Childminder EY334924

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 January 2017 21 May 2014

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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 not kept her paediatric first-aid qualification up to date and has not ensured that her full-time assistant obtains a valid first-aid qualification.  The childminder has a poor understanding of how to manage children's behaviour positively to match their level of understanding. Some children do not learn the difference between right and wrong or the effects of their actions on others.  The childminder does not observe and assess children's progress effectively and plan for their next steps in learning. She does not plan sufficient age-appropriate activities or provide resources that are exciting to challenge children's interests and abilities. This limits children from making sufficient progress.  The childminder has failed to complete the required progress check for two-year-old children and share a written summary of this with their parents.  The childminder does not focus well enough on evaluating her practice to accurately

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This provision is inadequate

identify breaches in requirements and target improvements. She does not meet the requirements of the Early Years Register and the Childcare Register.  The childminder does not help children to learn about the importance of good hygiene routines consistently, such as washing their hands before handling food.

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It has the following strengths

 Children are settled in the homely environment. For example, they enjoy story time and listen as the childminder reads to them.

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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

 maintain a current paediatric first-aid qualification to ensure an up- to-date understanding of how to respond to and treat children's minor accidents and injuries effectively 13/02/2017

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 ensure any assistants who are left in sole charge of children for any period of time obtain and maintain an appropriate paediatric first-aid qualification 13/02/2017

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 improve understanding of how to manage children's behaviour effectively, using age-appropriate and consistent strategies to help them understand their feelings and how their actions affect others 13/02/2017

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 provide an interesting and challenging range of activities, toys and resources to suit children of different ages and abilities 13/02/2017

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 improve knowledge and understanding of the learning and development requirements, to assess children's needs accurately and plan effectively for what they need to learn next 13/02/2017

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 improve understanding of the requirement to complete the progress check for children aged between two and three years, and ensure that parents are provided with a written summary to support their children's future learning needs. 13/02/2017

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To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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 develop self-evaluation to identify breaches in requirements and target areas for improvement to increase children's learning experiences and raise their outcomes  help children to learn more about the importance of good hygiene routines.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder and assistants with the children during activities.  The inspector spoke with the childminder at appropriate times throughout the inspection regarding her practice and the arrangements for observation, assessment and planning.  The inspector checked the documentation that the childminder uses to support her practices.  The inspector discussed the childminder's self-evaluation processes.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. The childminder does not hold a valid paediatric first-aid qualification and neither does her full-time assistant. Although her two other assistants have a current paediatric first-aid qualification, they do not work every day. This means there are times when there is no qualified first aider present. The childminder has attended some training courses to improve her knowledge, including for emerging child protection issues. She has shared this knowledge with her assistants to help them keep children safe. However, she does not monitor her assistants' professional development effectively to ensure they all have an appropriate qualification to manage children's accidents when they are in the sole care of children. The childminder does not evaluate her practice sufficiently enough and does not identify where she needs to raise the quality of the provision. The childminder and her assistants have a suitable understanding of child

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

protection issues and know the procedures to follow if they have concerns about a child's welfare.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The childminder does not have a secure knowledge of how children learn. She does not provide enough challenge to extend their learning. Although she makes some observations and assessments of children's development, these are not sufficiently accurate to enable her to plan effectively to meet their individual needs. The childminder does not ensure the environment is well set out with an interesting range of toys and resources to encourage children to explore. This leads to children wandering around and not being engaged in play. The childminder is aware of the requirement to complete the progress check for children aged between two and three years. However, despite identifying some gaps in children's learning, she has not completed the check or shared the information with parents. This does not provide parents with effective feedback to support their children and help identify their future developmental needs.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The childminder lacks knowledge of how to manage children's behaviour effectively, using age-appropriate strategies. For example, she does not respond when she sees children take toys away from others, and does not teach children how to respect others and behave in a suitable way, such as when out in the community. This has a negative effect on children's personal and social learning experiences. The childminder does not support children's awareness of good health consistently. For example, children do not learn the importance of washing their hands before taking part in a cooking activity. The childminder regularly checks the safety of her home to ensure the environment is safe.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children do not make adequate progress due to weaknesses in teaching practice. They are not prepared for the next steps in their learning as activities are not sufficiently matched to meet children's individual ages and stages of development. Children are not learning the basic skills of socialising or what constitutes acceptable behaviour in a positive way. They do not learn to manage their feelings and how their actions affect the learning experiences of themselves and other children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY334924 Local authority Ealing Inspection number 1068795 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 6 Number of children on roll 8

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2006. She lives in West Ealing, in the London Borough of Ealing. The childminder operates all year round from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds a level 3 childcare qualification. Her husband is a registered assistant and the childminder also employs another two assistants, who work as and when required.

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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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