Childminder in Leicestershire

Store Street Manchester M1 2WD Telephone: 0300 123 1231 Fax: 0300 123 3159 Minicom: 0161 618 8524 Email: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk Web: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Outcome of monitoring visit for provision judged as inadequate

An Ofsted inspector, Yvonne Johnson, carried out a monitoring visit of your provision on 04/07/2013. This visit follows on from your inspection where the provision was judged to be inadequate.

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Outcome of the visit

As a result of our inspection on 07/05/2013, we sent you a welfare requirements notice.

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Outcome of the visit

In order to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe you were issued with a welfare requirements notice. This required you to ensure that minimum legally allowed adult: child ratios are maintained at all times; ensure indoor space requirements are met and assess and minimise risks to children's safety when walking to and from school. Some of the requirements were met at the monitoring visit on 04 July 2013, however you failed to comply with the action to ensure that minimum legally allowed adult: child ratios are maintained at all times and at the visit you were issued with a caution for this failure to comply with the notice. Ofsted is reviewing what steps they will take regarding this failure and will monitor it at the next visit.

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Outcome of the visit

You were also issued with a notice of actions to improve, however at the visit you had not received the report and these will be monitored at the next visit.

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Outcome of the visit

Having considered all the evidence, the inspector is of the opinion that at this time you are making improvement overall.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

The childminder has not taken all the required action to address the issues from inspection and this was discussed. She is now clear about the ratios required when working alone, she will ensure that the requirement is met and has employed an assistant to work with her at times during the week. The childminder has utilised the space in the home to provide extra areas for older children to relax and complete homework if they wish to, therefore space standards are now met. She has looked at possible risks to children walking to and from school and thought about how these can be reduced, written risk assessments are now in place for outings which identify potential hazards and the steps she takes to reduce these. She intends to use her assistant in the future where she may have higher numbers of children walking.

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Next steps

Having considered all the evidence the inspector is of the opinion that at this time:

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Next steps

 The childminder has made progress in addressing the points for improvement. The next visit will be a further monitoring visit.

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Next steps

If you have any further queries please contact us on the number at the top of this letter.

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Next steps

Susan Gregory HMI National Director, Inspection Delivery

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