Childminder EY496607

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 April 2018 Not applicable

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The childminder does not fully understand all requirements of the early years foundation stage and the Childcare Register. She is not aware of the need to gain parents' prior written consent to administer each medication, and to record and investigate all concerns raised about her setting.  The quality of teaching is not consistently good, to help children make the progress of which they are capable. The childminder does not provide a suitable balance of child- initiated and adult-led activities to challenge children more appropriately. At times, she misses opportunities to initiate and extend conversations with the children.  Although the childminder models language well, she does not do all that she could to help children learn to pronounce words correctly, or seek advice from other professionals.  The childminder's self-evaluation is not fully effective to identify breaches of requirements and weaknesses in practice, and plan ways to address them promptly.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder risk assesses her home well to provide a safe and secure environment for children. For example, she uses safety gates to prevent children's access to certain parts of her house and ensures her pet dogs have their own space during the day.  The childminder is friendly and welcoming. She routinely encourages children to manage their own needs independently, such as getting dressed and preparing lunch.

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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

 improve knowledge of the requirements, with particular regards to obtaining parents' written consent before administering medication, and recording and investigating any complaints 17/05/2018

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Due Date

 improve the quality of teaching to provide a better balance of child-initiated and adult-led activities, and initiate more detailed discussion with the children. 14/06/2018

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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

 provide children with more help to learn to pronounce words correctly, and seek advice and support when needed  develop ways to evaluate the service, to ensure that weaknesses and breaches of requirements are identified and targeted quickly.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the childminder's interactions with children as they played together and alongside each other.  The inspector took account of the views of children spoken to during the inspection.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder, to ascertain her understanding of the requirements.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including training certificates and registers of children's attendance.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The childminder's evaluation of her service is not effective enough to help her make changes. She has not identified and addressed key areas of weakness. For example, she has not recognised that she has failed to obtain parents' prior written consent before administering medication, and has not recorded and looked into any concerns raised about her setting, as required. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of her responsibility to report any concerns about a child's welfare. The childminder provides appropriate support for her assistant, to enable them to work together to meet children's care needs. She researches new activity ideas to help her offer some different experiences. This has led her to offer different messy play activities that all children can participate in, including those who prefer not to get their hands dirty.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The childminder recognises and monitors children's stage of development appropriately. However, she does not use this information effectively to identify their individual next steps in learning, to plan a suitably balanced mix of adult-led and child-initiated activities, meaning children generally follow their own play ideas for much of the day. The childminder does not make consistently good use of these opportunities to challenge children and build on what they know and can do. For example, children concentrate well when they explore the play dough and the childminder shows them how to use a tool, but she does not provide support for any other learning, to help them develop new skills. The childminder misses opportunities to engage children in discussion and, at times, only speaks to them when she gently issues instructions and repeats their single words. The childminder does not take enough action to help children learn to pronounce words

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

correctly, or seek prompt advice to address any potential delays in their speech. The childminder shares information with parents about children's development and has begun to implement new plans to enhance this partnership further.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The childminder does not obtain parents' written consent for medication, as required. This does not have a significant impact on children's safety because she asks parents for information, such as dosages. The childminder gives reassuring cuddles to distract children when they become anxious or upset. Children are confident, keen to help and proud of their achievements. They say, 'I did it!', when they persevere and manage to complete a task. Activities and support do not always meet children's learning needs.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Overall, children gain the basic skills that support their future learning, but they do not receive consistent and suitable challenges to help them make good progress. This means, at times, children lose focus and do not always benefit from the learning opportunities. Children enjoy their self-chosen play and imaginative games, such as dressing and caring for dolls. Children enjoy listening to stories and follow the childminder's instructions well.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY496607 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 1035725 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 2 Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 3

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2016 and lives in Callington, Cornwall. She offers care each weekday, all year round.

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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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