Childminder in Cambridgeshire

Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

Overall, children do not receive a good-quality education. The childminder has not developed her teaching skills enough to help children make consistently good progress in their learning. Although she understands some aspects of young children's typical development, she does not provide them with an ambitious curriculum that builds on what they already know and can do. The progress in learning that children make is coincidental to what they do when they are with the childminder.

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The provision requires improvement

Children settle well and have formed secure bonds with the childminder, who is kind and caring towards them. They show their understanding of the childminder's rules, and she helps them to understand about sharing and taking turns. Children listen to the childminder and follow her instructions. Children's behaviour is good. On walks in the local area, children have a good understanding of the rules for keeping safe when crossing the road. The childminder understands the importance of helping children to be ready for school. Children are gaining some of the key skills that support their future learning.

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need to do better?

n The quality of teaching requires improvement. The childminder does not have all the necessary teaching skills to help children make good progress in their learning. Although she has completed various training opportunities, her professional development is not focused sufficiently on improving her teaching skills. n Children do not benefit from a well-designed curriculum that builds securely on what they know so that they experience consistently good learning opportunities. The childminder does not always present the information to children in a way that offers the appropriate level of challenge to extend their learning. n Children communicate their needs to the childminder. She talks to children as they play and asks them some questions. However, the childminder does not support children effectively to develop their growing vocabulary or help them to think things through for themselves. n The childminder helps young children to learn about the importance of washing

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need to do better?

their hands before eating. They are developing their independence as they feed themselves. The childminder works with parents to ensure that they provide healthy packed lunches for their children. n Children find out about the natural world through regular walks in the local environment. The childminder shows them a cobweb, and they look at the leaves as she tells them they are green and yellow. n Children understand some mathematical concepts. They match pictures,

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23 February 2024 complete jigsaw puzzles and know that their favourite colour is pink. Children know about size as they observe that there is a big puddle and a tiny puddle. n Children enjoy their time with the childminder, and she provides them with the resources she knows they like. They spend time moving around and selecting what they want to play with. Children enjoy imaginative play as they pretend to make copious amounts of food and drink for visitors. n The childminder shares information about what children do regularly with parents. She has appropriate plans in place to share information with other providers that children also attend. When children move on to school, she provides teachers with information about the child to help them settle. n The childminder supports children's physical development. Children have opportunities to play in the garden or park, and this provides them with a range

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need to do better?

of opportunities to build strength in their larger muscles. The childminder encourages children to practise using their small-muscle skills, using their finger grip to hold scissors as they learn to cut.

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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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Due date

establish a curriculum that provides children with a challenging and enjoyable experience in all areas of learning and development 30/08/2024

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Due date

provide children with rich opportunities to develop their language that supports their communication and thinking skills. 30/08/2024

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should:

n undertake appropriate professional development opportunities to increase knowledge and understanding of how children learn, and develop teaching skills to help support children in building on what they already know and can do.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 222161 Local authority Cambridgeshire Inspection number 10284846 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Childminder

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inspection

Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 11 Date of previous inspection 15 March 2023

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2003 and lives in Isleham, Cambridgeshire. She operates from 6am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays.

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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 provision. n The inspector accompanied the childminder and children on a walk in the local environment. n The childminder and the inspector completed a learning discussion together to understand how the early years provision is organised. n The inspector had discussions with the childminder and talked to children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including the attendance register and the childminder's paediatric first-aid certificate.

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Inspection activities

23 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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