Childminder 141900

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 May 2016 11 November 2014

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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

 The childminder does not have a current paediatric first-aid qualification. This is a breach of a legal requirement and compromises children's welfare.  The childminder does not understand the risks in relation to the use of mobile phones and cameras in her setting, which puts children at risk.  The childminder does not monitor children's progress to identify any gaps in learning and plan consistently challenging activities to help children make good progress. She has failed to complete written assessments of children's progress between the ages of two and three years, as required.  The childminder does not encourage children to wash their hands before eating, to promote their health and limit the spread of infection.  The childminder has a weak knowledge of the early years foundation stage requirements. She fails to meet learning and development and safeguarding and welfare requirements, and does not meet the requirements of the Childcare Register.

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It has the following strengths

 Children are confident and have warm relationships with the childminder. They show through their behaviour that they feel emotionally secure.  The childminder talks to children and provides their favourite toys to occupy them.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

The provision is inadequate and Ofsted intends to take enforcement action

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

We will issue a Welfare Requirements Notice requiring the provider to:

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Due Date

 complete an appropriate paediatric first-aid training course and gain a relevant certificate 15/07/2016

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Due Date

 improve knowledge about the safe use of mobile phones and cameras, and implement effective safeguarding procedures to cover their use 04/07/2016

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 ensure children's hygiene routines are effective and promote their health, for example by helping children to understand how to manage their own self-care in relation to washing their hands 04/07/2016

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 gain a robust understanding of the requirements as set out in the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage and ensure you understand your role and responsibility in providing quality learning and development experiences for children. 04/07/2016

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Due Date

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 assess children's progress effectively to identify any gaps in learning and plan challenging activities to help them make good progress 08/07/2016

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Due Date

 provide children with a broad range of planned, purposeful play and learning opportunities through a mix of adult-led and child- initiated activities that promote all areas of learning 08/07/2016

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Due Date

 improve knowledge about the required progress check for children aged between two and three years. 08/07/2016

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder and children engaged in indoor activities.  The inspector talked to children and read written feedback from parents.  The inspector sampled records and documentation that the childminder is required to keep, to support children's welfare.  The inspector talked to the childminder about how she plans learning activities and monitors children's progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. The childminder's first-aid qualification is out of date. She is unaware of safeguarding requirements relating to the use of mobile phones and cameras to keep children safe from harm. The childminder understands the procedures to follow with reference to concerns about a child's welfare. She acknowledges the weaknesses in her practice but does not take action to ensure children's safety and welfare. She has failed to make sufficient improvements since the last inspection. Although she obtains some information about children when they start, she does not use this to establish starting points to plan purposeful activities. The childminder does not have a secure knowledge of the required written progress check for children aged two years.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The childminder has a weak knowledge of how to build on what children already know and can do. Her teaching fails to provide an appropriate level of challenge to help children make sufficient progress while in her care. The childminder does not monitor their development to identify any emerging gaps in children's learning to enable her to provide effective support. She provides resources that children like and enables children to make choices about what they do. The childminder encourages children to learn some skills they will need for school, such as counting and matching cards that are the same.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Breaches in safeguarding requirements have a significant impact on children's welfare and safety. The childminder lacks current first-aid knowledge to treat accidents promptly and effectively. She does not teach children the importance of good hygiene practices. For example, children do not wash their hands before eating and the childminder fails to remind them to do so. Buggies are stored by the sink, so children are unable to reach it.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children's progress is not assured when they are with the childminder. She does not know where they are in their development or how to extend their learning well enough to be sure they reach the level of development of which they are capable.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 141900 Local authority Somerset Inspection number 1048719 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 3 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 11 November 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 1992. She lives in Bridgwater, Somerset. She currently cares for children on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, during term times. She also takes and collects older children from a nearby school.

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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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