Childminder in Newcastle upon Tyne

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 January 2018 22 August 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 Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Inadequate 4

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This provision is inadequate

 Risk assessments are not effective enough to ensure that children's safety is adequately promoted at all times.  Self evaluation is not accurate. There is a lack of emphasis on areas that need to improve to ensure that children remain both safe, and are well prepared for the next stages in their learning.  Despite children's records showing what the next steps in their learning are, teaching does not provide sufficient challenge or consistently help children to make good progress.  The organisation of activities is weak. Adults do not provide challenging activities that support children’s learning. Instead they focus on routine tasks which means that children quickly lose interest in planned activities.  Policies are not always followed to ensure that children remain safe which impacts on children's safety.  Records are not adequately organised and readily available. This does not help to guide

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This provision is inadequate

and support the childminder and her assistants to promote the safety and welfare of children.  There is a lack of focus on monitoring the quality of teaching at the setting. The quality of teaching is poor. Therefore, at times children become bored and wander aimlessly around the setting.

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It has the following strengths

 Partnership with parents is strong. The childminder and her assistant’s work with parents to obtain key words in children's home languages. This helps children to settle into the setting quickly.

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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 will issue a Welfare Requirements Notice requiring the provider to:

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Due Date

 ensure that risk assessments continually promote children’s safety and are robust enough to ensure that any hazards are minimised 23/02/2018

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 ensure that the premises are suitably organised, suitable for the activities provided and promote children's independent learning 23/02/2018

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 ensure that records are both well organised and readily available to contribute to the effective management of the setting. 23/02/2018

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To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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 improve the quality of teaching to support children to make good progress in their learning and development 23/03/2018

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 ensure that the supervision of staff successfully promotes continuous improvement to benefit children's learning 23/03/2018

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 ensure that planning and teaching consistently meets the needs of all children. 23/03/2018

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

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 ensure that self-evaluation is sufficiently robust enough to focus on improving both the welfare and the learning of the children attending.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at the areas that are used for childminding.  The inspector looked at the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke to the childminder, her assistants and the children during the inspection and took account of their views.  The inspector discussed self evaluation, risk assessments and the childminders policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The childminder and her assistants have completed training to update their knowledge of child protection. However, the arrangements for safeguarding children are not effective. Although the childminder can discuss the procedures that she needs to follow when administering medication, she does not follow these by recording when medication has been administered to a child. The childminders risk assessments are ineffective. Children are not well supervised in the conservatory area where there is a stack of high chairs which pose a risk of falling. In addition, children have a high number of accidents due to the volume of resources strewn all over the floor. Documentation is not readily available for inspection and consequently, we were unable to view qualifications for first aid. This demonstrates poor organisation. Whilst there are systems in place for supervising the work of assistants, these have been ineffective in improving their practice with the

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

children. The childminder’s methods for evaluating her service are not accurate enough to help her to identify and address the weaknesses in her practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

At times the organisation of the premises are not sufficient to enable children to learn independently. For example, although the childminder has created a reading area for children, they are unable to access this due to a lack of organisation. Adults read stories to the children to promote their interest in literacy and use numbers to encourage children’s curiosity and learning. However, some routines of the day, such as a collecting a child from nursery means this is finished abruptly and interrupts any learning taking place. The quality of teaching is weak. Planned activities are not well thought through to ensure that they meet the needs of children’s differing ages and abilities. This does not help children to make the best possible progress. Activities lack challenge and at times, children wander aimlessly with little support or interaction from staff.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Children have developed positive relationships with the adults who care for them. They approach them for support and reassurance, showing that children’s emotional well-being is secure and is fostered by the adults who care for them. However, on some occasions the childminder does not follow her own procedures to ensure that children remain safe. For example, there is a poster on the back of the living room door saying that the door must be kept locked at all times. This procedure is not followed by the childminder which poses a risk to the children. The childminder has developed effective relationships with parents and carers. This means that she is fully informed about children’s individual welfare needs and she can promote diversity successfully. For example, she learns key words in different languages from parents.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Overall the lack of successful organisation of both the premises and the adults working with the children has a significant impact on children’s safety and learning. This does not prepare them well for the next steps in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY480900 Local authority Newcastle Inspection number 1098857 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 18 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 17

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 22 August 2016

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Telephone number

The childminder was registered in 2014. She lives in Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. The childminder is open all year round from 6am to 7pm, Monday to Friday, except for family holidays. She holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 2. The childminder works with assistants and provides funded early education for two-, 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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