Childminder in Essex

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 June 2017 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 has not fully developed her risk assessment procedures to assist her in identifying all hazards, particularly in the garden. This is also a breach of the Childcare Register.  The quality of teaching is not consistently strong and does not provide children with suitably challenging learning experiences.  The childminder has not yet fully developed the range of resources available to help her keep children motivated and engaged in their learning.  The childminder does not use her self-evaluation process to help her monitor all aspects of her provision, including areas to develop further and raise outcomes for children.

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It has the following strengths

 Children are happy, settle quickly and enjoy spending time with the childminder, helping to support their emotional well-being.  Children enjoy regular opportunities to meet other adults and children, helping to develop their social skills further.  Children behave well and follow the childminder's instructions. For example, when she asks them to pick up or move toys, they respond quickly.  Children enjoy being outside. The childminder teaches them how to take care of themselves, such as keeping their sun hats on and applying sun cream.

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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

 develop risk assessment procedures further to ensure that all possible hazards to children are identified and minimised, particularly in the garden 30/06/2017

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 improve the quality of teaching to provide children with suitably challenging learning experiences to help them make the best possible progress 30/06/2017

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 develop further the range of resources to keep children fully motivated and engaged in their learning. 30/06/2017

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

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Due Date

 make greater use of self-evaluation to identify weaknesses in practice and target areas to improve to help raise outcomes for children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked around areas of the home used for childminding.  The inspector observed the childminder playing and interacting with children.  The inspector spoke to the childminder, parents and children.  The inspector sampled relevant documentation, including children's learning records, suitability checks and risk assessments.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder knows what to do should she have any concerns about children's safety or welfare. She attends training which helps to build on her existing knowledge. The childminder has begun to evaluate and reflect on her practice and provision. However, she does not effectively risk assess her garden or identify the weaknesses in her teaching and practice, such as the range of resources available to children. The childminder develops partnerships with parents and local school teachers which help to maintain consistency in children's care and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The childminder completes regular observations to help assess children's progress and uses these, generally, well to help plan for what they need to learn next. She makes use of established areas in her garden. For example, the childminder has filled in an old well with soil to provide children with opportunities to learn about the world around them. Children use spades and spoons to dig around in the soil and hunt for insects. However, the childminder does not use the available resources effectively or provide suitable equipment to help support the next stage in children's learning. In addition, she has yet to fully develop her teaching skills to support her to consistently challenge and engage children. For example, the childminder misses some opportunities to ask children questions to help encourage them to think and answer appropriately.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Overall, the childminder keeps children safe. However, her risk assessment procedures are not thorough enough to minimise all hazards to children, such as stinging nettle plants and uneven paving, when they are outside. Children are happy and confident. For example, when children decide to draw around their feet, they know where to find paper and pens. The childminder encourages children to think about the differences between themselves and others and become aware of their feelings. For example, she asks children to look in the mirror to see what colour their eyes are and to pull happy and sad faces while watching their own expressions.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children learn some of the skills they need to help prepare them for school, although, there are weaknesses in the quality of teaching. For example, they recognise when they are thirsty and fetch their water bottles independently. Children manage their personal care routines and are confident to share their thoughts and ideas with the childminder. They understand simple mathematical concepts, such as the one number represents one object. Children draw chalk numbers on individual pavement slabs and count each one in turn.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY487753 Local authority Essex Inspection number 1010053 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 3 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 13

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2015 and lives in Coggeshall, Essex. She operates all year round from 6am to 7pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays.

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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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