Childminder in Sheffield

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 are engaged and motivated to learn through their time with the experienced, thoughtful childminder. They make good progress overall in all aspects of their learning and are well prepared for the next stage in their education and development, including starting school. Children build well on their vocabulary and language skills as they play, listen to stories and talk to the childminder. For example, two-year-old children confidently learn to use words that are new to them, such as 'baubles', 'shiny beads' and 'snowflakes', with good understanding as they create their Christmas tree models.

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The provision is good

Children are very well behaved and feel safe and secure. The childminder helps them to increasingly recognise their own emotions and learn to respect the needs of others. The childminder is a very good role model. Children rise to the childminder's high expectations and are keen to persist with challenging tasks, such as learning to cut the tops off their strawberries and slice their bananas at snack time. These activities help build their fine-muscle control and develop their safe use of knives and other tools. Parents trust the childminder to take very good care of their children and to ensure their smooth transition to nursery and school.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has developed a thoughtful and exciting curriculum. She effectively supports children to systematically develop their knowledge and understanding in most aspects of their learning. However, children's early mathematical knowledge and skills are less fully extended, such as knowing that numbers consistently represent the same quantity and accurately matching their counting to the number of objects. n The childminder helps children to develop their communication and language skills well. She plans thoroughly to encourage children to listen carefully to the spoken word, to enjoy hearing and repeating new words and develop the confidence to participate in conversations. She very skilfully asks a range of types of questions that support children to practise and retain their developing language skills. n The childminder introduces children to a well-considered breadth of fiction and non-fiction books. These utterly engage their interest through very good story

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need to do better?

telling that builds their language knowledge and understanding of the world. Children successfully learn to identify characters in the stories and anticipate what will happen next. n The childminder is passionate about her role and highly ambitious for children to reach their potential. She reviews the quality of her provision through discussions with parents and children, consultations with local authority advisers and regular meetings with other childminders. She makes good use of focused

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2 December 2024 training, such as the 'Talk to the Rainbow Bear' project, to sharpen children's speaking and listening skills and awareness of the world. n The childminder robustly supports children to develop their social skills and good behaviour. She guides children to be independent and share and take turns, such as when they prepare their snacks or join in with the many mark-making and creative activities. She helps them further enrich their social skills through visits to the library and the local church, or by singing songs in a home for the elderly. n Children's physical development is strong and systematically promoted. They learn to refine their hand and finger control as they use pens, crayons and paint brushes of varying lengths and thicknesses. Children learn to manage their body through regular yoga activities and dance sessions, as well as through football and other games in local parks.

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need to do better?

n Parents are extremely proud to recommend the childminder. They value the strong relationship she establishes with their children and the very effective working partnership with themselves. They are pleased with the progress children make and the very good manners the childminder encourages.

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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 focus professional development on further strengthening the curriculum to fully deepen and extend children's learning of mathematical concepts and skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY543611 Local authority Sheffield Inspection number 10364153 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 14 Date of previous inspection 28 January 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2017. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3. The childminder provides funded early education for two- and three-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder showed the inspector around the premises, indoors and outdoors, and discussed how she ensures that they are safe and suitable. n The childminder spoke to the inspector about children's learning and development, with a particular focus on communication and language. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector spoke to children as they played. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request. n Parents shared their views of the childminder's setting through discussions and written feedback.

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Inspection activities

2 December 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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2 December 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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