Childminder in West Northamptonshire

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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Monitoring for provision judged as inadequate

An Ofsted inspector, Carla Roberts, monitored your provision on 09/07/2014 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 12/03/2014, we sent you a welfare requirements notice. If you were set actions at the inspection, or as a result of our subsequent monitoring or investigations, these are included at the end of this letter.

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Outcome of monitoring

The welfare requirement notice asked you to ensure you assess the risks and hazards which may arise for children on outings, and ensure you identify the steps to be taken to remove, minimise and manage those risks and hazards and ensure children are kept safe while on outings and obtain written parental permission for all children to take part in outings. You were asked to complete the actions on this notice by15 April 2014.

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Outcome of monitoring

You were also issued with a notice to improve which asked you ensure the care provided for older children does not adversely affect the care of children receiving early years provision; improve knowledge and understanding of appropriate behaviour management strategies in order to effectively manage incidents of children's inappropriate behaviour, and to know when to seek expert advice to support children's ongoing well-being and safety; ensure all records are easily accessible and available for inspection; ensure the daily record of the children being cared for on the premises includes their hours of attendance and improve self- evaluation processes and use these to drive future improvements by identifying the settings strengths and weaknesses accurately and taking appropriate action to address these. The notice asked you to complete these actions by 15 April 2014.

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Outcome of monitoring

You were also issued with two further actions to be completed by 30 May 2014, which asked you to observe children to understand their level of achievement, interests and learning styles and provide an appropriate range of resources, in order to shape learning experiences for each child, reflecting those observations through planned, purposeful play and through a mix of adult-led and child-initiated activity and improve knowledge of the learning and development requirements to ensure that each area of learning and development is implemented effectively, particularly the educational programmes for children's communication and language, physical, and personal, social and emotional development.

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Outcome of monitoring

At the monitoring visit on 24 April 2014, the inspector found through observation of practice, discussions with you and scrutiny of records that you have taken action to meet the requirements for all areas where the date for completion was 15 April 2014. The two actions due for completion on 30 May 2014 were not monitored. However, the inspector discussed what progress you were making to meet those requirements, and found that you were making good progress.

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Outcome of monitoring

At the monitoring visit on 9 July 2014 we found that you have appropriate systems in place to enable you to make regular observations of the children you provide care for and that these were now embedded as part of your ongoing practice. We found that you are recording meaningful observations of all children you provide care for on a regular basis with clear links to the seven areas of learning. You were able to demonstrate clearly how you are using these observations and building them in to your short term and long term planning to further encourage their development. You were able to demonstrate a clear improvement in your understanding of the learning and development requirements and how you are using this to plan a good range of adult led and child initiated activities to meet the needs of the children attending.

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Outcome of monitoring

The inspector is of the opinion that at this time you have taken prompt and effective action to address the points for improvement.

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Outcome of monitoring

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

Nick Hudson National Director, Early Education

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Action Due date Closed date

observe children to understand their level of achievement, interests and learning styles and provide an appropriate range of resources, in order to shape learning experiences for each child, reflecting those observations through planned, purposeful play and through a mix of adult-led and child-initiated activities 15/04/2014 09/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

improve knowledge of the learning and development requirements to ensure that each area of learning and development is implemented effectively, particularly the educational programmes for children's communication and language, physical, and personal, social and emotional development 15/04/2014 09/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

improve self-evaluation processes and use these to drive future improvements by identifying the setting's strengths and weaknesses accurately and taking appropriate action to address these. 15/04/2014 09/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

keep a daily record of the names of the children looked after on the premises which include their hours of attendance (compulsory part of the Childcare Register). 15/04/2014 09/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

keep a daily record of the names of the children looked after on the premises which include their hours of attendance (voluntary part of the Childcare Register). 15/04/2014 09/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

ensure the care provided for older children does not adversely affect the care of children receiving early years provision 15/04/2014 09/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

improve knowledge and understanding of appropriate behaviour management strategies in order to effectively manage incidents of children's inappropriate 15/04/2014 09/07/2014 behaviour ensure all records are easily accessible and available for inspection 15/04/2014 09/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

ensure the daily record of the children being cared for on the premises includes their hours of attendance 15/04/2014 09/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

assess the risks and hazards which may arise for children on outings, to remove, minimise and manage those risks and hazards 15/04/2014 09/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

obtain written parental permission for all children to take part in outings 15/04/2014 09/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

observe children to understand their level of achievement, interests and learning styles and provide an appropriate range of resources, in order to shape learning experiences for each child, reflecting those observations through planned, purposeful play and through a mix of adult-led and child-initiated activity 30/05/2014 09/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

improve knowledge of the learning and development requirements to ensure that each area of learning and development is implemented effectively, particularly the educational programmes for children's communication and language, physical, and personal, social and emotional development 30/05/2014 09/07/2014

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