Childminder in Bristol

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 Not applicable

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The provision requires improvement

Children have strong bonds with the childminder. She takes time to give them her attention and offers them encouragement and praise as they try new things. Children enjoy her company, seeking her out to join their play and to show her things they have done. She is kind and genuinely cares for them. She makes sure their care needs are met and that they are happy and comfortable in her home.

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The provision requires improvement

The childminder does not have a suitably well-planned curriculum in place to ensure that children develop their skills to a good level. She does know children well and observes and takes note of their skills and what they need to learn next. She makes plans for how she will help them achieve these. However, the set-up of the play environment and activities are not well organised. Children are not consistently engaged or stimulated. They are not always able to find or get resources and toys they want easily. The childminder helps them, but they often have to wait as she is busy getting items for the other children, and they become a little frustrated. Nonetheless, the childminder's teaching is effective. She is able to build children's skills when they are all exploring the same resources. She gets down to their level, discusses things children are interested in and asks them questions to encourage their speech and discussion. She offers them useful tips to

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help their success with challenges, such as to match up the picture on the puzzle that they are doing. However, she is all too frequently having to manage children's behaviour, so the opportunities she has to support children's learning are then reduced.

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need to do better?

n The childminder builds partnerships with parents. She makes sure that she gets information from them regarding children's learning needs and experiences at home to feed into her planning. She then subsequently works with them to offer a consistent approach, discussing ideas for supporting children's learning at home. However, she does not have arrangements in place for children that need additional support. She has not sought help from outside professionals to ensure that children get the help they require to close gaps in their learning and support them to reach their potential. n Children develop their independence skills. They learn suitable mealtime routines, such as to wash their hands before they eat and stay at the table when they are eating. They enjoy helping the childminder set up for snack. They serve themselves food and spread their topping on their cracker. The childminder promotes children's healthy lifestyles. She beneficially encourages children to

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need to do better?

have milk or water to drink. She takes them out to local parks for them to be active in the fresh air and to build their physical skills. n The childminder knows her responsibilities to keep children safe. She is vigilant

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need to do better?

17 October 2024 as children explore and gives them prompt reminders on safe practices to ensure the safety of themselves and other children. Although the childminder manages children's behaviour and ensures that they follow the rules of her setting, she has to constantly remind them. Her approach is not effective enough in helping them understand and learn how to manage their emotions and interact appropriately with the other children. n The childminder helps develop children's communication, creativity and literacy. At times, children all spend time experimenting making marks with pencils and chalks. The childminder encourages them to discuss their creations. Children concentrate and form shapes and lines and start to represent things. They pay attention to details as they draw their favourite character or a rocket and say that it is going to the moon. The childminder leads fun daily activities, such as to

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find letters and different animals on her alphabet mat. Children eagerly jump onto the correct letter or recognise the sound an animal makes and find the correct picture on the mat. n The childminder has not focused on her professional development effectively to help her progress her skills, her provision and the support she provides for the children. However, she has very recently started to receive some support from the local childminding adviser, particularly regarding managing children's behaviour. This is very much in the initial stages. The childminder is aware that she needs to build on and improve this and develop her practice further.

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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

ensure children who require additional help receive the prompt support they need to close gaps in their learning. 22/11/2024

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should:

n plan the provision and activities more effectively to consistently inspire and engage children successfully n provide more help for children to learn to manage their emotions, understand

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should:

17 October 2024 the impact of their behaviour on others and build their social skills effectively.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2682010 Local authority Bristol City of Inspection number 10363634 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 4 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2022 and lives the in Highridge area of Bristol. She operates 7.45am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. The childminder provides government-funded places.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the areas used for childminding and discussed with the childminder how she implements the educational programmes for the children. n The childminder and the inspector evaluated the effectiveness of an activity together. n The inspector observed the children and the childminder and spoke with them at appropriate times during the inspection. n Parents shared their views of the childminder's provision with the inspector. n Relevant documentation was reviewed by the inspector, including suitability checks and paediatric first-aid qualifications, and the childminder discussed her procedures for safeguarding the children.

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Inspection activities

17 October 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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