Childminder EY440844

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 August 2017 20 July 2016

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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 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 repeatedly failed to meet the requirements of registration, despite being issued with legal notices and actions to address. The childminder has not ensured all persons working with children are suitable and children are placed at potential risk of harm. Risk assessments are poor. Young children have access to unsuitable resources that are a risk to their safety and well-being.  The childminder does not ensure she meets the required ratios. She does not deploy her assistants to supervise children effectively. Poorly organised routines have a negative impact on children’s self-esteem, confidence and independence. The childminder takes no steps to assess or improve the knowledge and practice of her assistants and they do not meet children's needs.  The key person system is poor and does not ensure that care is tailored towards the individual needs of each child. Children's needs are not met.

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This provision is inadequate

 Adults do not give children sufficient support to develop suitable communication and language skills for their ages and stages of development.  The childminder and her assistants do not effectively plan for or observe children’s learning, or assess their attainment. As a result, any progress the children have made is not as a result of their time at this setting.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder provides the children with a healthy, balanced diet.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

The provision is inadequate and Ofsted intends to take enforcement action

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

We intend to take steps to suspend registration and will issue a Welfare Requirements Notice requiring the provider to:

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Due Date

 make sure assistants whose suitability has not been checked by Ofsted, including a disclosure and barring service check, do not have unsupervised contact with children 13/09/2017

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 provide effective supervision to coach and train assistants to promote the interests of children and meet their individual needs 13/09/2017

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 assign each child a key person whose role is to ensure every child’s care is tailored to meet their individual needs 13/09/2017

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 arrange staff to meet the needs of all children and ensure their safety 13/09/2017

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 maintain ratios which make sure only six children aged under eight years are cared for per adult, with a maximum of three children aged under five years per adult and only one child under one year per adult to ensure the safety and welfare of the children, if exceptions to the usual ratios are being made to maintain continuity of care ensure that children’s individual needs are met 13/09/2017

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Due Date

 take all reasonable steps to ensure children are not exposed to risks and demonstrate how these risks are being managed, with particular regard to younger children having access to objects that are unsafe for their age and stage of development 13/09/2017 To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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 ensure that children are provided with opportunities to experience a language rich environment to help them develop integral communication and language skills 04/10/2017

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 ensure that children’s learning is effectively supported by responding to each child’s emerging needs and interests, guiding their development through warm, positive interaction 04/10/2017

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 implement effective observations and assessments of children's development to understand children’s level of achievement, interests and learning styles so that activities planned reflect children’s individual learning needs and support them to make good progress 04/10/2017

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 ensure that children’s independence skills are effectively promoted so that they learn vital skills they will need for the next stage in their learning, including starting school 04/10/2017

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the indoor and outdoor learning environment where children play and viewed all areas of the home used for childminding.  The inspector observed a focused activity and evaluated the quality of teaching with the childminder.  The inspector spoke with the childminder, her assistants and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's records, the childminder’s self-evaluation and a range of other documentation, including policies and procedures and risk assessments.  The inspector checked evidence of the qualifications of the childminder, her suitability and the suitability of her assistants and household members.  The inspector took account the views of parents in written testimonials and spoke to a small number of parents during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is not effective. The childminder has very poor leadership skills and limited capacity to improve. She has failed to rectify previous breaches of requirements that span the length of her six year registration with Ofsted, including those regarding the suitability of adults working with children. The childminder regularly leaves unchecked assistants alone with children despite receiving actions requiring her not to do so. The childminder has been informed on multiple occasions that she must meet the ratios requirements of the 'Statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage' yet her attendance records show that she regularly cares for more children. This is of concern because during the inspection the childminder does not deploy her assistants or herself effectively to ensure children are kept safe. For example, during the inspection a young child placed a small piece of plastic in their mouth from a game used by older children. It was several seconds

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

before this was noticed by an adult. The risk assessment states that games with small pieces should not be brought into the rooms where small children are, but this was not followed staff and children are therefore at risk of harm. The childminder does not provide effective supervision for her assistants. They do not have any guidance or direction of how to support children’s learning and organise routines and activities to meet their needs. Assistants know they are not allowed to be left alone with children, however, they do not challenge the childminder when she does so. The childminder and her assistants can identify the possible signs and symptoms of child abuse and know the appropriate action to take if they have a concern. However, they are unable to protect children from routine hazards and risks to keep them safe.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The childminder and her assistants do not support children to learn. They make limited attempts to interact or engage with children to support their communication skills and to extend what the children already know. Children often have to approach the childminder and her assistants to get their attention but are often met with one word answers. The childminder and her assistants do not attempt to get down to children’s level to engage them in warm, purposeful play. Assistants say they want their practice to be better but are not supported or guided by the childminder to do so. The childminder has started recording children’s learning on an online system. However, she does not fully understand the system and some assistants do not have access to it. Assistants are unaware of children’s individual needs and do not provide activities to extend their learning. As a result, children make very little progress. There are strategies in place to support disabled

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

children and those with special educational needs. However, these are not consistently implemented to ensure their progress and well-being is supported effectively. Parents are updated daily on their children’s day. Parents comment that they are happy with the care that is provided.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children’s welfare is not promoted and they are at risk of harm. The childminder does not deploy her assistants effectively. Inside, the childminder and her assistants leave the room without warning, often leaving one assistant to supervise up to six young children. Outside, the childminder and her assistants often stand together talking to each other, unaware of what children are doing. The childminder is not clear about her role and responsibility to ensure children’s needs are met or that their individual learning needs are supported. The organisation of routines and activities is poor. For example, young children are told to stop playing while they wait for all the children’s shoes to be put on. Once outside they are made to wait again as their lunch is not ready for them to eat. During this time, for around 30 minutes, there are no attempts by the childminder or her assistants to communicate or engage with the early years children. For an hour during lunchtime some

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

children were not spoken to at all. This has a negative effect on the children’s self-esteem, confidence, social and communication skills. Interactions are limited to meeting children’s care needs, for example wiping their faces.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children do not make sufficient progress. They are not supported to develop sufficient communication and language skills for their ages and stages of development. Children do not acquire the skills they need to learn new things for themselves. They are not encouraged to be independent. The childminder and her assistants dress the children, wipe their faces and open food packets for them. As a result, they do not have the vital skills needed for the next stage in their learning, including the move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY440844 Local authority Essex Inspection number 1074314 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 11 Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 32

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 20 July 2016

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2012 and lives in Braintree, Essex. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder receives funding for the provision of early education for three- and four- 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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