Childminder EY428226

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 calm, home-from-home environment for children. Children benefit from close relationships with the childminder to help them feel safe and secure. They are settled and happy in her care. The childminder ensures that children develop relationships with their peers, both those in her care and the care of fellow childminders. Children enjoy playing alongside each other. For example, they play with dolls and blankets and pretend to create beds for them on the sofa. The childminder helps them to negotiate and share resources, such as a favourite pushchair for the dolls.

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The provision is good

The childminder has a simple curriculum in place. This is loosely based on themes relating to the seasons and celebrations. She aims to cover all the required areas of learning. With a particular focus on communication and language, and personal, social and emotional skills. The childminder's aim is for children to be ready for the move to school with the skills to be confident, to manage some tasks independently and to ask for help when they need it. To support this preparation further, the childminder shares information with parents to help them also prepare children for school and to master toilet training.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has a variety of toys and resources available that children are familiar with and can choose to use in their play. These are based on their specific interests such as dolls, cars and vehicles. She also rotates other resources depending on her current intentions for children's learning and planned activities. This helps the environment to be familiar to children and for them to make independent choices about their play. n The childminder works closely with a couple of fellow childminders to provide activities and experiences to children. They base these on the current theme and children's current development. They offer opportunities for outdoor play and trips into the community to attend music groups and forest school. This supports children to receive a broad range of learning and to develop relationships with other children. n Children enjoy action songs and recall the words and actions to familiar ones, for

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need to do better?

example the song about the monkey's jumping on the bed. The childminder helps them to choose a number to start from and count down to one. This helps children to become familiar with numbers and counting in a fun way. n The childminder identifies appropriate next steps in learning for children based on her observations and what children already know and can do. This might be toilet training, turn-taking or developing attention skills. However, where the childminder identifies that there may be concerns relating to children's development, she does not act on these swiftly. This does not ensure that all

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need to do better?

28 August 2025 children receive the right support to make effective progress. n The childminder provides all food and drink for children. She carefully considers any dietary requirements or allergies. She helps children to understand what might happen if a child ate something they are allergic to and the importance of not sharing food. The childminder prepares the food she provides carefully. This ensures that she minimises the risk of choking. She removes skin from fruit and cuts things into thin wedges or batons. This helps to meet children's care needs well and reduce any risks with food. n The childminder has completed the required core training to meet requirements. However, she does not prioritise her own professional development to keep her knowledge and skills up to date and enhance her practice. This does not support her to provide the absolute best she can for children. n Children behave well. The childminder supports them to negotiate, take turns

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need to do better?

and share resources. Children are also polite, and they show good manners. The childminder helps them to name and understand their feelings and emotions through books. She also listens to children and gives them time to share their thoughts and ideas. This helps them to feel heard and to develop important life 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 develop procedures further to ensure that when there are any emerging concerns about a children's development, these are acted upon swiftly to narrow any gaps n undertake further professional development opportunities to ensure that practice remains current and knowledge and skills are up to date to support children to make the best possible progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY428226 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 10398222 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 4 Date of previous inspection 9 October 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2011 and lives in Chalgrove, Oxfordshire. She provides care for children from Monday to Friday, from 7.45am to 5.30pm, for most of the year. She holds a relevant childcare qualification at level 3. The childminder provides government funded early education places for children aged from nine months to four years.

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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 spoke to the inspector about their intentions for children's learning. n Children communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and the children. n The childminder and the inspector discussed how the curriculum has been implemented and the impact that this has had on children's learning. n Parents shared their written 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

28 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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Inspection activities

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