Childminder in Warwickshire

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 has a calm and caring nature. She develops strong bonds with children and helps them to feel safe and secure in her care. She gets down to the children's level and interacts with them during their play. She offers comfort to children when they become upset and provides emotional support when they struggle to settle to sleep. This helps children to feel reassured and enables them to rest.

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The provision is good

The childminder supports children's communication development well. She spends time during routines and play speaking to children and describing items they play with. She asks them questions and teaches them about different sounds. Children enjoy sharing books and learning about different animals. The childminder teaches them about where animals live and the noises they make. Children extend their knowledge of language and transfer their knowledge of animal sounds to other areas of their play.

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The provision is good

Children learn to wait their turn and share toys. The childminder models waiting in turn and supports children to begin to learn about the needs of others. Children are happy to play next to each other. This helps them to build early relationships and make friends.

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need to do better?

n The childminder understands the skills children need to learn to help them to prepare for their eventual move to school. She plans activities based on what children need to learn next. Children are motivated to learn and show a keenness to explore new activities. However, the childminder does not always extend the opportunities she provides for children so that they extend their learning even further. n Children have opportunities to practise new skills. They have recently learnt about the effects of pushing and pulling. Using toys they have chosen, they repeat the actions of pressing items together and pulling them apart. The childminder models how to connect items together, which children pay attention to and copy. This helps them to consolidate their new knowledge. n Children learn about early mathematical concepts. They count in order and learn to use their finger to point to items as they count. The childminder helps

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children to learn about colours and develop an understanding of quantity. n Children become independent. They confidently use cutlery at mealtimes and show perseverance to have a go at doing things for themselves. They make choices in their play and confidently access the resources available to them. n Children develop their knowledge of the world around them. The childminder frequently takes children out to playgroups and the farm and on walks to the

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22 October 2024 local park. Children learn about different environments and how to interact with others. They learn to be physically active and improve their social skills. n The childminder has a good understanding of how to identify delays in children's development. She completes the progress check at age two to enable her to recognise gaps in children's development at the earliest opportunity. She has knowledge of the services she can access to provide further support to children should they need it. n The childminder has recently updated her safeguarding knowledge. She accesses various sources of information to keep her knowledge and skills refreshed. She is aware of recent updates to the early years foundation stage framework. However, the childminder does not always focus professional development opportunities most effectively so that experiences for children continuously improve. n Parents speak highly of the childminder. They feel reassured about leaving their

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children in her care and comment on how children arrive at her home with huge smiles. They feel supported by the childminder, as a family, and receive regular communication about what their children have been doing. They comment on how well children settle and the 'amazing' progress they have made in their communication skills since attending.

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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 the planning of activities so that children have opportunities to extend their learning even further n focus professional development opportunities more effectively so that experiences for children continuously improve.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY538290 Local authority Warwickshire Inspection number 10370012 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 9 Date of previous inspection 1 March 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2016 and lives in Nuneaton. She operates Monday to Thursday, all year round, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She provides care from 7am to 4.30pm. The childminder provides government-funded places for childcare.

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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 inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and the children. n The childminder and inspector discussed how the curriculum had been implemented and the impact that this had on children's learning. n Parents shared their views of the childminder with the inspector. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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Inspection activities

22 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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Inspection activities

22 October 2024 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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