Childminder EY421872

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 January 2017 5 November 2015

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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 Good 2

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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 ensure that all family members aged over 16 years and living on the premises have completed a Disclosure and Barring Service check. This is a breach of the safeguarding and welfare requirements.  The childminder does not reflect upon her practice well enough to ensure she identifies and plans ongoing improvements and meets all statutory requirements.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder has a good understanding of child development. She monitors the progress made by children to help her identify what they need to learn next. This helps her to plan activities that are tailored to individual children's needs and support them to make good progress.  The childminder offers high levels of praise and encouragement consistently to children. This helps to support their confidence, motivation and self-esteem. She is attentive to their individual needs, which helps them to feel secure.  The childminder is a good role model. She demonstrates and reminds children about using good manners. She has realistic expectations regarding behaviour and children respond well.  The childminder builds good relationships with parents and they are happy with the service that she provides.

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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 that every person aged 16 and over and living on the premises has completed a Disclosure and Barring Service check. 09/03/2017

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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 the system of self-reflection to identify and plan for areas of improvement and ensure all statutory requirements are met.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.  The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household.  The inspector spoke to children during the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents through written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is not effective. The childminder has failed to ensure that all family members aged over 16 years and living on the premises have completed a Disclosure and Barring Service check. This means that the suitability of all people with whom the children have contact with has not been verified to ensure their safety. The childminder has worked upon the action raised at her previous inspection and has implemented an effective system to monitor and assess children's development. This helps to support her in identifying what children need to learn next and to inform her planning. However, the evaluation of her practice is not yet robust enough to support her in fully meeting all statutory requirements and developing her own knowledge further. The childminder is aware of the signs that would alert her to any child protection concerns and who these should be reported to.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children benefit from the effective partnerships the childminder has established with parents. A wealth of information is regularly shared, which helps to ensure that all children's needs are met consistently. The childminder supports children to develop small- muscle skills in preparation for their early writing. They enjoy perfecting their scissor control, colouring and sticking. They enjoy sharing stories and learning letter sounds. This helps to develop their literacy skills in preparation for school. The childminder supports children to extend their vocabulary and introduces them to new words. For example, she uses the word fluorescent and gives an explanation of its meaning when describing the colour of the glue. She encourages children to use a variety of describing words when touching objects hidden in a bag.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Due to weaknesses in leadership and management, the safety and welfare of the children attending cannot be assured. The childminder provides a welcoming, homely environment where children make choices about their own play. This is one of the ways she supports children's independence skills. The childminder supports children to develop social skills. They regularly attend a variety of sessions in the local community and further afield. For example, they go to a variety of play sessions and parks as well as children's museums and the local athletics centre. This helps to support children's physical well-being.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress from their starting points. They are settled, happy and have formed secure emotional bonds with the childminder. Children are confident and curious individuals who are interested in the world around them. They enjoy playing doctors, learning the names of medical equipment and diagnosing different illnesses. They count, identify colours and learn about shapes. Throughout their play and daily routines children are obtaining the key skills, attitudes and dispositions they need for their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY421872 Local authority Tameside Inspection number 1058461 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 2

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 5 November 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2011 and lives in Stalybridge, Cheshire. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3.

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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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