Childminder EY302573

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 November 2016 2 September 2013

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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 Good 2

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Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The childminder does not regularly observe or track children's progress consistently to accurately identify what they know, can already do or to highlight any gaps in their learning. This has an impact on establishing children's progress from their starting point, which hinders their good progress.  The childminder does not explore all opportunities to strengthen further partnerships with parents and other providers that children attend, to provide greater consistency in addressing children's individual needs.  The childminder's methods for evaluating her provision are not effective enough, particularly in enabling her to address any gaps in meeting the requirements and in improving the quality of her provision, to maintain good standards.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder supports children's personal, social and emotional development well. For example, through the close interactions they share, children show that they feel safe and secure in her care.  The childminder encourages children's good health and supports them in developing an understanding of healthy living such as providing healthy options for lunch and snack time.  The childminder takes appropriate steps to address potential hazards to ensure children's safety. For example, she carries out suitable risk assessments for her home and outings.

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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

 develop assessment processes to effectively monitor where children are in their learning, address any gaps in their development and to plan purposeful next steps in learning, to help them achieve good progress. 05/12/2016

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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

 improve partnership working with parents and others providers children attend, in particular, to extend learning at home and to exchange regular information with other settings  strengthen self-evaluation processes to identify more accurately all areas for improvement, to raise the overall quality of the provision and children's outcomes.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching as the childminder engaged in activities with the children.  The inspector engaged with the children and held discussions with the childminder.  The inspector looked at children's individual records and some of the childminder's policies and procedures.  The inspector took account of parents' views from the questionnaires provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder understands her responsibility to protect children including the procedures to follow if she has a concern about a child. She ensures that she completes the required suitability checks for all household members and people working on the premises. The childminder understands her role to ensure that her assistants have the knowledge and skills to carry out their roles appropriately. The childminder generally keeps her knowledge of childcare up to date such as through attending relevant training. For example, she has improved her knowledge and understanding of supporting children with special educational needs. However, she does not evaluate her practice thoroughly, particularly to identify and address areas that require improvement such as processes for monitoring children's progress effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Children enjoy a range of activities including writing and drawing, completing puzzles and looking at books. The childminder engages with children as they play and at times observes their interests. However, her assessments lack detail to help her identify children's individual learning needs fully. Despite this, children are suitably developing their communication and language skills. For example, they are confident speakers who engage in discussions and make their needs known. In general, the childminder shares information with parents about their children's daily experiences. However, she does not secure links with other settings that children attend or readily encourage parents to share more information about their children's learning at home, to support continuity in children's care and learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are happy and well settled in the childminder's care. They learn about themselves and others such as through various activities and celebrating different cultural events. Children are well behaved. They listen to and respond well to the childminder, who regular praises them for their achievements. Children show that they feel valued. They independently follow good hygiene routines and they have regular opportunities for exercise. For instance, they enjoy playing outside in the childminder's garden, where they have opportunities to engage in a range of physical activities.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children are capable and confident learners. They demonstrate suitable levels of independence as they tend to their care needs for themselves such as when they go to the toilet. However, due to weaknesses in monitoring their learning, children do not make the progress that they should, to help them gain the skills needed in readiness for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY302573 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 1061879 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 4 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 2 September 2013

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2005. She lives in Edmonton, in the London Borough of Enfield. The childminder provides care from 7am to 6pm on Monday to Friday and operates her service throughout most of the year. The childminder holds a qualification in childcare at level 3. She is registered to work with assistants.

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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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Telephone number

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