Childminder EY419298

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 June 2017 5 January 2015

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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 does not take steps to ensure that risk to children is managed effectively at all times. Children are not always supervised adequately.  The childminder does not reflect on her practice well enough to help maintain children's safety and bring about continuous improvement in the quality of provision.  Although the childminder undertakes regular professional development, she does not always make the very best use of her professional knowledge to support children’s learning.

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It has the following strengths

 Children behave well and form secure emotional attachments to the childminder.  Children make good progress. The childminder knows the children well. She provides a variety of interesting activities to help support their continuing development.  The childminder observes and monitors children's development well. She knows how children are progressing and she identifies children's next steps in learning accurately.  The childminder encourages parents to become directly involved in their children's learning and informs them of their children's progress regularly. She seeks information from parents when children join her setting to help establish what children can do and to help them to settle.

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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 all reasonable steps are taken to minimise or remove risks to children 02/10/2017

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Due Date

 ensure that children are adequately supervised at all times and their safety maintained 02/10/2017

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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

 strengthen self-evaluation to identify and promptly address weaknesses in provision to make further improvements  Make better use of professional knowledge to support children to make more rapid progress in their learning

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Inspection activities

 The original inspection took place on 29 June 2017. A second inspector visited the setting on 19 July 2017 to gather further evidence.  The inspectors observed the quality of practice indoors and evaluated the impact of this on children's welfare and learning.  One inspector completed a joint observation of learning with the childminder.  The inspectors held discussions with the childminder. They examined relevant documents, including those related to the checks on the suitability of those living on the premises.  The inspectors spoke to children as appropriate during the inspection.  The inspector spoke to one parent to gain their views about the childminding setting and took account of written feedback from others.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The arrangements for safeguarding are ineffective. Children are not always sufficiently supervised to ensure their safety. The childminder has swiftly notified Ofsted, as required, that she did not adequately supervise a child during a recent outing. She has reviewed her practice and notified parents of changes in procedures to ensure children's safety on future outings. However, during inspection, the childminder failed to identify and address potential risks to children at the home. As a result, a child had an accident when left outdoors unsupervised while the childminder tended to the needs of another child indoors. The childminder demonstrates a secure knowledge of how to report the signs and symptoms of possible abuse of children to the relevant authorities. She maintains a valid qualification in paediatric first aid. She seeks parents' views to include these in her reflections on the quality of her provision. However, she does not successfully evaluate all

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

aspects of her provision well enough to identify key weaknesses, including where children’s safety is not maintained.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children make good progress in their learning, including those children with starting points below those of their peers. Gaps in children’s development are closing. The childminder involves parents effectively in children's learning and helps them support their ongoing development at home. Children explore a wide range of resources and activities that stimulate their interests and motivation to learn. The childminder knows how children learn and uses this knowledge appropriately. She observes children and provides activities she knows they will enjoy. For example, they delight in sensory play with coloured water, foam and brushes, exploring the colours and textures as they play. However, at times the childminder does not swiftly implement all she has learnt through her professional development to help children make the best progress they can. The childminder adapts activities well for all children’s needs. She helps them find additional resources to enhance

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

their involvement and talks to them about what they are doing. Story time engages children of all ages. Older children enthusiastically predict what will happen next while younger children learn to turn the pages and identify characters and objects in the book.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The childminder does not always give enough thought to potential risks and the need for appropriate supervision. As a result, children’s safety is not always managed well enough. The childminder seeks information from parents to support their children's care, including information about any health needs they may have. The childminder implements simple rules to help children learn which behaviours are acceptable and which are unkind to others. She encourages children to develop self-help skills in readiness for school. Children try to put on their coats before outings and help to chop soft fruit during activities. The childminder provides a variety of activities to help children to develop a positive awareness of diversity.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children learn to enjoy a balanced diet and take part in exercise, including when outdoors. They learn to use hygiene routines that support their good health. All children make progress towards gaining the skills and attitudes needed for school, including those in receipt of early education funding. Children begin to use good manners and share resources with others.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY419298 Local authority Bury Inspection number 1094588 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 6 Number of children on roll 7

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 5 January 2015

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2010 and lives in the Elton area of Bury, Greater Manchester. She operates her provision from 7.30am to 6pm on weekdays, all year round, excluding bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder receives early education funding for two- and three-year-old children.

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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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