Childminder in Barnet

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 November 2015 14 May 2012

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate 4

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This provision is inadequate

 The childminder does not ensure that her assistant fully understands her procedures for managing child protection concerns.  The childminder does not ensure that sleeping children are always within sight or hearing.  The childminder does not evaluate her provision with enough care to identify breaches of the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and the Childcare Register.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder uses settling-in sessions effectively to gather information about children's daily routines and personal needs. Children settle quickly and demonstrate warm relationships with the childminder and her assistant.  Children acquire the skills they need for the next stage of their learning. The childminder teaches them how to play well with others, and to share and respect each other's differences.  The childminder engages well with parents and they are happy with the service she provides. She keeps them well informed through daily discussions and regular meetings.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and the Childcare Register the provider must:

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Due Date

 ensure that any person who cares for children fully understands the procedures to be followed when reporting child protection concerns. 04/12/2015

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Due Date

 ensure that children sleeping upstairs are within hearing at all times. 05/11/2015

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Due Date

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

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Due Date

 make effective use of self-evaluation to monitor and reflect on practice in order to identify key weaknesses and target improvements to improve outcomes for all children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and the childminder's and assistant's interactions with children throughout the inspection.  The inspector sampled children's observations, planning and assessments, and looked at registration records.  The inspector checked evidence of the childminder's and her assistant's suitability and qualifications, and looked at the childminder's policies and procedures.  The inspector held conversations with the childminder, her assistant and children during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is not effective. The childminder does not ensure her assistant has a secure understanding of child protection procedures, in particular the procedures to follow if a child makes a disclosure. She has identified this as a training need for her assistant but has not addressed it. This impairs the childminder’s ability to protect children from harm or abuse. The childminder reviews risks in the environment regularly to help keep children safe and takes appropriate actions if needed. For example, she has recently made arrangements to ensure that garden doors are secured when opened to minimise the risk of accidents. She has met all the actions and recommendations from her previous inspection. Although she reflects on her practice, she has failed to identify or address current weaknesses and how they affect children's care.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The quality of teaching is good. The childminder gets to know children well and makes assessments of their learning to monitor their progress. She uses this information to identify children's achievements and work out what they need to accomplish next. Children make choices in their play from an early age. They experiment with toys that make a noise when they press buttons, shake or bang them. The childminder understands that children learn and develop in different ways and at different rates. For example, she sings songs with babies and asks older children various questions to encourage them to develop their communication and language skills further.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The childminder does not ensure that sleeping children are within sight or hearing of an adult caring for them. This significantly affects the ability of the childminder and her assistant to safeguard children because they cannot be sure when children are awake or whether they are distressed. The childminder creates a welcoming environment. She has a range of resources around her home that show children positive images of a diverse society. She provides appropriate equipment for children's sleep time, such as cots and clean bedding. The childminder promotes children's good health effectively. She provides regular outdoor play opportunities, follows good hygiene procedures and ensures that meals parents provide for their children meet dietary requirements.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress according to their starting points. They gain the necessary skills and attributes required for their next steps in learning. Older children are confident to express their needs, able to count and concentrate on activities for some period of time. Children gain self-help skills and become independent.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY356618 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 837933 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2007. She lives in Totteridge, in the London Borough of Barnet. The childminder works each weekday throughout most of the year. The childminder works with an assistant, who is her mother. They both hold relevant childcare qualifications at level 3.

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Telephone number

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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Telephone number

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