Childminder EY395991

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 April 2016 1 June 2010

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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 Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate 4

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This provision is inadequate

 Children are not safeguarded. The childminder does not provide her assistant with enough information or training to ensure they are clear about their roles and responsibilities with regard to safeguarding children.  Children's safety is significantly compromised as the childminder does not conduct sufficiently robust risk assessments to ensure that potential hazards are removed and children attending are safe in her provision.  The childminder does not provide effective support for her assistant to develop his knowledge of early years practice and how to extend children's learning.  The childminder is not working effectively with her assistant to support children's ongoing learning. The childminder does not make regular enough observations or assessments of children's progress to enable her to plan activities that challenge and support children in making good progress.  The poorly considered organisation of routine tasks and activities interrupts children's

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This provision is inadequate

play and learning.  The childminder does not provide parents with sufficiently detailed information about their children's progress to help them to guide their children's learning at home.

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It has the following strengths

 Children have good attachments with the childminder and her assistant.

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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

 take all necessary measures to ensure that the premises and equipment are safe and suitable for childcare, particularly with regard to low-level glass, areas where children sleep and the broken toilet seat 15/04/2016

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 ensure assistants have a secure knowledge and understanding of the procedures to safeguard children, including when and where to refer any concerns about a child's welfare and how to deal with an allegation about anyone living or working on the premises 15/04/2016

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 provide assistants with effective support, training and coaching to ensure they have suitable knowledge and skills to teach and care for children 29/04/2016

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 check children's progress in their learning and use this information to plan activities that challenge and support them in making good progress. 15/04/2016 To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 give parents the information and support they need to successfully guide their children's learning at home  review the organisation of routines and activities so that children's play and learning is not disrupted unnecessarily.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed all areas of the home used for childminding and the toys and resources available.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records, planning documentation and a range of other documentation, including policies and procedures. She discussed the childminder's self-evaluation document.  The inspector reviewed a planned activity with the childminder.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability and qualifications of adults living and working on the premises.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day.  The inspector observed activities and reviewed the quality of teaching.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Arrangements for safeguarding are not effective. The childminder has failed to provide training for her assistant to ensure he is clear about his role and responsibility with regard to safeguarding children. Her assistant does not know when and where to refer any concerns he may have regarding a child in his care. In addition, he does not know what action to take in the event of an allegation being made against himself or the childminder. He is not conversant with the childminder's safeguarding policy. Children are at risk of significant harm. This is because the childminder has failed to identify and remove or minimise risks to children's health and safety. There is a greenhouse and shed door with low-level glass which is easily accessible to children in the play area. The toilet seat used by children is cracked. There are several wires and other decorations, which are easily accessible to children, hanging from the bedroom curtain rail next to the cot. Young

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

children are left alone at sleep time, which means they are at risk of harm from strangulation. The childminder does not guide her assistant well enough or identify his training needs sufficiently to ensure that he understands how to extend children's learning effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The quality of teaching is inadequate. The childminder's assistant does not have any knowledge of the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. He does not know individual children's learning priorities or how to assess or move children on to their next stage of learning. Parents receive some information about their child's learning but not enough detail to help them to continue their child's learning at home. The childminder does not monitor and assess children's progress closely or regularly enough to enable her and her assistant to plan accurately for their next stage of learning. Therefore, at times, activities fail to challenge children or engage children sufficiently to help them to make good progress. For example, during a planned music session, children were uninterested and learned little. However, the childminder continued with the activity for some time. Resources are not always suitable for the youngest children. For example, the table and

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

chairs in the playroom are too big. Children struggle to reach and use the creative resources comfortably and so move away. That said, children are engaged when provided with malleable materials and a range of tools with which to explore.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The childminder does not consider children's safety adequately as she fails to remove hazards which put children at risk of harm. Whilst the childminder provides for children's basic needs, she struggles to give individual attention to all children. For example, children are interrupted from their play whilst the childminder attends to various routine tasks. Consequently, children are not provided with the challenge and stimulation they need to make good progress in their learning and development. This results in children being bored and not engaged at times. Children have daily opportunities to play outside in the fresh air and to practise some physical skills.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children's safety is compromised. Children are not supported sufficiently by the childminder and her assistant to extend their skills during their play. They are not provided with the challenge and stimulation they need to make good progress in their learning and development. They are not provided with enough opportunities to develop the skills and attitudes they need in readiness for future learning, including school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY395991 Local authority Telford & Wrekin Inspection number 849877 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 1 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2009 and lives in Telford. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 6. She works with an assistant.

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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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