Childminder EY481802

Inspection date 4 December 2018 Previous inspection date 1 March 2016

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Previous inspection: Good 2 Effectiveness of leadership and management Inadequate 4 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate 4 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate 4 Outcomes for children Inadequate 4

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This provision is inadequate

n Risk assessment is ineffective. The childminder fails to recognise and minimise risks and hazards that put children at risk of significant harm. The childminder failed to make sure that children are adequately supervised when building work was taking place at her premises. This significantly compromises children's safety. n The childminder has a poor understanding of the changes that must be notified to Ofsted. Consequently, she did not alert Ofsted to building work taking place, which affected the space available to children and the quality of childcare provided. n The temporary food-preparation area that the childminder has arranged is not suitable. Children have not been provided with healthy and nutritious meals. This compromises children's well-being. n The childminder does not keep up to date with current safeguarding issues. This hinders her ability to safeguard children. n The childminder does not ensure that a daily record of children's hours of attendance is

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This provision is inadequate

consistently maintained. She does not always keep a record of first-aid treatment. These are breaches of legal requirements. n Children's care and learning are not tailored to their individual needs. Very young children spend significant periods each day in the childminder's car, while she takes older children to school and nursery. This hinders their progress and well-being. n The childminder does not undertake assessments of children's progress, including the progress check for children aged between two and three years. Activities are not always planned well enough. As a result, children are not sufficiently challenged to make the progress they could, particularly in their mathematical and physical development.

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It has the following strengths

n Children develop strong attachments to the childminder. The childminder helps children to learn to share, take turns and develop friendships with other children.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

The provision is inadequate and Ofsted intends to take enforcement action: We will issue a Welfare Requirements Notice requiring the provider to: Due date ensure risk assessments for outings identify and minimise all risks and hazards to children 17/12/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure that children are adequately supervised, with particular regard to not leaving children unattended in any vehicle or when unvetted persons are present, or when children are eating 17/12/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

develop an understanding of the changes that must be notified to Ofsted, specifically regarding building works 17/12/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure there is an area which is adequately equipped to provide healthy meals, snacks and drinks for children as necessary 17/12/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

implement a policy and procedure to safeguard children, including being alert to and reporting concerns of a child or family being exposed to extreme views or radicalisation 17/12/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

keep a daily record of the names of the children being cared for on the premises and their hours of attendance 17/12/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

keep a record of first-aid treatment given to children following any accident, injury or incident 17/12/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure that every child's care is tailored to meet their individual needs so that all children are provided with quality learning and development experiences, particularly in the area of physical and mathematical development. 17/12/2018

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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 provide parents with a progress check for children aged between two and three years and use this information to develop a targeted plan to support children's future learning. 31/12/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching. She assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder. n The inspector held a number of discussions with the childminder. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household. n The inspector interacted with children during the inspection. n The inspector spoke to parents and took account of the views of parents through written feedback provided.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is not effective. Children's safety and well-being are being significantly compromised while building work takes place at the childminder's premises. The building work is taking place in the kitchen, which leads off to the lounge where children are being cared for. When the childminder prepares children's meals at the top of the stairs or takes children to the toilet, she leaves children unsupervised in the lounge. Consequently, at these times, an unvetted building worker has unsupervised access to children. Due to the building work, the childminder keeps her vehicle on the road. The childminder left one very young child, who was still eating, unsupervised in the house while she took two children to the car. She then left the two children alone in the car while she collected the child from the house. In these instances, children are exposed to significant harm due to the lack of supervision. The danger of leaving children

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is inadequate

unsupervised has been raised with the childminder on a previous occasion. She was asked to ensure that children are adequately supervised. This was regarding not leaving children unattended in any vehicle. The childminder continues to demonstrate an extremely poor ability to minimise and manage risks and hazards to children on outings. When the childminder was getting a small child out of her vehicle into a pushchair, an older child wandered away from her pushchair into the path of an oncoming car. This demonstrates children are at risk of significant harm in her care. The childminder has a clear understanding of her duty to report any concerns she may have about a child's welfare. However, she has no awareness of her responsibility to be alert of and report any concerns that a child or family may be exposed to extreme views or radicalisation. Therefore, children would not be safeguarded in this event. The childminder does not

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is inadequate

always keep a record of first-aid treatment given to children. This has been raised as a previous action. The childminder has failed to notify Ofsted that a child had a significant injury when in her care.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The childminder does not provide adequate opportunities for children to become active learners. Younger children spend up to four hours in car seats and pushchairs while the childminder takes and collects older children from school and nursery each day. They are also sat in highchairs for significant periods while other children eat their lunch and take part in craft activities. This poor practice significantly hinders children's physical development and progress. The childminder can identify strengths and areas where children's progress is less than expected. However, she does not provide parents with a written summary of progress when their children are aged between two and three years. Consequently, parents are not kept adequately informed about their child's progress. The childminder does not have high enough expectations of children's achievements. She does not ensure that children are making the best progress they can towards the early

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

learning goals. She does not provide enough opportunities for children to make progress in their mathematical development, particularly when children have emerging gaps in their learning. That said, the childminder does encourages older children to initiate their own play and follow their own interests.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Weaknesses in leadership and management significantly compromise children's safety and well-being. Children are exposed to significant risks because the childminder fails to take all the steps necessary to keep the environment safe. The temporary food arrangements do not provide a suitable surface to prepare food. Children are served a meal of pasta and a sausage roll, which is not nutritionally well balanced. This compromises children's health and well-being. Children's care is not tailored to their needs. The childminder takes children on the nursery school run when they are tired and need to sleep. This means they are disturbed from their sleep to go into pushchairs and to go back into the childminder's house. The childminder helps children to show respect. This includes saying 'please' and 'thank you'.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children are not adequately prepared for their next steps in learning, or for school when the times comes. Younger children are not making the progress they could in their physical skills. They experience a significant lack of stimulation and activity for long periods during the day. They are not challenged enough to learn to walk and to explore their environment. Pre-school children are not challenged enough to develop their interest and understanding of numbers, shapes, sizes and measurement. Consequently, emerging gaps in their learning in this area are not closing. That said, older children are developing suitable independence skills. They put their shoes on and wipe their noses independently. They are friendly to visitors and younger children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY481802 Local authority Warwickshire Inspection number 10086200 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Childminder Age range of children 1 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 7 Date of previous inspection 1 March 2016

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Registers

The childminder registered in 2014 and lives in Rugby, Warwickshire. She operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.

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Registers

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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