Childminder in Derby

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

Children show positive relationships with the childminder and their peers. They laugh when the childminder opens a window in the playhouse and says 'peekaboo' and other children peer out from the inside. When new children are upset and unsettled, the childminder provides them with comfort and reassurance to promote their emotional well-being. Children have opportunities to complete tasks by themselves. Older children take off their shoes when they arrive and place them in the allocated space. They put their hats on to play outdoors. Children use a step that the childminder provides, so they can wash their hands easily at the sink.

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The provision is good

Children are supported to be physically active. When younger children hold onto furniture and pull themselves to standing, they receive praise from the childminder, who recognises their achievements. This helps to raise their self-esteem. The childminder encourages younger children to take their first steps. For instance, she supports them to hold onto push-along toys in the garden. This results in children taking a few steps forwards. Children have opportunities to develop their social skills and understanding of similarities and differences in people. For instance, the childminder takes them to groups at a nursery school and to soft-play centres. This offers children opportunities to play and interact with a wide variety of people and adults.

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need to do better?

n The childminder uses observations and assessments to help identify what children need to learn next. This includes providing activities to encourage their engagement and concentration. For instance, children focus when they use dough to construct figures. They show their imagination when they tell the childminder 'that is you' when they add pretend eyes to the dough. n The childminder talks to children about previous events, helping them to recall from memory. For instance, when she asks children to remember a frog they saw in the garden, older children say that the frog tried to eat their shoe. n The childminder keeps parents informed about their children's development. She gives parents ideas about how they can continue this at home. This includes supporting them to manage their children's behaviour and to borrow books to read to their children to support their early literacy skills. n Children are offered a nutritious range of foods to help promote a healthy diet.

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need to do better?

The childminder encourages children to expand the range of foods they eat. This includes offering them peppers and fish to try. Children help the childminder to grow healthy foods in her garden, such as tomatoes. They take these home to eat. n Overall, the childminder supports children's communication skills well. For instance, she sings songs to younger children. However, sometimes, the

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need to do better?

18 October 2024 childminder does not use opportunities to build on their vocabulary. For example, during a planned sensory activity, the childminder does not help children to understand words to describe how the texture of objects feel. n The childminder completes oral health training. This helps her to reflect on the cups she offers children to drink from. For example, she understands to provide younger children with free-flow cups to help promote their oral health. The childminder reads books to older children that enables them to learn how to brush their teeth. Children show their imagination when they use toothbrushes to pretend to brush animals' teeth in a book. n The childminder helps children to learn how to use 'kind hands' to promote positive behaviour. She talks to older children about using their voices to help others understand how they are feeling when they become upset. However, the childminder does not always support children to listen and follow instructions

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need to do better?

during some daily routines. For example, when she asks them to tidy away toys when the routine of the day changes, children continue to play. n The childminder gathers feedback from parents to help identify improvements to the experiences she offers children. Recent changes include erecting a fence in her garden to divide the areas and to promote children's safety when they play outdoors.

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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 knowledge of how to build on children's vocabulary n support children to listen and follow instructions during all daily routines.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY251518 Local authority Derby Inspection number 10355361 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 9 Date of previous inspection 27 November 2018

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2003 and lives in Oakwood, Derbyshire. She operates all year round, from 7am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She provides funded early education for children aged from nine months upwards. The childminder holds an appropriate level 4 qualification. She occasionally works with an assistant.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder and the inspector completed a learning walk and discussed how the curriculum supports children's learning. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n Children spoke with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder. n The inspector held discussions with the childminder. She reviewed a sample of documentation. n Written feedback from parents was reviewed by the inspector, who took account of their views.

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Inspection activities

18 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

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