Childminder 321811

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 warm and welcoming. They happily explore the childminder's home with support from staff. Children share play ideas when staff encourage them to choose activities. This promotes children's confidence to make decisions in play. They show enjoyment from sharing jigsaw puzzles and building with blocks in small groups. Children concentrate on what they are doing for appropriate lengths of time and celebrate small achievements when finishing the tasks at hand.

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The provision is good

Children are kind. They play alongside each other well, both indoors and outdoors. They seek out their friends by sharing interests, such as making mint soup in the mud kitchen. Children role play using natural leaves and water. While they do, their imaginations soar. Staff remind children of the need to share and take turns during play. Children form positive and secure relationships with one another and with staff. This helps children to build their skills effectively and to thrive.

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The provision is good

Staff support learning through play effectively, interacting with children, such as during water-play activities. Children use their large muscles to practise emptying and filling cups and jugs. They squeeze sponges to wash toy trucks and bicycles. Staff praise children for having a go. Children build resilience through regular reassurance and support to overcome challenges and achieve their learning targets. The curriculum is tailored effectively to support children as individuals and prepare them well for their future learning.

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n Children are eager to learn and, overall, make good progress. They are provided with a good balance of new experiences and routine activities that keep children stimulated and engaged in learning. For example, they enthusiastically sing along to nursery rhymes, reciting words and actions with joy. While staff offer much encouragement, at times, their interactions with children do not extend and challenge children's thinking effectively. This hampers children's ability to make the best possible progress. n Staff promote children's love of reading and books effectively. Children listen attentively as staff read with enthusiasm and anticipation. They eagerly join in with familiar words, phrases and answer questions. They giggle as they become lost in an imaginary world. Children become effective communicators. n Children are provided with ample opportunities to be physically active. For example, they build and climb in a soft-play hut in the garden, dance and move

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to music, use foam stepping stones to balance and use their fingers to manipulate play dough with tools. Children are physically capable and move around well, displaying advanced physical skills. n Children learn to become independent. They communicate their needs for

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13 August 2025 toileting and rest breaks from an early age. Staff are very accommodating of children's individual needs. They help children to develop their confidence and have a strong sense of self. This promotes healthy emotional development as children know themselves and can express their own wants and needs. n Staff know children well and are patient and caring. Children readily seek staff out for comfort and reassurance. Children's care and development needs are regularly reviewed and communicated among the staff team. This helps to ensure that children receive consistently effective care and support and feel safe and secure. n Staff support children to learn to get along with one another well. For example, during group activities, they provide children with lots of opportunities to learn how to share and take turns. When using ride along bicycles, staff diffuse any conflicts skilfully, such as by using distraction. Children know the importance of

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being patient, kind and waiting their turn. n Communication among staff is strong. They work together effectively to provide a good quality of care and education. Staff say they feel well supported by the childminder, are aware of the expectations of their roles and are happy. They are passionate about supporting early years children. Similarly, the childminder praises the dedication of her team.

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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 ensure that staff's interactions with children consistently and effectively extends and challenges their thinking to help them to make the best possible progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 321811 Local authority Wakefield Inspection number 10408241 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 20 Date of previous inspection 29 January 2020

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder has been operating since 1989 and lives in Wakefield. She provides care all year round, from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder works with assistants. She provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old 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 the early years foundation stage curriculum. n The childminder spoke to the inspector about children's learning and development, with a particular focus on communication and language. n Staff and 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 was having on children's learning. n The inspector carried out joint observations of group activities with the childminder. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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Inspection activities

13 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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