Childminder in Nottinghamshire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 27/06/2014 22/09/2009

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early years provision

This inspection: 4 Previous inspection: 3 How well the early years provision meets the needs of the range of children who attend The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children 4 The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the early years provision 4

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This provision is inadequate

 The childminder lacks knowledge and understanding of the safeguarding, welfare, and learning and development requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. This results in children's health, safety and learning being compromised.  Children's safety and well-being are not protected. The childminder does not keep the premises secure and she does not maintain all necessary records.  The childminder does not have a sufficient knowledge of child protection procedures to ensure that all children are fully safeguarded.  Children's learning is not fully assessed and they are not provided with a balanced range of challenging adult-led and child-initiated activities. This prevents them from making good progress in all areas of learning.  The childminder does not complete the progress check for children between the ages of two and three years. Therefore, parents are not provided with relevant information to

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This provision is inadequate

enable them to continue to support their children's learning and development.  Children's understanding of healthy lifestyles, such as washing hands, is not consistently promoted.

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It has the following strengths

 Children are happy and form a secure attachment with the childminder. This helps them to settle and have fun in the setting.

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Information about this inspection

Inspections of registered early years provision are:  scheduled at least once in every inspection cycle – the current cycle ends on 31 July

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Information about this inspection

 scheduled more frequently where Ofsted identifies a need to do so, for example where provision was previously judged inadequate  brought forward in the inspection cycle where Ofsted has received information that suggests the provision may not be meeting the legal requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage or where assessment of the provision identifies a need for early inspection  prioritised where we have received information that the provision is not meeting the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and which suggests children may not be safe  scheduled at the completion of an investigation into failure to comply with the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Information about this inspection

The provision is also registered on the voluntary and compulsory parts of the Childcare Register. This report includes a judgment about compliance with the requirements of that register.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the lounge area.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke with the childminder and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at a selection of policies and children's records.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector checked evidence of suitability of all household members over 16 years and checked the qualifications of the childminder.

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Information about the setting

The childminder was registered in 1986 and is on the Early Years Register and the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. She lives with her husband in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire. The whole of the ground floor and the rear garden are used for childminding. Toilet facilities are provided on the first floor. The childminder attends a toddler group and takes children to the park. She walks to local schools and pre-schools to take and collect children. There are currently 16 children on roll, of whom eight are in the early years age group and attend for a variety of sessions. The childminder operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. She is a member of the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years.

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must:

 raise knowledge and understanding of child protection procedures, including developing awareness of procedures to follow in the event of concerns being identified, developing awareness of the relevant Local Safeguarding Children Board and developing awareness of the Government's statutory guidance 'Working Together to Safeguard Children'

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must:

 ensure the premises are secure at all times

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must:

 ensure written parental permission is gained for all children to enable them to take part in outings

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must:

 ensure that where any medication is administered to a child, prior written permission for that particular medication has been obtained from the child's parent and/or carer

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must:

 develop knowledge and understanding of the learning and development requirements to ensure children are provided with a balanced range of adult-led and child-initiated play experiences, which follow their interests and provide purposeful learning experiences

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must:

 ensure observation and assessments are shared with parents and used to identify children's level of achievements and to identify and plan challenging next steps to support children's good progress in all areas of learning

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must:

 raise awareness of the progress check which is carried out when a child is aged between two and three years, to ensure a review of children's progress is made, and a written summary of children's development in the prime areas is provided for parents to enable them to continue to support their child's ongoing development.

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

 help children to understand good hygiene practices through them routinely following appropriate routines, for example, washing hands before and after eating and after using the toilet.

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who attend

The childminder has a poor understanding of the learning and development requirements. Therefore, the educational programme provided does not adequately cover all the seven areas of learning. This results in children not making sufficient progress towards the early learning goals. This was brought through as a recommendation at the last inspection and the childminder has not made sufficient progress in her own understanding to ensure improvements are made. Although the childminder observes children at play, she does not effectively use these to assess their level of ability. As the childminder is unfamiliar with children's levels of ability, this prevents her from identifying and planning challenging play experiences to support children's next steps in learning. This hinders the progress children can make from their starting points. As a consequence, children are not acquiring the skills, attitudes and dispositions they require to prepare them for school or their next

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who attend

stages of learning. Parents are not provided with detailed information about their child's development and progress across the seven areas of learning. The childminder does not have any knowledge of the requirement to complete a progress check between the age of two and three years. This results in valuable information not being shared with parents, preventing them from continuing to support their children's ongoing learning and development.

