Cooper, Nicola

Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

Children enjoy their time in the childminder's care. They explore the well-resourced environment that is carefully planned to be inviting and welcoming for children. Toys and equipment are easily accessible, which means children make choices about their play and learning. Children delight in listening to new and favourite stories. These help them to begin to understand feelings, such as surprise, fear, and happiness. They develop their language skills when they learn about rhymes and grammar. Children benefit from highly positive interactions with the childminder. As a result, they are stimulated and motivated to learn more.

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The provision is good

Children benefit from praise and encouragement that helps them to build good self- esteem and confidence. They behave well, and with clear age-appropriate guidance from the childminder, they develop their understanding of right from wrong. Children improve their social skills and begin to play cooperatively when they meet up with other children at playgroups. They are beginning to understand the community they live in. Children visit the library to choose their own books. They develop their physical skills by using equipment in the local park. Children enjoy walking through the woods, looking for bugs, and visiting the local shops to buy ingredients for baking.

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need to do better?

n The childminder uses assessments to identify children's next steps in learning, shares their milestones with parents and knows what parents are working on at home. Overall, the childminder plans the curriculum well and considers children's interests and what they need to learn next. However, in carrying out activities, she does not fully take into account the skills children already have and what they can remember. This means she does not always extend their learning to ensure that they make the best possible progress. n Children demonstrate a love of books. Young children enjoy touching and exploring pages and lifting flaps to uncover hidden characters. The childminder explains what is happening in pictures and asks age-appropriate questions to check children's knowledge of stories. She gives children time to respond, using repetition of language and imitation of words and actions. n The childminder is highly skilled in supporting children's communication and

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need to do better?

language development. She helps them to build sentences as they think about a 'cold wet nose' or a 'big bushy tail'. Even the youngest children understand two- way conversation. They demonstrate good attention and listening skills and give clear answers to simple questions. The childminder introduces new words during children's play, such as 'spikey', 'rustling' and 'hibernating' to extend their vocabulary. n The childminder promotes children's knowledge of early mathematical concepts

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need to do better?

25 November 2024 throughout their play. They identify objects that are similar and put them into small groups. Children think about when they have one object left or no more. The childminder demonstrates positional language in their play. Children are developing early counting skills and an understanding of quantity. n In the main, the childminder promotes young children's independence in self- care well. They use age-appropriate cutlery. Through play, she helps them to understand healthy eating and why they should brush their teeth. However, the childminder does not implement good handwashing routines consistently. This means children do not fully understand why this aspect of their personal care is important. n The childminder gives parents regular updates about their children's development and shares activities, so they can continue them at home. She shares information with other settings children attend to support continuity in

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children's learning. This joined approach supports children's good progress. n The childminder links with other childminders to share training, good practice and ideas for trips out. She demonstrates a suitable commitment to her own professional development. The childminder explains how recent training in working with babies has enhanced her understanding of how children learn. Now she does more reading, songs and repeated activities. She understands better that young children embed their learning through repeated play and activities.

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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 implement consistent handwashing routines to fully support children's understanding of the importance of good personal care from an early age n consider fully the skills children already have and what they can remember, to strengthen the curriculum so that it always builds on what children know and can do and helps them make the best possible progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY459240 Local authority Leeds Inspection number 10336732 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 10 Date of previous inspection 26 February 2024

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2013 and lives in Morley, Leeds. She operates all year round, from 8am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder and the inspector discussed how the childminder organised different aspects of learning. n The inspector spoke to children about activities they enjoy when they attend the setting. n The inspector discussed how the childminder obtains the views of parents and working with different families with the childminder. n The inspector observed the quality of education. She talked to the childminder about how they evaluate the provision and their ongoing professional development. n The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.

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Inspection activities

25 November 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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