Childminder EY488573

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 1 August 2017 Not applicable

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Good 2

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

 The childminder does not use risk assessment effectively enough to ensure children's safety. For example, she does not use a safety harness to keep children safe in a highchair and has not made items that may pose a trip hazard safe. This is also a breach of the Childcare Register requirements.  The childminder does not obtain permission from parents to leave children in the care of her assistant for short periods. This is a breach of the Childcare Register.  The childminder does not use self-evaluation effectively enough to help identify areas where there are weaknesses in practice to help improve outcomes for children.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder and her assistant know the children well and support their ongoing learning and development. They observe children's development and monitor their learning well to ensure they make good progress.  Children are settled and behave well in the childminder's care. They clearly enjoy the childminder and assistant's company and invite them to into their play, demonstrating they feel safe and secure in their care.  The childminder has good partnerships with parents. She involves them completely in the children's learning. She uses effective communication methods to help ensure that parents are fully aware of their children's daily experiences.

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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

 use risk assessments effectively to identify and eliminate all potential safety hazards to children, paying particular attention to the safety of the highchair and flooring 15/08/2017

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Due Date

 obtain permission from parents to leave their children alone with an assistant, including for short periods. 15/08/2017

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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

 continue to develop the self-evaluation process to help identify more effectively weaknesses in practice.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching and interaction during activities and assessed the impact of this on children's learning.  The inspector spoke with the childminder, assistant and children at suitable times throughout the inspection.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder about self-evaluation.  The inspector sampled relevant documentation, such as safeguarding procedures, suitability of adults, risk assessments and children's progress records.  The inspector spoke with a parent to gain an understanding of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of how to recognise and report child protection concerns. She keeps her knowledge of safeguarding matters and good childcare practice up to date, for example, through reading about the latest legislation. However, she has not obtained prior written permission from parents to leave children in the sole care of her assistant for short periods. Overall, the childminder monitors and evaluates her practice to bring about improvement. However, she does not use self-evaluation well enough to identify the breaches of requirements, such as the safety risks to children. The childminder checks her assistant is suitable to work with children and effectively supports the practice of her assistant to help improve the quality of teaching.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder and her assistant carry out observations of children at play and complete assessments. This helps them to understand how to support each child's learning and development well. The childminder promotes children's communication and language skills successfully. For example, she repeats language back to the children to help with their pronunciation to build upon their vocabulary. The childminder encourages children's mathematical skills well. For example, they confidently count as they build and knock down bricks. The childminder helps children to develop their own ideas. She gives children plenty of time to respond to questions and encourages them to think about their own solutions to problems. For example, they scoop up and move vegetables around the garden or predict what will float and sink in water.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Children are settled and form close relationships with the childminder and her assistant. They meet the care needs of children effectively and there is a good exchange of information with parents. The childminder takes some steps to manage potential risks to children through carrying out risk assessments and daily checks. However, she does not sufficiently minimise some elements of safety sufficiently, such as the safety harness in the highchair and trip hazards. Children play in the garden with interesting resources and enjoy climbing, sliding and bouncing. The childminder extends children's play experiences further, for example, during outings as they excitedly anticipate when water will spurt up from the ground.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children concentrate well and they eagerly join in with activities. They are confident communicators with strong social skills and happily join in many conversations with the childminder. Children have good opportunities to make marks and practise their early writing skills. They make marks using pencils and are starting to recognise shapes, numbers and colours. Children are prepared for their future learning and for the move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY488573 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1013650 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 8 Total number of places 8 Number of children on roll 7

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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 Reigate, Surrey. She works with an assistant. She operates from 7.30am to 6.30pm on Monday to Friday, for the majority of the year. The childminder and her assistant hold childcare qualifications 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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