Yeoman, Tracey Jane

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 provides a welcoming home-from-home environment. Children arrive eager to find out about the day's activities and quickly settle into playing. They confidently choose their toys and demonstrate a good sense of independence. The childminder ensures children are well supervised at all times while enabling them the opportunity to make decisions about their play. For example, children work together to build a pretend zip wire in the garden using skipping ropes. They persevere as they carefully join the pieces together and laugh as they take turns playing with it. Children communicate their ideas well and demonstrate a wide vocabulary for their age.

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The provision is good

The childminder takes the children on frequent outings as part of a rich and varied curriculum. Children take part in a broad range of experiences that build on their cultural capital and personal interests. For example, she takes the children on the local bus to help them learn about transport and the local area. Children demonstrate a good level of confidence in a range of different social situations. The childminder encourages the children to discuss their visits during their sociable snack times and to recreate them as part of their imaginative play.

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need to do better?

n The childminder fosters a love of imaginative play and other creative activities with children. She supports them to extend their ideas and become immersed in their role play. Children delight in taking part in a variety of pretend play as they learn more about the world around them. For example, they pretend to be hairdressers, taking care to brush each other's hair and putting in hair slides and clips. n The childminder creates a language-rich environment. She uses questioning well to provide discussion points during the day, including at snack times, where children are encouraged to talk about their families. She recognises the importance of reading to the children regularly and uses books to extend their vocabulary, such as learning about different types of vehicles. n Children develop strong physical skills. The childminder ensures children take part in a range of activities to develop both small- and large-muscle skills.

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need to do better?

Children demonstrate good dexterity as they carefully hold a pen to learn to write their names and show good control as they learn to throw beanbags at a target. n The childminder has a good understanding of child development. She identifies knowledge they need to learn next and monitors their progress. However, sometimes the adult-led activities she provides for children are too easy for them and do not build on their prior skills or understanding. For instance, she provides an activity for children to decorate homemade paper baskets with stickers but

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need to do better?

28 May 2025 does not explain the purpose of the activity to them or extend their skills in a meaningful way. n Overall, the childminder encourages the children to have good attitudes to their learning and towards each other. However, on occasion, she does not intervene quickly to support children to regulate their behaviour or share toys, which can cause other children to become upset. n Children develop good levels of independence. The childminder has high expectations of what children can do for themselves, such as putting on their own wellington boots and learning how to use the zips on their coats. She has put in place good routines to support them in developing their skills before they start school. n The childminder shares information very well with other professionals. She is proactive in contacting the other settings that the children attend to share key information. For instance, she regularly shares children's next steps to help

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need to do better?

ensure there is a consistent approach to supporting their learning and development. n Partnerships with parents are good. The childminder ensures she works closely with parents from the start, including by providing a settling-in process tailored to the needs of individual children. She regularly shares information about their child's day and the progress they are making across the curriculum. Parents praise the childminder for her good communication and the new skills she teaches their children, such as road safety.

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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 adapt and implement adult-led activities more precisely to provide a greater focus on developing children's knowledge and understanding linked to their next steps of learning n support children more consistently to help them to regulate their feelings and to share toys and resources with others.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 104630 Local authority Devon Inspection number 10394825 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 27 September 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 1999 and lives in Kingsbridge, Devon. She operates Monday to Thursday, from 8am until 5.15pm, all year round, except public holidays. She holds a relevant childcare qualification at level 3. The childminder provides government funded childcare places.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder showed the inspector the premises and discussed how they ensure they are safe and suitable. n The inspector and the childminder discussed how the childminder organises their early years provision, including the aims and rationale for their early years foundation stage curriculum. n Children spoke to the inspector about what they enjoy doing while with the childminder. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspector spoke to 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

28 May 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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