Childminder in Liverpool

Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

The childminder builds good relationships with the children. They go to the childminder for cuddles and benefit from warm interactions. Children are happy and safe in the childminder's care. She talks to children about feelings and emotions. They talk about a teddy bear feeling sad when he falls over. This helps children to understand how people might feel in different situations. The childminder facilitates opportunities for children to undertake tasks for themselves. They take pleasure in chopping up their own fruit at snack time. This supports children to grow in their independence.

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The provision is good

The childminder provides children with a breadth of experiences. Children demonstrate positive attitudes to learning. They show curiosity as they are keen to explore the activities available to them. The childminder is a good role model for children. She encourages them to use their manners as part of their interactions. Children are polite and respectful. The childminder has high expectations of what children can achieve. She observes them when they play so that she can assess the knowledge and skills that they have. She uses these assessments to plan a range of opportunities that support children to develop new knowledge and skills. This helps children to make good progress in their learning and development.

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need to do better?

n The childminder provides children with experiences that enable them to develop their confidence in interacting with others. Children go to regular playgroups where they interact in larger groups. This supports children to be self-assured in a range of different contexts. n The childminder has established an effective educational programme aimed at developing children's physical skills. Children control their bodies as they navigate gymnastic bars and shout 'goal' as they successfully kick a ball into a net. This helps children to develop their strength and co-ordination skills. n The childminder implements an effective curriculum to support children's communication and language skills. She teaches children new words, such as skeleton, bones and bats as children play and they enjoy reading stories together. This supports children to use a breadth of language and extends their understanding. n The childminder supports children to develop their imagination. Children pretend

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need to do better?

to play in a burger shop, where they sell burgers and tacos to each other. This helps children to explore and extend their ideas. n The childminder has established an effective curriculum for mathematics. She counts with children and uses mathematical language, such as underneath and heavy. This helps children to understand about number, weight and positions. n The childminder teaches children about the world around them. They go on trips

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need to do better?

23 October 2024 to the farm, where they feed animals and they use magnifying glasses to look for insects. This supports children to learn about animals, where they live and their features. n The childminder has built good relationships with parents. She gives them ideas of how to continue children's learning at home. For instance, she talks to parents about talking to children while they go on walks. This helps children to receive a consistent approach to their care and education. n The childminder does not liaise with staff at other settings that children have attended before starting in her care. This means information that other settings have about children's care and education needs is not shared. Therefore, the childminder does not have prior information to enable her to build upon children's existing stages of development. n The childminder undertakes regular training to help her improve her practice.

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need to do better?

She has attended training related to assessing and supporting children's communication and language skills. This has helped her to implement focused work which supports children's development of listening, understanding and speaking. n The childminder develops children's understanding of diversity. She provides children with play opportunities where they explore differences between people. This helps children to develop respect for different people.

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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 strengthen partnerships with other settings children attend and share information to support a consistent approach to meeting children's care and education needs.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY427494 Local authority Liverpool Inspection number 10354704 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 8 Date of previous inspection 1 November 2018

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2011 and lives in Knotty Ash, Liverpool. She operates all year round from 8am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She provides government-funded childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder showed the inspector the premises and discussed how they ensure it is 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

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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