Recommendations in recent Ofsted inspections for childminders in Shropshire 2024 - 2025

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:

Learning and development:

• Establish relationships with staff at all settings children attend, to ensure a consistent approach to the support that children receive.
• Provide children with even more opportunities to develop their understanding of the importance of healthy lifestyles.

Communication & language:

• Support children to make choices and build on their existing knowledge to extend their communication skills even further.
• Strengthen the quality of interactions in group activities so that all children are consistently engaged in learning.
• Give children plenty of time to respond to questions and promote their thinking and language skills even more effectively.
• Improve the presentation and accessibility of books to further encourage children's interest and enjoyment of books.

Characteristics of effective teaching and learning:

• Enhance opportunities for children to develop their critical thinking skills to enable them to start to problem solve.