Childminder EY491389

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 21 September 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 always ask parents for written permission prior to administering medication. She does not always inform parents after she administers medicine. This is also a breach of the Childcare Register requirements.  At times, the childminder does not fully adapt activities to cater for children's varying stages of development and their interests. This, occasionally, means children are not fully challenged and able to participate during some activities.  The childminder does not make the best use of all opportunities to fully support children's language development, particularly for toddlers learning new vocabulary and children who speak English as an additional language.  The childminder does not consistently identify and target areas for development to help her to improve her practice further.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder provides good opportunities for children to develop their mathematical skills. For example, she encourages children to count and look at different shapes during play.  The childminder develops secure relationships with children, including young toddlers who have just started at her setting, and they play happily in her care.  Older children keenly share their interests and show visitors displays of photographs of them playing, as they show their social confidence. All children make good progress in their learning.

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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 written permission is obtained from parents prior to administering medicines to children, and inform parents on the same day or as soon as possible after administration. 22/09/2017

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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

 make better use of resources and activities to offer children of varying ages increased challenge, to extend their learning and ensure they can all participate when they are interested  enrich the support and strategies to further promote children's speaking and conversational skills  improve self-evaluation to more accurately identify priorities for improvement to develop practice further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder and children playing.  The inspector reviewed a sample of documentation.  The inspector and the childminder participated in a joint observation.  The inspector spoke to the childminder about children's progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The childminder follows a good programme of professional development. For example, she does research to create additional resources to extend children's learning. She communicates well with parents, to include discussing children's progress and learning strategies that parents can use at home. However, although the childminder has identified completing documentation as an area she needs to improve, she has not targeted this area to improve her practice. For example, her medication records are not consistently completed. The childminder is alert to signs that indicate a child may be at risk of harm. She understands what to do to report a child protection concern. She risk assesses her environment well and keeps a record of any accidents, to help protect children's welfare. Safeguarding is effective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder skilfully encourages children to play actively to help them to build good physical skills, such as kicking a ball and balancing blocks. The childminder helps children to develop an interest in literacy. For example, she reads children stories while they sit beside her and eagerly listen, developing their concentration. The childminder knows children well and monitors their progress. She observes their learning, tracks their progress and identifies suitable next steps to work towards, to ensure all children make good progress overall.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The childminder does not fully assure children's welfare through weaknesses in her medication procedures. The childminder praises children when they do something well, to help them to develop good self-esteem. Children enjoy visits to local parks, soft-play centres, rhyme time at the library and playgroups. These help them to build on their social skills, develop a good understanding of the world and extend their opportunities for physical play. The childminder helps children to learn how to behave well, such as asking them to take turns with the resources to resolve conflict.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children play and choose resources that interest them independently from a young age. They develop their imaginations through play. For example, they pretend to be a monster with a blue tail and five eyes that is knocking down the castle they have made out of blocks. Toddlers develop good physical coordination, for instance, as they thread blocks onto a wooden train. Children make good progress and are well prepared for their next stages of learning, including starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY491389 Local authority Sutton Inspection number 1022819 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 5

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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. She lives in Wallington, Surrey. She is open from 7.30am to 6pm each weekday, for 47 weeks a year. The childminder receives funding to provide free early education for children aged three and four years.

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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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