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who attend

Although children show some interest in the learning environment that is provided by the childminder, they are not fully supported to develop the characteristics of effective learning. For example, a younger child takes a book over to the childminder, who reads this to the older child. She does not respond to the younger child's interest around the book and therefore, fails to support their learning as she does not help to develop all children's love of books and early literacy skills. There are very few adult-led activities planned around children's interests, and child-initiated activities are not always made purposeful by the childminder. This results in children not being fully challenged in their play. For example, children ask to do drawing and this is provided for them. However, the childminder does not sit with them to support their active learning during the activity and children sometimes get upset when others draw on their work. At other times, older

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who attend

children enjoy talking about past events, for example, their recent birthday and the presents they received. Younger children enjoy following the actions of their favourite song and joining in with a few of the key words. However, the childminder does not speak to children or question them meaningfully as they play. As a result, they are not encouraged to develop their early communication and language skills. The older children count well and the childminder does encourage them to count as they play. She also occasionally encourages the older children to use phonics to help their early literacy skills. The younger children act out things they see the adults doing. For example, they pretend to make a cup of tea and they are confident to offer the inspector one. They also show care and concern when role playing with the dolls.

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The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children

Children's well-being is not promoted in all areas as the childminder is failing to meet all requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. The childminder treats all children with warm and loving care, helping them to settle and feel emotionally secure. She has a close bond with the children in her care and she responds to their request for cuddles. The childminder implements basic house rules to help children learn how to behave. She is consistent when managing children's behaviour, which helps them to know the expected boundaries. Children have some opportunities to learn about other cultures and beliefs as the childminder provides a range of activities and experiences. She takes children on regular outings to widen their knowledge of the local community. However, she does not gain parents' prior written consent to do this to ensure parents' wishes are adhered to. Although consent forms are in place, the childminder chooses not to use them. This, along

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The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children

with other poor practice issues, clearly demonstrates poor organisation by the childminder, which hinders children's health and safety.

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The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children

The childminder does not promote the good health of children. For example, children are not learning through their daily routines the importance of hand washing. This is because the childminder does not encourage them to wash their hands at relevant times or to learn the importance of this. Most children have their dietary needs met as the childminder gains relevant information about this from parents. Children's independence is promoted as they help themselves to drinks and they also put their own coat and wellington boots on when going outside. They enjoy playing outside, which provides them with some opportunities to be active. Children practise the emergency evacuation plan to help them begin to understand how to keep themselves safe in some areas.

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The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children

Although the childminder has a policy and procedure for administering medication to children, she does not follow this to ensure children's well-being is maintained. For example, medication is given to children without prior written consent being obtained from the parents to do this, and she does not keep a record of when medication is administered to children. Accident records are also not accurately maintained because the childminder fails to record all accidents that happen to children while they are in her care. These are breaches of the Early Years Register and the Childcare Register requirements and do not safeguard children. As the childminder does not give sufficient priority to children's well- being and safety, children develop a false sense of safety and security. This is because of the inadequate steps taken to protect important aspects of their welfare. Nevertheless, children appear happy and settled in the childminder's care. The childminder spends time

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The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children

obtaining some basic information from parents about their child's likes, dislikes and individual routines, which are incorporated into their day. This helps children feel valued and included. The childminder is aware of how to support children to feel emotionally ready for their move to school as she plans to work closely with the pre-school and school staff.

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provision

The childminder is failing to meet the safeguarding, welfare, and the learning and development requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. She is also failing to meet all of the requirements of the Childcare Register. As a result, children's safety, well-being and learning are not protected or adequately promoted. The childminder does not have a clear understanding of child protection issues, which places children at risk of harm. Her knowledge is very limited regarding current guidance and procedures to follow if she was concerned about a child. Although she demonstrates a satisfactory understanding of what would raise her concerns about a child, she is not familiar with the action she would take to fully ensure they were safeguarded. At the last inspection the childminder was asked to update her record of risk assessment to cover electrical wires and the hose pipe, this has been addressed so that children's safety is maintained in these areas. However, children's

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provision

overall safety is compromised because the childminder does not ensure that the premises are kept secure to prevent children leaving unsupervised, and to prevent unauthorised people from gaining entry to the home. This again shows how the childminder is not keeping children safe at all times. The childminder maintains some appropriate records which detail children's individual needs. However, these are not in place and used for some of the older children. This is a breach of the requirements of Childcare Register.

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provision

The childminder has failed to make improvements since the last inspection as previous recommendations have not been met. She was also asked to develop systems to self- evaluate and monitor her practice to bring about improvement. She did start this at the time, but this was only done very briefly and she has failed to continue to move her practice forward in all areas. Two previous recommendations regarding planning of activities to support all areas of learning, and to improve the arrangements for obtaining information relating to children's starting points, have not been met. Hence, these are now actions to improve. The childminder does not keep herself up to date with current practice by accessing training. This does not demonstrate a positive attitude towards continually improving her knowledge and skills, or developing the setting. She does not evaluate her practice effectively or assess the progress children make towards the early learning goals.

