Childminder in East Sussex

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, Cheryl Walker, carried out a monitoring visit of your provision on 05/07/2013. 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 17/04/2013, we sent you a welfare requirements notice.

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Outcome of the visit

On 17 April 2013, the provider received an inadequate judgement at inspection. We took enforcement action and issued a welfare requirements notice which required the provider to comply with the following action:

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ensure that people who are unknown, or whose suitability has not been checked, do not have unsupervised contact with children being cared for.

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We also issued a notice to improve which asked you to:

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increase knowledge of safeguarding policy and procedures and make sure all assistants also have up-to-date knowledge in order to safeguard children,

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maintain an accurate daily record of the names of the children being cared for on the premises and their hours of attendance,

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establish effective systems to evaluate the provision so that areas for development are picked up accurately and drive continuous improvement well,

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ensure that information relating to children is handled in a way that ensures confidentiality,

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ensure that parental consent is obtained to leave children in the sole care of an assistant, including for very short periods of time (voluntary part of the Childcare Register), ensure that the safeguarding policy is implemented in order to safeguard children being cared for (compulsory and voluntary parts of Childcare Register), and to

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keep and maintain for a period of two years; a daily record of the names of the children looked after on the premises and their hours of attendance (compulsory and voluntary parts of Childcare Register).

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Outcome of the visit

On 05 July 2013 we carried out a monitoring visit. We found that the provider had worked proactively to address the actions raised in both notices issued. The provider was judged to be making good progress overall.

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

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Since the last inspection the provider has recognised and confirmed their understanding of their responsibilities with regard to safeguarding children. The provider understands that children must be well supervised at all times and has reviewed her practice to ensure children's safety. The safeguarding policy has been updated and reviewed by all assistants currently attached to the registration. This ensures their knowledge is current and improves their abilities to safeguard the children in their care.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

The systems in place to record children's attendance have been reviewed to ensure they are clear and accurate. Recording systems for accidents/incidents have been revised to give a clear and current record of those attending the setting. The provider has identified areas for improvement within the self evaluation systems and continues to develop these.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

The provider has also updated the parental permissions in place within the setting to ensure that are current and reflect the activities that take place. All parents have signed the revised documents to confirm their agreement, which provides clear acknowledgement of expectations and promotes partnership working.

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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 good improvement. The next visit will be a full inspection. I hope that you have found the visit helpful in promoting improvement in your childminding service. 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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