Childminder EY470714

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 September 2017 15 May 2014

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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

 Children's safety and welfare are compromised. The childminder fails to take all reasonable steps to ensure that children are not exposed to unnecessary risk. For example, risks associated with transporting children in a car are not given adequate consideration.  The childminder fails to keep a record of complaints from parents, as required.  The quality of teaching is weak. The childminder fails to challenge children in their learning. Children lose interest in the activities set out and lack motivation to learn. Children do not make the progress of which they are capable.  The childminder does not work with parents and use information from other professionals to get an accurate understanding of children's interests and capabilities. She does not know enough about children's individual learning needs to enable her to plan activities and experiences that meet those needs.  The childminder does not evaluate the service that she is providing. She has failed to

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This provision is inadequate

identify the breaches of requirements and the weaknesses in her teaching and planning of activities.

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It has the following strengths

 The parents say that they are happy with the childminder and the care that their children receive.

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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 assessment effectively to ensure that risks to children's safety are minimised, with particular regard to keeping children safe when being transported in a vehicle 06/10/2017

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Due Date

 keep a written record of any complaints and their outcome 06/10/2017  improve knowledge and understanding of the learning and development requirements and take action to raise the quality of teaching 13/10/2017

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 ensure that activities offer challenge to children and meet their specific individual learning needs, to help them make the progress of which they are capable. 13/10/2017

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

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 develop partnerships with parents and other professionals to gain a good understanding of where children are in their learning when they start at the setting  use self-evaluation to identify areas for improvement that benefit children's learning and development.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and children.  The inspector had discussions with the childminder and children during the inspection.  The inspector read written statements from parents and took their views into account.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation and children's records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective. The childminder puts children at unnecessary risk. For example, as they travel in the car the childminder fails to ensure that they have appropriate car seats for their journeys. She has failed to maintain a record of the complaints that are made to her. This is a breach of requirements. The childminder has not identified weaknesses in the quality of her teaching and the experiences that children have in her setting. She has carried out training on child protection and knows the possible signs and symptoms of abuse and the procedure that she should follow to report them. The childminder does not work well with parents to get a good understanding of each child's individual needs when they first attend her setting. Information shared by other professionals is not used well enough to ensure that children's learning needs are met. For example, the childminder has not used the information shared from children's

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

previous setting to help her to get an understanding of their stage of development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The childminder completes regular observations of children. However, she does not use the observations to plan for children's individual next steps in learning. Activities are boring and children lose interest quickly. The childminder fails to offer children challenge. She provides a selection of resources for children to access but does not use her resources effectively and provide the support the children need to make progress in their learning. The childminder misses many opportunities to extend children's learning and build on their interests. For example, children express the wish to sing and the childminder tells them that it is time for a story. Her understanding of how children learn is weak.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children lack motivation in their learning. Older children move between activities and are unable to concentrate on a chosen task. The childminder is kind and caring towards the children. She gives them comfort and ensures that their care needs are met. Children are mostly well behaved; however, they struggle with sharing the resources. Children are provided with healthy snacks and meals, but the childminder misses opportunities to help children to learn about the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Weaknesses in the quality of teaching and activity planning mean that children are not challenged and become bored. They choose toys that they would like to play with but do not learn from their play experiences. Children are not sufficiently prepared for the next stage of their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY470714 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 1069876 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2013 and lives in Oxfordshire. The childminder operates Monday to Friday from 7.30am until 5.30pm all year round, except for Easter, Christmas and three weeks in the summer.

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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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