Childminder in Doncaster

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 understands children's needs and provides warm and nurturing care for children. She helps children to settle and to feel safe and secure. She works with parents to help children to build secure bonds and to separate from their main carers.

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The provision is good

The childminder considers how she can help children to learn the skills that they need. She uses topics that children are interested in to help them to learn vocabulary and mathematical language. For example, children learn about farm animals. They learn the names and the sounds that the animals make. They learn about animal babies. The childminder incorporates counting and positional language as children count animals and place them under, over and next to each other. Children develop their skills across all areas of learning.

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The provision is good

The childminder has a good understanding of how young children learn. She ensures that they are well prepared for school. She helps them to learn to share and follow instructions. She identifies gaps in learning from an early age so that she can support this before children move on. This helps to ensure that children are well prepared for this important stage in their lives.

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need to do better?

n The childminder helps children to practise their counting skills. As children count independently, the childminder models how to count on further. She adapts this for children who are counting to lower numbers. For children who are only just learning to count, she uses objects to help them to relate the numbers to physical objects. All children make good progress in their mathematical development. n The childminder helps children to develop their physical skills. She has high expectations and allows children to take appropriate risks. For example, younger children learn from older children how to climb the ladders to the slide. The childminder is nearby to make sure that they are safe. She encourages them to keep on trying. Children develop their confidence in their physical abilities. n The childminder helps children to develop their vocabulary. She repeats language such as 'daffodil', 'stem', 'green' and 'yellow' as children explore

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need to do better?

flowers. She says that she thinks it smells 'sweet'. She encourages all children to feel and smell the daffodils. This helps children to develop their thinking skills and practise language. n Children enjoy the wide range of interesting and engaging resources. However, the childminder does not consistently use these resources to help children to deepen their thinking skills, for example to help them to recall past learning or to deepen their understanding of the world around them.

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25 March 2025 n The childminder reads in a lively manner and pauses for children to anticipate what might happen next. Children remember that the camel in the story is 'grumpy'. The childminder does not use this as an opportunity to see what else children remember about the story or to link this to what they have been learning about feelings and emotions. Nevertheless, children enjoy listening to the stories and develop a love of books. n The childminder helps children to learn about oral health. They practise tooth brushing on models of teeth. She reminds them to brush right to the back. She talks to children about how they brush their teeth at home. She helps children to learn about hygiene as they are reminded to cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze. Children wash their hands independently. n Parents say that they are well informed about their children's progress and next steps. They say that this helps them to continue their children's learning at

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home. They say that this also helps their children to make good progress in their language and communication and to develop their mathematical skills. n The childminder regularly reflects on her own practice and seeks out support to develop this. This helps her to adapt to meet the needs of all children. For example, she has created an area outdoors to provide children with more opportunities to use different materials to make marks. This supports their fine and gross motor skills to help with their later writing skills.

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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 provide more opportunities for children to make links between experiences and the world around them n consider how to engage children further in the books and stories that are chosen so that they securely embed their knowledge of chosen texts.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY465631 Local authority Doncaster Inspection number 10394357 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 30 January 2020

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2013 and lives in the Woodlands area of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. She operates all year round, from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3. She provides government funded places for childcare and receives specific funding for disadvantaged children.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder showed the inspector the premises and discussed how she ensures that they are safe and suitable. n The childminder and the inspector discussed how the childminder organises her early years provision, including the aims and rationale for her early years foundation stage curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this is having on the children's learning. n The inspector viewed feedback from several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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Inspection activities

25 March 2025 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

25 March 2025 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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