Childminder EY458349

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 February 2016 Not applicable

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The childminder does not carry out effective risk assessments, to identify and minimise all hazards to children. This also breaches the requirements of the Childcare Register.  The childminder does not offer all children good teaching support and challenge consistently, to help them achieve their next steps in learning, to ensure all children make good progress.  Some toys are not organised well and are incomplete, which affects children's learning and development.  Children's sleeping arrangements are not very hygienic to ensure cross-infection is always minimised.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder relates to children positively and has good relationships with them. She supports their emotional needs effectively by giving them warmth, understanding and lots of cuddles when required.  Children are happy, motivated and enjoy their play which links to their interests, such as activities about outer space.  The childminder builds good relationships with parents. She offers a flexible service and communicates with them regularly about children's care and early education.  The childminder makes use of her garden and community areas. Children gain exercise and develop physical skills.

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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

 carry out effective risk assessments to ensure all potential hazards to children are kept to a minimum or removed 24/03/2016

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Due Date

 improve teaching skills and knowledge, to ensure children's next learning steps are consistently worked upon, to help children make good progress. 24/03/2016

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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

 ensure that toys are complete and readily available when children need them  improve children's sleeping arrangements with regards to hygiene and keeping cross- infection to a minimum.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed play activities and the quality of teaching in the home.  The inspector spoke to the childminder at appropriate times during the inspection, and discussed methods for assessing children's progress and how she evaluates the quality of her provision.  The inspector took account of the views of the parents after reading written feedback.  The inspector looked at children's records, including records kept for incidents/ accidents, medication, planning documentation and a range of policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The childminder does not fully meet all the legal requirements, although this does not have a significant effect on outcomes for children. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a secure understanding of the child protection procedure to take if she is worried about a child. However, she does not keep all risks to children's safety to a minimum. The childminder reflects on aspects of her work and evaluates her service but does not successfully identify and target weaknesses. She has gained an early years qualification to help improve her knowledge and updated her first-aid qualification. The childminder has good communication links with early years providers the children attend.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The childminder makes observations of children's play and assesses their development. However, she does not use these to provide sufficient challenges to extend children's learning in all areas. Nevertheless, children enjoy their learning experiences, such as exploring and talking about jelly, and using different tools and materials. The childminder supports some children effectively through her purposeful interaction but not all children. For example, she promotes conversation and introduces new vocabulary to older children, but does not always model language and simple words to those children whose language is just emerging. The childminder's teaching skills are variable. Some mathematical teaching takes place, such as talking about size, but opportunities to count and problem solve are not consistently good. Children enjoy singing. For example, the childminder plays a guitar and makes up a rhyme about a soft-toy character.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Children build strong bonds with the childminder, who is patient and caring. Although she supervises children generally well, there is not good attention to safety. Risk assessments are not robust because hazards remain in the home, such as unsafe glass in a door panel. Children behave well and receive positive praise and guidance from the childminder. The childminder supports children's physical health, for example, by providing active play outdoors in the fresh air and suitable meals to meet their dietary needs. The childminder adheres to young children's sleep routines, although children sleep on the sofas and cushions. She does not use clean linen to minimise cross-infection. The childminder provides children with suitable play resources. However, some are jumbled up in one toy box, not easily available to children and are incomplete.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children are happy and feel safe and secure. Children learn some skills to prepare them for the future, such as school. They develop their physical skills and behave well. Generally, they make sound developmental progress from their starting points.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY458349 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 939060 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013. She lives in the Botley area of Hampshire. The childminder's service is open all year round, from Monday to Friday. She holds a recognised early years qualification 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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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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