Childminder EY347992

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 February 2018 4 July 2017

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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

 The meals, snacks and drinks that are provided for children are not healthy. These include highly processed foods and sweet sugary drinks.  The childminder does not plan activities based on children's interests. This means that children do not join in with activities, and opportunities to extend their learning are missed. Furthermore, the resources available that children can choose to play with are limited.  The childminder does not encourage children to enjoy daily, social experiences with one another. The childminder's interaction with the children is poor which does not support their personal, social and emotional development.  Opportunities for children to develop their independence skills are limited. This affects their readiness for school.  The childminder has not taken action swiftly enough to address significant gaps she has identified in children's progress.  The childminder is unable to identify areas of her practice that would benefit from

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This provision is inadequate

further development. This includes how she could improve the quality of her teaching.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder has appropriately addressed the actions raised about her safeguarding knowledge and understanding since the last inspection.  The childminder celebrates diversity in her setting. She works with parents to learn about the home language of children who speak English as an additional language. This successfully promotes partnership working.

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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 that meals, snacks and drinks provided for children are nutritionally balanced and that they promote children's good health 02/03/2018

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 improve the quality of teaching to ensure that a wide range of challenging activities and resources are provided to help children to make the best possible progress in their learning and development 30/03/2018

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 improve activities to ensure that they consist of a mix of adult-led and child-initiated opportunities that promote the prime areas of learning. In particular, children’s personal, social and emotional development 30/03/2018

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 ensure that children are encouraged to develop their independence skills to support the next steps in learning and readiness for school 30/03/2018

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 make better use of information taken from observations and assessments of the children to ensure that any gaps in children's development are identified and addressed at the earliest opportunity. 30/03/2018

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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 accurate and focuses on improving the quality of teaching.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder carry out a music activity and then evaluated this with the childminder.  The inspector gained the views of parents through discussion and observing the written feedback provided.  The inspector viewed all areas of the provision used by the children, including the indoor and outdoor areas.  The inspector looked at a range of documentation including children's assessments, evidence of the suitability of adults living on the premises and a sample of the childminder's written policies and procedures.  The inspector spoke with the childminder and with children at appropriate times during the inspection

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder has taken the necessary steps to address the safeguarding actions raised at the last inspection. The childminder can confidently describe the indicators that a child may be at risk, and how she would manage these concerns to keep children safe. However, the childminder is unable to identify weaknesses with regard to other aspects of her provision that affect the quality of her teaching. The childminder's evaluation of her provision is not accurate. As a result, she is unable to recognise these weaknesses and identify ways in which she can improve her practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The childminder does not take into account children's interests or their learning needs. As a result, activities are often unappealing to the children and children quickly lose interest. This does not help to motivate children to learn new things. When children are enjoying their own self-initiated play, the childminder often interrupts this to complete routine tasks. Younger children instigate role play, they engage their friends, the childminder and the inspector in this game. However, the childminder does not extend this activity. Children quickly lose interest in planned activities. Opportunities to promote children's learning are missed. This impacts on the overall progress that children make. Some areas of the childminders home are not well resourced. As a result, the environment is unappealing and opportunities for children to make decisions about what they play with, are limited.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Children are well-behaved and sociable. The childminder has worked with parents of children who speak English as an additional language to incorporate some familiar words from their home language into her provision. This helps children to feel settled and promotes diversity and inclusion. The opportunity to promote the social aspect of mealtimes is overlooked by the childminder. Children sit separately and watch television during their meal. The food provided for children is not nutritionally balanced. Children are offered sugary drinks from bottles with spouts. This is detrimental for children's oral health and development. Children are not always provided with the facilities to wash their hands after using the toilet. This does not promote children’s independence skills. Children attend settling in visits when they first start with the childminder which helps to support their emotional well-being. They enjoy playing in the garden which ensures that children

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

receive regular opportunities for fresh air and exercise.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children's independence is not always celebrated or promoted. For example, children want to sit to the table to eat but are quickly moved away by the childminder to a highchair. The childminder's own assessments of children's progress demonstrates that when significant gaps in development are identified, action is not taken swiftly enough to address this. This means that children are not well prepared for the next stage in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY347992 Local authority Kingston upon Hull Inspection number 1113690 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 10 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2007 and lives in Hull. She operates all year round from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3. She provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. The childminder occasionally works with an assistant.

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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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