Childminder in Kirklees

Inspection date 3 December 2018 Previous inspection date 7 January 2014

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Effectiveness of leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Good 2

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This is a provision that requires improvement

n The childminder has a good knowledge of general child protection issues, which helps her to effectively promote children's welfare in certain aspects. However, her understanding of certain wider safeguarding issues related to the 'Prevent' duty guidance is less secure. n The childminder does not fully ensure that the first-aid box has appropriate content for use with children. n Although the childminder gathers an overall good range of information from parents to get to know the children, there is less precise detail about children's skills and abilities on entry. n The childminder's evaluation of practice is not rigorous enough.

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It has the following strengths

n The childminder provides a broad range of challenging and exciting activities based on children's interests, to help new children start to progress well in their learning. Children are eager to play and they show good levels of engagement. The childminder enhances children's learning through her enthusiastic and effective interactions. n Children are happy and very settled, especially given how new they are. The childminder plans introductory visits in consultation with parents. This helps children to build strong emotional attachments to the childminder and develop a sense of security. n Children are developing a range of skills that is essential for future leaning and their move to school, including early mathematical, reading and writing skills. n The childminder helps to foster children's self-esteem and confidence. For example, she sensitively reinforces their developing understanding of boundaries and expectations

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It has the following strengths

within the setting and offers warm praise and encouragement.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and Childcare Register the provider must: Due date improve knowledge and understanding of wider safeguarding issues, in order to be able to fully identify signs that children may be at risk of harm from extreme behaviours and views 17/12/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure that the first-aid box has appropriate content for use with children. 17/12/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

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

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n obtain a broader range of information from parents about what children already know and can do on entry, in order to strengthen initial assessments of children's starting points for learning n develop the systems for evaluating practice to identify and address any weaknesses in provision and ensure practice is kept up to date.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed activities indoors and the interactions between the childminder and children. n The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder. n The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documents, children's records of learning and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household. n The inspector spoke to children during the inspection. n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder identifies and reduces hazards around the home to help children to stay safe and minimise accidents. This includes through the use of a good range of safety equipment. The childminder has updated child protection training since her last inspection and has a very secure knowledge of certain safeguarding issues; she can identify a range of general signs of abuse or neglect. She also understands reporting procedures, including in the event an allegation is made against her. However, she is less familiar with indicators that children may be at risk of harm from extreme behaviours and views. The childminder has not fully considered how she can successfully reflect on practice, to enable her to effectively identify and address all weaknesses, keep fully abreast of changes and improve her practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder has documented the first week of children's learning journey with her, such as through annotated photographs and written observations. This is in readiness for her completing children's baseline assessment once they are fully settled. The childminder has systems in place to subsequently assess where children are in their development, plan for future learning and monitor their progress. The childminder uses a good range of activities to support children's hand-to-eye coordination and early literacy skills. For example, children engage in threading with dry pasta shapes and write letters in a tray of rice. The childminder effectively supports children's communication, thinking skills and early mathematical skills as they excitedly make and then play with dough. The childminder models good turn taking and enhances children's enjoyment and fun, for example, while playing a magnetic fishing game with them. She uses this activity as a

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

further opportunity to introduce counting and number.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Certain aspects of children's welfare are not fully promoted due to weaknesses in leadership and management with regard to safeguarding. The childminder has updated her paediatric first-aid training. She fully understands how to record accidents, although there have been none up to present. However, the childminder has not checked her first- aid box before beginning to care for children again after a long break from childminding; the majority of contents have now expired. This impacts on her ability to manage potential accidents in a fully effective manner. The childminder helps children to develop an early awareness of healthy lifestyles. For example, children engage in good handwashing routines, make healthy food choices and access varied physical activity. Children are starting to become familiar with the daily care routines, during which they develop independence and self-care skills.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children lead their own play, demonstrate a positive approach to learning and are very sociable. They show good focus while exploring and investigating media, such as flour and water, while making dough. They squeeze the sticky mixture, giggling as it oozes through their fingers, before adding more flour to make it less sticky. They delight in building on their ideas as they add glitter to create sparkly dough.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY216485 Local authority Kirklees Inspection number 10083050 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childminder Age range of children 3 - 3 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 1 Date of previous inspection 7 January 2014

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The childminder registered in 2003 and lives in the Marsh area of Huddersfield. She operates Monday to Friday, from 8am until 6pm, all year round.

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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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