Childminder EY426094

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 November 2017 12 May 2016

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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 fails to keep children safe. She does not recognise all risks to children in her home or take action quickly enough to minimise potential hazards. This is also a breach of the Childcare Register requirements.  The childminder does not use risk assessments effectively. She has not identified all the hazards in her home and has not considered how she will manage them in a timely manner, particularly for the youngest children.  The childminder sometimes speaks too quickly to children and asks them more questions before they have had enough time to think and respond to the previous one.

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It has the following strengths

 All children make good progress in their learning and development from their starting points. The childminder uses her observations of children's achievements well to plan for their next stages of development. She has effective systems to monitor children's overall development and help them to catch up where appropriate.  Children behave well. The childminder helps young children to understand their feelings and provides a calm role model.  The childminder has good partnerships with parents and other providers to support children's development. They share good information, including children's routines to provide consistent learning, such as working together over potty training.

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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

 take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety of children, with particular regard to the exposed carpet gripper, the hearth and fire tools, and children's access to hazardous cleaning products 29/11/2017

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Due Date

 ensure the risk assessments identify all potential hazards to children and show how and when the risk will be managed promptly. 29/11/2017

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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

 give children enough time to think and respond to questions.

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Inspection activities

 This inspection was brought forward following Ofsted's risk assessment process.  The inspector checked safeguarding information and the safety of the premises.  The inspector observed activities and the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors.  The inspector spoke with the childminder at convenient times and carried out a joint observation.  The inspector sampled documentation, including policies and procedures, and children's development records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is not effective. The childminder has carried out risk assessments of her new premises but these are not sufficiently robust enough to identify all risks to children. For example, she has not considered the risks to children from exposed carpet gripper, the sharp corners of the fire hearth or children's access to the heavy fire tools. This compromises children's safety, especially for the youngest and those less steady on their feet, who are more likely to fall. Where the childminder had identified risks in the summer, such as cleaning substances in a low-level cupboard that are accessible to children, she has not done anything to reduce or remove the risk. However, the childminder did take some action once these risks were pointed out to her at this inspection. The childminder does not regularly evaluate her own provision, to ensure she is meeting all the requirements or looked for ways to improve her practice. However, she does share good

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

teaching practice with other childminders to help her support children in their learning and development. The childminder has a sound knowledge of child protection procedures and to whom to refer safeguarding concerns. She has updated her knowledge since moving house, to ensure she knows the local procedures and contact details.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder knows the children's interests and uses them well to motivate their learning. For example, she responded well to young children who love books. She supplied the words they needed when pointing to pictures and they repeated them. She helped them learn the names of baby animals and the sounds they make. Older children have good opportunities to gain a positive awareness of the wider world. The childminder helps children effectively to develop their physical skills and be as independent as possible. For instance, young children found their boots and persevered trying to put them on. The childminder gave just the right amount of support for them to achieve.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The childminder fails to protect children's welfare because she does not ensure their safety at her home. Her inadequate risk assessments put children at risk. The childminder follows hygienic procedures to protect children's health and keeps her premises clean. For example, her dog remains in the garden or utility room. Children have strong relationships with the childminder. Young children happily cooperate with having their nappy changed as the childminder interacts well with them. The childminder ensures children have regular drinks of water and young children sit safely strapped into a chair to eat. The childminder adapts routines to meet children's individual physical and emotional needs. For example, when children new to the setting did not settle for sleep in a cot, she took them out in the car so they would happily sleep and get their rest.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop good skills that prepare them well for their next stages of development and school. Older children become independent in their self-care and all children explore and investigate the good-quality resources. Children make good progress in their mathematical development. For example, they sort instruments into shakers and drums, and young children count one, two and three. Children are imaginative and creative.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY426094 Local authority Dorset Inspection number 1117368 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 2 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 4

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Telephone number

The childminder re-registered in 2011 and lives in Broadwindsor, near Beaminster, Dorset. She provides care each weekday, including before and after school, for 48 weeks a year. The childminder holds an early years qualification at level 3. She receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, 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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