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provision

This means that she does not have an accurate view of the quality of her provision. Although the childminder identifies that she is not meeting all the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage, she lacks the motivation to seek support or make the necessary improvements. Consequently, some of the recommendations from the previous inspection have not been addressed. This results in children's safety, well-being and learning needs not being adequately met. The childminder maintains a two-way flow of information with parents and carers through daily discussions, and the use of daily diaries. However, these discussions are mainly in relation to the care of the children and do not relate to children's ongoing progress and development.

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The Childcare Register

The requirements for the compulsory part of the Childcare Register are

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actions)

The requirements for the voluntary part of the Childcare Register are

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To meet the requirements of the Childcare Register the provider must:

 ensure the name, home address and date of birth of each child who is looked after on the premises and the name, home address and telephone number of a parent/guardian/carer is maintained for all children(compulsory part of the Childcare Register)  maintain records of any medication administered to any child who is cared for on the premises, the date and circumstances and who administered it, including medicine which the child is permitted to self-administer, together with a record of a parent/guardian/carer's consent (compulsory part of the Childcare Register)  maintain records of any accident which occurs on the premises where childcare is provided (compulsory part of the Childcare Register)  ensure that a child is unable to leave the premises unsupervised (compulsory part of the Childcare Register)  ensure that no one can enter the premises without the knowledge of a person who is caring for children on the premises (compulsory part of the Childcare Register)

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To meet the requirements of the Childcare Register the provider must:

 devise and implement a suitable written statement of procedures to be followed for the protection of children, intended to safeguard the children being cared for from abuse or neglect (compulsory part of the Childcare Register).  ensure the name, home address and date of birth of each child who is looked after on the premises and the name, home address and telephone number of a parent/guardian/carer is maintained for all children (voluntary part of the Childcare Register)  maintain records of any medication administered to any child who is cared for on the premises, the date and circumstances and who administered it, including medicine which the child is permitted to self-administer, together with a record of a parent/guardian/carer's consent (voluntary part of the Childcare Register)  maintain records of any accident which occurs on the premises where childcare is provided (voluntary part of the Childcare Register)

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To meet the requirements of the Childcare Register the provider must:

 ensure that no one can enter the premises without the knowledge of a person who is caring for children on the premises (voluntary part of the Childcare Register)  devise and implement a suitable written statement of procedures to be followed for the protection of children, intended to safeguard the children being cared for from abuse or neglect (voluntary part of the Childcare Register).

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Grade Judgement Description

Grade 1 Outstanding Outstanding provision is highly effective in meeting the needs of all children exceptionally well. This ensures that children are very well prepared for the next stage of their learning. Grade 2 Good Good provision is effective in delivering provision that meets the needs of all children well. This ensures children are ready for the next stage of their learning. Grade 3 Requires improvement The provision is not giving children a good standard of early years education and/or there are minor breaches of the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. It will be monitored and inspected within twelve months of the date of this inspection. Grade 4 Inadequate Provision that is inadequate requires significant improvement and/or enforcement action. The provision is failing to give children an acceptable standard of early years education and/or is not meeting the safeguarding and welfare requirements of

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Grade Judgement Description

the Early Years Foundation Stage. It will be monitored and inspected again within six months of the date of this inspection. Met The provision has no children on roll. The inspection judgement is that the provider continues to meet the requirements for registration. Not met The provision has no children on roll. The inspection judgement is that the provider does not meet the requirements for registration.

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Inspection

This inspection was carried out by Ofsted 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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Setting details

Unique reference number 252398 Local authority Nottinghamshire Inspection number 876500 Type of provision Childminder Registration category Childminder Age range of children 0 - 17 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 16

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Telephone number

set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.ofsted.gov.uk. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk.

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Type of provision

For the purposes of this inspection the following definitions apply:

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Type of provision

Full-time provision is that which operates for more than three hours. These are usually known as nurseries, nursery schools and pre-schools and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. They are registered on the Early Years Register and pay the higher fee for registration.

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Type of provision

Sessional provision operates for more than two hours but does not exceed three hours in any one day. These are usually known as pre-schools, kindergartens or nursery schools and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. They are registered on the Early Years Register and pay the lower fee for registration.

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Type of provision

Childminders care for one or more children where individual children attend for a period of more than two hours in any one day. They operate from domestic premises, which are usually the childminder’s own home. They are registered on the Early Years Register and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Type of provision

Out of school provision may be sessional or full-time provision and is delivered before or after school and/or in the summer holidays. They are registered on the Early Years Register and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. Where children receive their Early Years Foundation Stage in school these providers do not have to deliver the learning and development requirements in full but should complement the experiences children receive in school. achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children,

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Type of provision

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Type of provision

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