourage all children to explore and have a 'can-do' attitude during their play. Children are motivated to learn. They keep on trying, for instance, as they use stickers to make pictures. However, the childminder does not consistently provide children with a wide range of media to

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need to do better?

develop their exploration further. n Children behave well and are kind and considerate towards their friends. For example, older children initiate and play games with babies such as, peek-a-boo, which makes them all laugh and feel happy. The childminder and her assistant strive to include children in all activities. For example, they organise story times

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need to do better?

20 February 2024 that successfully capture all the children's interest and involvement and support less confident children to get involved. n The childminder supports children's language development well. She talks with children during their play and asks open questions which inspire them to respond and develop their vocabulary. For example, during discussions, children remember and tell the childminder about tractors they see on farms. n Children develop good physical skills. With the childminders support, they develop the confidence to climb and use large equipment, for instance, while using soft play facilities. Children learn to control their movements, for example, as they sit in bucket shaped seats on the floor and use their feet to safely spin themselves around at high speed. n Children develop the skills they need for future learning, including independence. For instance, they learn to dress themselves, put on their shoes, wash and dry

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their hands, and find and carry their water bottles to the lunch table. n The childminder and her assistant regularly discuss their observations of children's development which they use to support and extend their learning. However, the childminder does not always communicate with parents in a timely way, so they can seek any support that children may need to help them catch up in their development. n Since the last inspection, the childminder has improved how she supports children who are learning to speak English as an additional language to develop and use a wide range of vocabulary. Parents spoken to during the inspection, who speak two languages at home, explain their children have developed the confidence to talk and make friends.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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should:

n develop further the range of activities that support children to explore different media and develop their senses n strengthen communication with parents so they can seek any additional support children may need to help them catch up in their development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY357172 Local authority Wokingham Inspection number 10319078 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 12 Date of previous inspection 18 October 2023

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2007. She lives in Winnersh, Wokingham. She provides care for children Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 5pm, for most of the year. The childminder receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged three years. The childminder employs two assistants, one of which holds a relevant level 2 qualification.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the childminder and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the childminder. n The inspector observed how the childminder and her assistant support children during indoor and outdoor activities and assessed the impact this has on their learning. n The childminder and the inspector completed a learning walk and a joint observation together. n The inspector spoke with parents, the childminder and children during the inspection. n The childminder and inspector discussed improvements that have been made to children's care and learning since the last inspection.

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Inspection activities

20 February 2024 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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