Childminder in Lancashire

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Monitoring for provision judged as inadequate

An Ofsted inspector, Alison Frances Tranby, monitored your provision on 06/01/2014 following your inspection where the provision was judged to be inadequate.

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Outcome of monitoring

As a result of our inspection on 06/11/2013, we sent you a welfare requirements notice.

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The Welfare requirement notice required you to: W8.5 Outings: ensure that vehicles used to transport children are adequately insured

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W3.2 Training support and skills: obtain a current paediatric first aid certificate so that appropriate action can be taken, should it be needed, to promote children's well-being and health

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W8. Risk assessment: ensure that a health and safety policy is developed and implemented, which includes identifying and dealing with hazards through robust risk assessments

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W3.10 Suitable people: Ofsted is responsible for checking the suitability of child-minders and of persons living or working on a child-minder’s premises, including obtaining enhanced criminal records checks and barred list checks. Providers other than child-minders must obtain an enhanced criminal records disclosure in respect of every person aged 16 and over who lives on the premises on which the childcare is provided

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W 3.62 Premises: ensure you have maintained appropriate public liability insurance.

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In addition we issued a Notice to improve:

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W1.1 Safeguarding Practice: gain a secure understanding of the safeguarding, welfare and learning and development requirements of the revised Early Years Foundation Stage in order that Our Reference EY333524

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children's learning, development and well-being are supported effectively

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L&D 1. Planning: improve the quality of teaching and learning by assessing each child's progress across all seven areas of learning and use this information to plan suitable activities and challenging experiences for each child

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W10.1 General Information and records matter: establish a two-way flow of information with parents and between providers, if a child is attending more than one setting, so that a coherent approach supports continuity in children's care and learning.

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A monitoring visit undertaken on 6 January 2014, found that overall prompt and effective progress made since the last inspection was good.

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The vehicle used to transport children is now adequately insured. A health and safety policy and robust risk assessment has been implemented. This includes identifying and dealing with risks in respect of transporting children.

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A current paediatric first aid certificate has now been obtained enabling the provider to take appropriate action, should it be needed, to promote children's well-being and health

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Suitably checks enhanced criminal record checks and barred list checks are in progress for persons aged over 16 years of age living on the premises.

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The provider has purchased appropriate public liability insurance.

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In addition we issued a Notice to improve:

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Through training and support from the Local Authority, early years team the provider now has sufficient understanding of the safeguarding, welfare, and learning and development requirements in order that children's learning, development and well- being can be supported effectively

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The provider has also improved her knowledge regarding the quality of teaching and learning and has implemented assessments for children to enable activities to be provided across the seven areas of learning. Therefore ensuring children’s suitable challenging experiences for each child

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The provider has an effective communication with local schools and parents and will provide a development report enabling a smooth transition to school and continuity of the child’s care and learning.

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The next visit will be a full inspection. Our Reference EY333524

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Having considered all the evidence, the inspector is of the opinion that the childminder has taken prompt and effective action to address the points for improvement.

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Next steps

The next step will be a full inspection.

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Next steps

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

Lorna Fitzjohn National Director Our Reference EY333524

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WELFARE REQUIREMENT ACTION: ensure that vehicles used to transport children are adequately insured 02/12/2013 12/02/2014

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WELFARE REQUIREMENT ACTION: obtain a current paediatric first aid certificate so that appropriate action can be taken, should it be needed, to promote children's well-being and health. 02/12/2013 12/02/2014

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WELFARE REQUIREMENT ACTION: ensure that a health and safety policy is developed and implemented, which includes identifying and dealing with hazards through robust risk assessments 02/12/2013 12/02/2014

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WELFARE REQUIREMENT ACTION: Ofsted is responsible for checking the suitability of child-minders and of persons living or working on a child-minder’s premises, including obtaining enhanced criminal records checks and barred list checks. Child-minders must obtain an enhanced criminal records disclosure in respect of every person aged 16 and over who lives on the premises. 02/12/2013 12/02/2014

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WELFARE REQUIREMENT ACTION: ensure you have maintained appropriate public liability insurance. 02/12/2013 12/02/2014

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gain a secure understanding of the safeguarding, welfare and learning and development requirements of the revised Early Years Foundation Stage in order that children's learning, development and well-being are supported effectively 02/12/2013 12/02/2014

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ensure an appropriate first aid qualification is in place (compulsory part of the Childcare Register) 02/12/2013 12/02/2014

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improve the quality of teaching and learning by assessing each child's progress across all seven areas of learning and use this information to plan suitable activities and challenging experiences for each child 02/12/2013 12/02/2014 Our Reference EY333524

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ensure that children receiving childcare are kept safe from harm (compulsory part of the Childcare Register) 12/12/2013 12/02/2014

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ensure that children receiving childcare are kept safe from harm (voluntary part of the Childcare ) 12/12/2013 12/02/2014

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ensure an appropriate first aid qualification is in place (compulsory part of the Childcare Register) 12/12/2013 12/02/2014

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ensure that the premises and equipment used for the purposes of the childcare safe and suitable for that childcare (compulsory part of the Childcare Register) 12/12/2013 12/02/2014

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establish a two-way flow of information with parents and between providers, if a child is attending more than one setting, so that a coherent approach supports continuity in children's care and learning. 12/12/2013 12/02/2014

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