Childminder EY334072

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 August 2016 23 February 2016

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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 has failed to rectify all the breaches of the early years foundation stage requirements that were identified at the last inspection. The quality of provision remains inadequate.  The childminder does not safeguard children. She fails to identify and minimise hazards within her home. The childminder does not obtain relevant information from parents before she starts to care for children to ensure she can meet their care and learning needs.  Children's behaviour is not managed well. As a result, children do not learn safe ways to behave or how to manage their feelings.  Children's good health is not promoted effectively. The childminder does not follow effective nappy changing procedures. In addition to this, children are allowed to walk around when eating and eat food that has been on the floor.  The quality of teaching is inadequate. Children make insufficient progress in their learning because the childminder's knowledge of how children learn is weak. The

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This provision is inadequate

childminder does not have high expectations of what children can do and does not challenge children to make good progress in their learning.

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It has the following strengths

 Children have formed close bonds with the childminder. She frequently praises children which promotes their self-esteem.  Children learn to take care of their environment as they help the childminder to tidy away the toys.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

The provision is inadequate and Ofsted intends to take enforcement action We will issue a Welfare Requirements Notice requiring the provider to:

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Due Date

 ensure children’s behaviour is managed in an appropriate way to support children to manage their feelings and understand how their actions impact on others 16/09/2016

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Due Date

 promote the good health of children; this is with particular regard to implementing hygienic nappy changing procedures and ensuring children are not allowed to eat food while walking around 16/09/2016

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Due Date

 maintain records and obtain information from parents to ensure the needs of all children are met; this is with particular regard to relevant information to meet the needs of new children who attend the setting 16/09/2016

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Due Date

 identify aspects of the environment that need to be checked regularly and take steps to remove or minimise any risks to children. 16/09/2016

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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

 improve the quality of teaching so that all children benefit from activities that engage and challenge them and help them to move forward in their learning. 16/09/2016

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's interaction with the children and the quality of teaching.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder during the inspection.  The inspector looked at a range of documentation and records relating to the children.  The inspector observed an activity and spoke to the childminder about her evaluation of practice.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is not effective. The childminder continues to fail to identify and minimise risks within her home. For example, children can access a container of tablets stored in a low level drawer. Some toys that are accessible to younger children are not suitable for their age, this includes, small lids on tubes of paint that pose a choking hazard. In- addition to this, the childminder starts to care for children before obtaining relevant information from their parents to ensure she can meet the child's care and learning needs. The childminder has developed her knowledge of child protection and is clear of the procedures to follow if she has concerns about the welfare of a child in her care. However, the childminder has taken insufficient action to develop her knowledge of the early years foundation stage and ways she can support children to learn through play. This means that teaching is poor and children make slow progress in their learning. The childminder

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

has not accurately assessed the quality of her practice. This hinders her ability to make the necessary improvements to the quality of the provision.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The childminder has not taken sufficient action to improve her understanding of how children learn. She does not understand her role in supporting children to learn through play. Consequently, she does not plan and implement a wide range of stimulating activities that engage children and help them to make good progress. When she identifies children are not reaching the expected levels in their development, she fails to effectively support their future learning. The childminder does not have high expectations of what children can do. For example, she feeds some children who are capable of feeding themselves. This means that younger children are not encouraged to be independent. Children are not supported to express their thoughts and feelings. Opportunities for children to use their imagination, be creative and problem solve are limited. The childminder does not effectively plan activities, which results in children not persisting at

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

activities or learning how to concentrate. For example, not all children have enough space when carrying out a drawing activity. Younger children quickly lose interest and leave the activity.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The childminder praises children frequently, for example, when they correctly name a colour or tidy away the toys. She informs children when their behaviour is not acceptable and asks them to apologise. However, she does not teach children that their actions have consequences and does not help them to manage their feelings. This results in children repeating the same behaviour because they do not understand what is appropriate and this has an impact on their learning. The childminder works in partnership with parents by sharing what has happened during the day. Children's health is not promoted effectively because the childminder does not clean the changing mat before it is used by the next child. This may result in cross infection. Furthermore, children eat sandwiches when walking around the room and eat food that has been on the floor. This is unhygienic and has an impact on children's safety and health.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

The childminder has limited knowledge of the early years foundation stage and how children learn. She does not have high enough expectations of what children can do by themselves. Consequently, children do not make sufficient progress in their learning. The childminder does not extend children's interests as they play. For example, when children throw a teddy gently to each other she tells them to stop throwing rather than adapting this activity to promote children’s physical skills. Older children are encouraged to feed themselves and all children tidy away the toys which helps them to have some of the skills they need to be ready for the next stage in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY334072 Local authority Brent Inspection number 1049756 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 3 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 23 February 2016

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2005. She lives in the Harlesden area within the London Borough of Brent.

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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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