Childminder in Ealing

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 September 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 provide targeted support and mentoring for her assistant, to raise the quality of teaching to provide consistency for children.  The childminder does not observe and monitor children's learning accurately enough to help her plan engaging and challenging activities, to help children make the best possible progress.  The childminder has not established fully effective partnerships with parents to involve them in their children's learning and to encourage them to support learning at home.  The childminder does not evaluate the quality of her practice and provision well enough to identify and target all areas for improvement.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder provides a range of suitable toys and resources to support children's all-round learning.  The childminder and her assistant are sensitive to children's care needs, and have close relationships with children. Overall, children are happy and feel emotionally settled.  Children's home languages are supported effectively. For example, the childminder and her assistant use key words and communicate with children in their home language, to help them feel valued as individuals.  Children learn to behave positively. They show respect and kindness to each other.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

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

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Due Date

 improve the effectiveness of supervision of assistants to provide targeted support and coaching, to raise the quality of teaching to a consistently good level 12/10/2016

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Due Date

 improve the quality of observations and assessments, to help plan engaging and challenging activities for children, to target the next steps in their learning and development. 12/10/2016

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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

 develop ways to engage parents effectively in their children's learning and development  develop the self-evaluation process, to monitor all areas of the provision more effectively, to identify and address all areas for improvement.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and interactions between the childminder and children, and spoke with the childminder, her assistant and children at appropriate times.  The inspector read the childminder's self-evaluation document, and examined how she evaluates her provision and targets areas for improvement.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the childminder, and held discussions with her and her assistant in relation to observations of the children's play, learning and progress.  The inspector spoke to parents to obtain their views.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records, planning documentation and policies, including safeguarding procedures and paediatric first-aid certificates.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder updates her training in child protection and she and her assistant have a suitable knowledge of what to do should they have concerns about children in their care. She completes Disclosure and Barring Service checks for all adults working with children to ensure their suitability. The childminder holds weekly meetings with her assistant, although she does not support her practice as well as possible. For example, the assistant misses opportunities to engage with children to support and extend their learning. The childminder's evaluation process is not rigorous enough to identify and target all areas for improvement. Nevertheless, she updates her skills to benefit children. For example, after attending training about enabling environments, she has improved the learning experiences for the two-year-olds.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The childminder has a suitable knowledge of how children learn and develop. However, her observations and assessments of children's progress lack details to identify next steps and any gaps in their learning. She does not plan activities consistently that are motivating and challenging enough because she does not have an accurate picture of what children know and can do. For example, the childminder and her assistant provided pasta play to encourage children's imagination and physical skills. However, the activity lacked challenge; children found the activity mundane and became restless. Other activities, such as writing and drawing, were unimaginative and children became bored. This limits the progress they make in their learning. Nevertheless, children enjoy story time. They develop their communication and language skills, for example, as the childminder and her assistant talk and sing with them.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Generally, the childminder and her assistant interact positively with children. For example, they praise them when they help to tidy away toys, building their confidence. The childminder supports children's healthy lifestyles appropriately. Children enjoy outings to local parks to support their social and physical skills. The childminder develops positive relationships with parents and other professionals. However, she does not engage parents effectively in their children's achievements, to provide consistency and to help them continue their children's learning and development at home.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children gain some basic skills for their future learning. For example, they learn to share, take turns and behave appropriately. Children develop some independence, such as when they move around the play rooms, playing and exploring their environments safely.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY481134 Local authority Ealing Inspection number 994845 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 8

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2014 and lives in the London Borough of Ealing. She works, from 8am to 6pm on Monday to Friday, except on bank holidays. The childminder 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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Telephone number

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