Childminder EY499301

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 have secure attachments with the enthusiastic and nurturing childminder and any assistants she works with. This helps children to feel safe, happy and secure. They enjoy the childminder's interactions during activities. For example, laughter fills the air as children play fun games that develop their early mathematical skills and hand-eye coordination. Such games also require turn- taking, which helps children to build on aspects of their social skills. Older children show excellent focus and concentration while taking part in activities that further develop their hand-eye coordination. For example, they use more challenging tools to create holes in cardboard tubes. Children weave wool through to represent hair, and use drawing resources to create a face.

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The provision is good

Overall, the childminder plans a very effective curriculum that helps children to make good progress, in readiness for starting nursery and, ultimately, school. For example, children develop their independence while choosing, and spreading, their own toppings on crackers, pouring drinks and managing personal care tasks. The childminder generally sets clear expectations for children's behaviour and plans many activities that help them to learn to play cooperatively and build friendships. For example, older and younger children develop their imagination skills as they play together in the role-play construction site area and hair salon.

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need to do better?

n The childminder provides broad educational programmes that expand on the knowledge and skills that children enter with. However, sometimes, the curriculum is too advanced for younger children's stage of learning. As part of this, group activities that form part of the daily routine, such as those planned to develop children's early language, are too lengthy to sustain younger children's engagement. n The childminder continuously shares information with parents and carers about their children's progress and what they are learning next. She provides activity bags to help parents to develop older children's early mathematical and literacy skills, in readiness for school. Parents express extremely complimentary feedback. n The childminder continually monitors children's progress and quickly identifies children who are not reaching key milestones. She guides parents on where to access additional support. This leads to referrals being made to other

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professionals. n The childminder plans outings to enrich children's understanding of the world around them and broaden their social interactions. For example, children attend playgroups, search for different species of birds, visit the farm and observe aeroplanes taking off and landing.

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need to do better?

6 August 2025 n The childminder provides an environment rich in language. This helps children to excel in their communication skills. The childminder reads stories and models action songs that children are clearly familiar with. As younger children reach into the song bag, they pull out a bus and know which song this relates to. n The childminder helps children to learn about many positive behaviours, such as sharing and helping to tidy up. However, on occasions, older children become boisterous or struggle to manage their emotions. The childminder's strategies for managing this are not always fully effective. This means that other children are not always able to focus and concentrate as they play. n The childminder provides children with good opportunities to develop their large- muscle strength, which is essential for their posture, core strength and arm movements. This contributes to the refined control children require for writing.

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For example, children balance on planks of wood, build with large foam blocks and use large strokes with brushes and water to make marks. n The childminder instils children's understanding of healthy lifestyles effectively. For example, she encourages children to make positive choices around food by providing a wide selection of fruit at snack time and nutritious freshly prepared meals. Where parents choose to provide children with a packed lunch, the childminder shares healthy lunch box ideas. n Older children develop resilience and perseverance when using new tools that help to develop their small-muscle strength. For example, they learn how to squeeze the hole punch pliers really hard, in order for them to successfully cut out holes in the cardboard tubes. n The childminder has an excellent commitment to increasing her own skills and knowledge and those of any assistants she works with, to help raise the quality

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need to do better?

of education. She has completed an early years professional development programme and is part way through completing a qualification at level three.

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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 review and adapt the curriculum, including the organisation of daily routines, to support younger children's stage of learning further n broaden the techniques used to help children to learn about the expectations for their behaviour and how to manage their feelings and emotions.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY499301 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 10399442 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 12 Number of children on roll 17 Date of previous inspection 2 December 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2016. She lives in Thornton, Bradford and works with an assistant. The childminder operates Monday to Thursday from 6am to 6pm, and on Fridays from 7am to 4pm. The childminder is open all year round, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She offers government funded childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed the safety and suitability of the childminder's home and garden. n The childminder discussed how she organises the early years provision and implements her curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education as children took part in indoor and outdoor activities and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The childminder and the inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity being carried out by the childminder's assistant. n The inspector spoke to children, the childminder's assistant and a parent during the inspection. n The childminder shared written feedback from parents with the inspector. She also shared a sample of documents, such as those related to the childminder and her assistant's continued professional development.

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Inspection activities

6 August 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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