Childminder in Gloucestershire

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 form strong, stable relationships with the kind and caring childminder, who knows them and their families well. They are confident and make independent choices during their play. Children are kind and considerate towards their peers. For example, when children recognise their friend is upset, they seek support from the childminder, who helps them to manage their feelings. The childminder quickly offers reassurance and cuddles, promoting children's emotional well-being.

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The provision is good

The childminder delivers a broad and engaging curriculum with weekly themes to deepen children's learning and interests. Children choose to draw ladybirds and butterflies, selecting colours purposefully. For example, they use red and black for the wings. Children proudly describe their artwork to the childminder and visitors. The childminder supports children's early literacy skills well. She provides children with name cards and uses memorable explanations to help children form letters correctly. The childminder describes the letter 'y' as an upside-down umbrella. Children are eager to play outside in the childminder's inviting garden. They use their imaginations as they pretend to bake gingerbread in the outdoor kitchen. Children develop their upper body strength and balance as they play on the swing and climb a tree. The childminder supports their understanding of personal safety and risk. She regularly asks them how they are feeling as they climb and play.

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n Children display positive attitudes to learning and make connections to past experiences to inspire their play. They demonstrate strong recall, confident communication and a growing love of storytelling. For example, they ask the childminder if they can go on a 'bear hunt', recalling a familiar story experience. The childminder enthusiastically supports their imaginative play, guiding them through the garden as they retell the story together. Children chant repeated phrases with excitement, confidently joining in and energetically running around. n The childminder has strong partnerships with parents and keeps them well informed about their children's learning and development. She shares information in a variety of ways, including daily verbal feedback, photos and written assessments. Parents speak highly of the service the childminder provides. They praise the wide range of enriching learning experiences she

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provides, the nutritious meals and the opportunities for social development through mixed-age interactions. Parents appreciate the childminder's role in helping children form friendships, confidence and positive behaviour. n The childminder supports children's awareness of food and its origins, involving them in the full growing process, from planting seeds to harvesting the vegetables they have grown. Children excitedly enter the polytunnel and work together to carefully twist and release a cucumber from the plant. They

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1 July 2025 demonstrate strength and determination as they pull carrots from the soil. Throughout these experiences, the childminder engages children in meaningful conversations that promote their communication and language development. Children eagerly describe the size and shape of the carrots, laughing as they point out that one has a 'nose'. n The childminder supports children's understanding and use of technology. She provides them with opportunities to use the computer to research inspirational women who share their names in celebration of International Women's Day. The childminder guides children to explore online apps to identify the birds they see on outings. Although the childminder closely supervises children during these times to ensure their safety, she does not use these experiences to teach children how to keep themselves safe when using technology or the internet to enhance their awareness of online risks and safe technology habits.

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n The childminder promotes children's understanding of diversity. She provides varied resources and stories that reflect differences in people and communities. The childminder explores cultural events and celebrations with children. For example, they watch videos about dancing dragons to learn about Chinese New Year. However, the childminder does not consistently use her knowledge of children's unique family backgrounds to support their understanding of differences in more relevant and meaningful ways to help promote a deeper, personalised approach to their learning about diversity. n The childminder builds good partnerships with other settings that children attend and move on to. She shares information about children's learning and development with key staff to support a consistent approach. The childminder completes transition documents and invites school staff into her setting to get to know children in a familiar and comfortable environment. She prepares children

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effectively for their move to school through practical activities. For example, she offers 'school Fridays' where children bring in a lunch box and PE kit to practise the routines and skills they will need when they start school.

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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 children with even more experiences to support their understanding of how to keep themselves safe when using technology and the internet n build on the knowledge of children's unique family backgrounds to further support their understanding of diversity in more relevant and meaningful ways.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY383280 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 10399307 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 11 Date of previous inspection 27 November 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2008 and lives in the Brockworth area of Gloucester. She offers care from Tuesday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, all year round. The childminder provides funded early education for 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 talked to the inspector about her curriculum and what she wants the children to learn. n The children spoke with the inspector during the inspection. 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 Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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Inspection activities

1 July 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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