Hirst, Michelle Georgina Catherine

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 31 August 2016 8 April 2013

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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 safeguarding policy and procedures with regard to the use of mobile phones in the setting are not implemented effectively.  The childminder does not supervise, coach and train assistants well enough, in order to improve their personal effectiveness and outcomes for children.  The childminder has a poor understanding of the numbers and ages of children she may care for. Consequently, she does not maintain the required ratios.  The childminder lacks understanding about the space required to meet the needs of the children she cares for. She does not organise the premises and resources effectively enough to meet children's needs.  The childminder does not maintain a consistent record of children's attendance.  The childminder has not informed Ofsted of changes to assistants working on the premises. This is an offence.  The quality of teaching is not strong enough. Children are not making sufficient

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This provision is inadequate

progress in their learning and development.

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It has the following strengths

 The progress checks for children aged between two and three years is completed and promptly shared with parents.  Since her last inspection the childminder has completed a formal childcare qualification at level 5.

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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 the procedure for the safe use of mobile phones is implemented effectively by all assistants 31/08/2016

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Due Date

 ensure appropriate arrangements are in place to support assistants and enable them to improve their personal effectiveness and the outcomes for children 14/09/2016

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Due Date

 maintain the required adult-to-child ratios and ensure these arrangements support children's safety and well-being at all times 31/08/2016

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Due Date

 ensure premises are well organised, suitably equipped and comply with space requirements 31/08/2016

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Due Date

 keep a record of the names of the children being cared for on the premises, including their hours of attendance 31/08/2016

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Due Date

 improve teaching and ensure that children benefit from good quality adult guidance and challenging learning experiences that consistently promote their good progress. 30/09/2016

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Inspection activities

 We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment following information we received about the provider.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching and learning during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke to the childminder and her assistants at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's records and a range of other documents including, training certificates and evidence of suitability checks.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective. The childminder has a weak understanding of requirements. The childminder has not informed Ofsted of changes to staff working on the premises and does not maintain the required record of children's attendance. The safeguarding policy and procedures are not fully implemented. For example, older children have unsupervised access to camera phones. As a result, children are at risk of being photographed and images being shared without parents' knowledge or consent. In addition, the childminder has a poor understanding of the adult-to-child ratios as well as the space required for the different ages groups of children. This means she does not maintain the required ratios or use space within the premises effectively. Consequently, assistants are unable to provide children with the individual attention they need. Children are also at risk of accidental injury due to the lack of space to move around

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

freely. The childminder does not thoroughly evaluate teaching and its impact on children's learning. Neither does she provide enough targeted support to assistants, in order for them to improve their personal effectiveness and the outcomes for children. The childminder encourages parents to share information about what their children are learning at home. She provides parents with information about her role and responsibilities.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The quality of teaching is not strong enough to challenge children or to keep them sufficiently engaged. Two assistants are well qualified but they do not make the most of their knowledge and understanding of how children learn through play. Assistants do not make the most of activities and interactions to promote children's learning and help them make good progress. They do not spend enough time extending children's learning, developing their language skills or challenging their thinking. This means that children do not move forward quickly enough in their learning. Assistants supervise children adequately. Children mainly initiate their own play. Although children have uninterrupted time to play and explore, the environment is not stimulating enough and little is done to draw out children's imagination and creativity. A couple of children construct a tent by using chairs and materials they retrieved from around the childminder's home. They share

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

their ideas and agree on how to secure the material to the chairs. Children sit close to a member of staff reading a story. The younger ones enjoy the closeness and cuddle in. Older children listen to the story and look at the illustrations. Children confidently climb onto trikes and skilfully manoeuvre them around the garden. Babies are helped to sit safely and they respond to an assistant who repeats the sounds they make, smiles and chats to them.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children's welfare is compromised because the childminder has not made sure that safeguarding requirements are met. The childminder does not organise the space, resources or equipment in a way that meets the needs of all children that attend. For example, when children are gathered in the conservatory, there is a distinct lack of space to enable children to move around freely and explore. The childminder does not consider the risk of babies and toddlers being stepped on in such a confined space. The lack of space impacts heavily on how all children use the environment. In addition, resources are not well presented and toys are left scattered on the floor. This presents an additional hazard for anyone walking around as well as making the environment less inviting. The childminder has not organised her provision so children can eat together and enjoy this time. Younger children get upset because they are left waiting for their dinner. However,

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

the childminder does support some aspects of children's welfare effectively. Parents are invited to accompany their children for short visits before they start. This helps children to become familiar with the environment and the everyone at the setting who will care for them. Children are well behaved in spite of the lack of interaction from childminder and her assistants. The childminder and her assistants manage unwanted behaviour reasonably well.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Breaches of the statutory requirements for safeguarding and welfare and for learning and development have a significant impact on children's safety, well-being and personal development. Children's play often lacks purpose and they wander around not knowing what to do because of the lack of stimulation and interaction. This is because the main play area that is used is overcrowded and not well organised and because teaching is weak. Failure to maintain adequate adult-to-child ratios means that children do not receive the individual support they need to achieve good progress in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY381567 Local authority Kirklees Inspection number 1068304 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 10 Total number of places 10 Number of children on roll 17

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 8 April 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2008 and lives in Birstall, near Batley. She operates her provision all year round from 6.45am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays, including one week at Christmas. The childminder holds an appropriate childcare qualification at level 5. The childminder provides funded early education for two- and three-year-old children. The childminder works with assistants, one of whom holds an appropriate childcare qualification at level 6.

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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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