Childminder

Childminder

Unique reference number (URN): 2817677 Registered with Ofsted: 10/03/2025 Registers: EYR, CCR, VCR

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Leadership and governance Expected standard

The childminder demonstrates a robust knowledge of the early years foundation stage and is well equipped to receive children. She discusses the additional safety measures that she has installed to make her home welcoming and safe for children. She understands the importance of continuous risk assessments to keep children safe.

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Leadership and governance Expected standard

The childminder is passionate about keeping her professional knowledge up to date by undertaking regular training. This includes mandatory training and training to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. She intends to enrol on a college course.

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Leadership and governance Expected standard

The childminder understands the importance of maintaining healthy links with the local authority, nurseries and schools. This helps to ensure that information is shared to give each child the best possible start. This includes safeguarding reporting and early identification of developmental needs. The childminder identifies the importance of liaising with parents to ensure that she understands each child's individual needs. This includes allergy checks and whether individual adaptations are needed to support children's needs. The childminder discusses ways that she intends to support disadvantaged children and their families. She also demonstrates how she ensures that her curriculum and environment reflect different families, cultures and experiences, for example, by adapting meals, reading stories from different faiths or cultures, celebrating diversity and developing respect for others. She talks about how she uses additional funding to overcome barriers to children's

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Leadership and governance Expected standard

The childminder strives to provide a rich-learning environment and plans to offer regular opportunities to explore the local area, including visits to the park and museums. The childminder is a reflective practitioner, and she works closely with local childminders to continue her skills and practice to support children's learning, development and wellbeing.

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Compulsory Childcare Register requirements

This setting has met the requirements of the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.

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Register

When we check if settings meet the Compulsory Childcare Register requirements, they can have the following outcomes:

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Voluntary Childcare Register requirements

This setting has met the requirements of the voluntary part of Childcare Register.

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Register

When we check if settings meet the Voluntary Childcare Register requirements, they can have the following outcomes:

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About this setting

Operating hours: Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Friday : 08:00 - 17:30

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Facts and figures used on inspection

This data was available to the inspector at the time of the inspection.

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About this inspection

The inspector spoke to the childminder during the inspection.

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About this inspection

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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About this inspection

There were no early years children present at the time of this inspection. The findings in this report are based on evidence gathered from discussions with leaders and an inspection of the premises, equipment, and any relevant documentation. When there are no early years children present, inspectors only evaluate and grade leadership and governance as there is no reliable evidence on which to assess the impact on children of other evaluation areas.

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Exceptional

Practice is exceptional: of the highest standard nationally. Other settings can learn from it.

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Strong standard

The setting reaches a strong standard. Leaders are working above the standard expected of them.

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Expected standard

The setting is fulfilling the expected standard of education and/or care. This means they are following the standard set out in statutory and non ‑ statutory legislation and the professional standards expected of them.

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Needs attention

The expected standards are not met but leaders are likely able to make the necessary improvements.

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Urgent improvement

The setting needs to make urgent improvements to provide the expected standard of education and/or care.

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Urgent improvement

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Urgent improvement

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Urgent improvement

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