Fairhurst, Josephine Dawn

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

The childminder knows individual children well and understands their distinct needs. She uses her good knowledge of the children she cares for to help them feel happy and emotionally secure in her care. Children demonstrate good levels of confidence when selecting the activities they want to engage in and when testing out their own ideas. Children take pleasure in using an item to hit a ball and watching it roll along. They engage in this for extended periods of time as it ignites their interest.

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The provision is good

The childminder has high expectations of each child and encourages the children to take care of the things that they play with. Children put away toys and equipment when they have finished using them. This helps children to have respect for the equipment they use. The childminder encourages children's good behaviour. They use their manners and are polite in their interactions with each other. The childminder supports children to develop a love of books. She reads stories with children, using puppets to help sustain their interest, and they enjoy talking about the animals they can see. Children demonstrate curiosity and a positive attitude to learning.

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need to do better?

n The childminder provides a range of experiences to support children's physical skills. She provides them with materials to pour and tip. This helps children to use control and precision in moving materials from one container to another. n The childminder creates a good curriculum for children's personal, social and emotional development. They visit lots of playgroups, where children can play in larger groups with others. This helps children to interact in larger groups and to be confident in new situations. n The childminder provides a good educational programme for mathematics. She encourages children to count the shells they find hidden in the sand and talks to them about containers being full of sand. This helps children to develop an awareness of number and measurement. n The childminder promotes children's health and self-care. She supports children to be able to use the toilet independently, wash their own hands and dress

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need to do better?

themselves. This helps children to become competent in managing their own needs. n The childminder undertakes training so that she can continue to improve the service she offers to children and their families. She has learned about how to create visual aids that support children's communication. The use of pictures has helped to develop children's level of understanding, particularly when singing nursery rhymes. n The childminder sits with children as they play and engages in conversations

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need to do better?

11 September 2024 with them about what they are doing. However, during general play, the childminder does not target her teaching to further develop children's understanding of the things they are interested in. Children are not supported to gain a deeper understanding of the concepts connected to the activity they are engaging in. n The childminder uses praise and encouragement effectively to support children's behaviour. She tells them how well they have done in activities. Children show good levels of confidence and self-esteem. n The childminder has built good relationships with parents. She talks to them about children's stages of development. They work together to help children receive the support they need that is appropriate to their stage of development. This helps children make good progress in their learning and development. n The childminder works effectively with other settings that children have

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attended. She asks other providers about children's stages of development so that she can use the information they have to assess what children are capable of doing. This helps children's individual needs to be met. n The childminder provides children with experiences where they have to keep on trying. Children enjoy pressing buttons and watching objects pop up, and when they struggle to press some buttons the childminder encourages them to keep trying. This helps children learn about cause and effect and develop resilience.

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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 seize opportunities to extend children's learning by actively building on their understanding during general play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 306678 Local authority Stockport Inspection number 10355477 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 30 November 2018

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 1994 and lives in Marple. She operates all year round from 8am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder showed the inspector the premises and discussed how they ensure they are safe and suitable. n The childminder and the inspector completed a learning walk together to discuss the childminder's intentions for children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and children. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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Inspection activities

11 September 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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