Childminder in Wirral

Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

Children show that they feel safe in the care of the well-qualified childminder. They play and explore happily in her welcoming home. The childminder wants children to engage in activities that promote their strength and sense of balance. Toddlers playing in the garden stretch up to grasp two handles that hang at just the right height from a tree branch. Then they lift their feet and swing gently to and fro. The exciting experience promotes children's concentration and thinking. They keep coming back to practise and challenge themselves again. All children make good progress in their learning and development.

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The provision is good

Children pay close attention to the childminder. They know that they must use good manners. This is demonstrated when the childminder teaches toddlers how to ask politely for things that they want. The childminder's clear guidance promotes children's cooperative play from a young age. Children readily respond to her reminders about taking turns on the slide, and this helps to promote their safety. Parents and carers are particularly pleased by the outings that the childminder includes in her curriculum. She regularly takes children to a local bookshop, where they participate in story and play times. This helps to promote children's social development and sense of community.

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need to do better?

n The childminder is keen for children to leave the setting ready for the next stage of their learning. She describes clear intentions for her curriculum. For example, she wants children to make decisions about where and what to play with. To achieve this, the childminder encourages children to move freely between indoors and outdoors. She arranges the environment so that children know where to find what they need. Children, therefore, learn to develop their natural curiosity. This helps to promote their self-motivated learning. n The childminder continually seeks to extend her professional knowledge and skills. She is learning British Sign Language and incorporates the signs into her teaching. Children learn some signs, and this helps to promote their comprehension and communication. For example, everyone says and signs that they are 'ready', before the childminder starts to read a story. n The childminder builds on what children know and can do. Toddlers show their

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determination to copy her two-footed jumping. They make joyful, visible progress. However, some learning is less well sequenced. The childminder plans adult-led activities that focus on the names and sounds of written letters. The information is not meaningful for the toddlers who are present and their attention wanes. The activity does not promote their readiness to read. n Children have fun singing action songs. They lie completely still as they anticipate jumping up to hop like bunnies. The songs promote children's

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7 June 2024 coordination and sense of rhythm. The childminder makes up songs. Children sing along with 'a little bit of rain doesn't bother me' during rainy walks. This promotes a resilient attitude to inclement weather. n The childminder extends children's vocabulary. She tells them that the aeroplane, which they can hear but cannot see, is 'above' the clouds. Children learn to use the words 'up' and 'down' when they go up the steps and down the slide. Parents say that children often say new words after their days with the childminder. For example, children proudly and correctly use the word 'hilarious'. n The childminder helps children to make links in their learning. She reads a story about going to the park and intersperses the text with recollections of her outings with the children. The childminder skilfully uses the final illustration in the book to recap the order of events. This helps children to remember and talk

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about the story. They learn that books are interesting and informative. n The childminder works well in partnership with parents. Everyone adopts a consistent approach to helping toddlers gain independence in using the toilet. This promotes children's confidence and emotional well-being. Parents speak positively about the warmth the childminder shows to their children. They explain that they can see the progress their child has made, particularly in their speech. The childminder keeps written records as required. This includes records of all accidents to children while they are in her care and records of injuries that children sustain at home. The records help everyone to promote children's welfare. n The childminder teaches children to follow rules and routines that promote their health and safety. Toddlers learn that they must not give other children food from their plates. They begin to differentiate between things that should and

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need to do better?

should not be shared. The childminder understands how to promote children's safety when they sleep. This includes the overnight care that she provides.

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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 improve knowledge about how children learn to read, in order that early literacy activities are appropriately sequenced and meaningful for every child.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY494073 Local authority Wirral Inspection number 10339349 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 12 Number of children on roll 10 Date of previous inspection 11 July 2018

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2015 and lives in Bebington. She holds a qualification at level 5. Her provision operates all year round, from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. She works with an assistant and offers overnight care.

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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 her provision. n The childminder described her approach to planning the curriculum. The inspector and the childminder jointly evaluated the implementation and impact of activities. n The inspector observed interactions between the childminder and the children. She spoke with and listened to children. n The inspector spoke with parents and read their written feedback. She took account of their views. n Documents used in the childminder's provision were sampled by the inspector and discussed with the childminder.

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Inspection activities

7 June 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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