Childminder EY469438

Inspection date 26 February 2019 Previous inspection date 8 March 2018

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Effectiveness of leadership and management Requires improvement

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement

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Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This is a provision that requires improvement

n The childminder fails to maintain accurate records, as required, which does not support the efficient management of the provision. n The childminder does not follow good enough practices to support children's personal hygiene and their understanding of positive practices. For example, she does not always ask them to wash their hands before eating and fails to notice when they pick food up from the floor and eat it. n The childminder does not monitor children's learning well enough to ensure her teaching supports children to make the best possible progress in their learning and achieve their potential. n The childminder does not make the best use of available resources or her support to provide challenging activities for children.

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It has the following strengths

n The childminder helps children to feel safe and secure. They seek comfort and support from her in new situations and develop good self-esteem and confidence. n The childminder has good relationships with the parents. She shares information with them when they drop off and pick up children and sends them photographs of what children do during the day. Children benefit from consistent approaches at home and in the setting. n The childminder helps children to cope with changes. She takes them on outings to the park, local toddler groups and to collect children from school. Children become familiar with new settings and gain skills to help them move on to pre-school and school.

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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 systems for notifying parents when children have an accident or are given medication, and make sure parents have signed the records for the administration of medication 09/04/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

make sure hygiene practices minimise the possibility of infections or contamination and support children's understanding of the importance of good personal hygiene routines. 09/04/2019

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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 improve the systems for monitoring children's progress to make sure accurate assessments support planning to meet children's individual needs and promote their development n ensure that support and play materials are used effectively to provide challenging activities that meet children's learning and developmental needs.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of the childminder's teaching indoors. n The inspector took into account the views of parents through written testimonials. n The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of children's learning with the childminder. n The inspector spoke with the childminder and the children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector sampled paperwork, including policies and procedures, self-evaluation, and children's records.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has attended training to ensure she knows what to do and who to contact if she has concerns about a child's welfare. The childminder's procedures for informing parents about accidents and when she has administered medication are not effective as she relies on her online system to do this. However, some parents do not know how to access the system, so they would not know their child had an accident and do not sign to confirm their child has been given medicine. The childminder plans for children's development. However, she does not monitor their progress sufficiently well to make sure she is providing appropriate challenges to ensure children reach their potential. She has reflected on her provision and researched the benefits of outdoor play. She has mended the fence so children can now use the garden, and she can include knowledge from her course in supporting

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The quality of teaching is varied. The childminder provides plenty of varied resources for the children which they can easily access. However, she does not use children's interests in the toys well to help them maintain concentration and enhance their learning. For example, she lets children tip the contents of the boxes in the playroom out over the floor, so children do not know what to play with. They move quickly from trying to do a puzzle to fitting shapes into the shape sorter. The childminder attempts to get them to continue at the shape sorter but when they move away she does not encourage them to come back and try again. The childminder encourages children's communication. She shares stories with them, telling them new words and asking them to point out things they see on the pages.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The childminder does not teach the children well about the importance of good hygiene routines to help prepare them for their future learning. For example, when changing nappies, she washes her hands but forgets to get children to wash theirs. At other times she reminds them to wash their hands before eating lunch but not snack. The childminder supports children to share and take turns. For example, when children want to put a toy car down the ramp at the same time, she reminds them to wait and then have their go. The childminder offers children healthy food choices at mealtimes, including fresh fruit and water to drink. However, she misses when children take each other's bottles to drink from during play activities, which increases their exposure to germs and cross-infection.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children make some progress and have fun. They develop some self-care skills, such as using spoons to eat yoghurts at lunchtime. However, they are not encouraged to care for the play environments, such as by helping to put toys away when they have finished playing. They have fun crawling through the play tunnel. Children use their imaginations as they play with finger puppets and pretend to cook food in the doll's house oven. However, the childminder does not consistently support them to express their ideas.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY469438 Local authority North Somerset Inspection number 10093385 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 1 - 8 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 4 Date of previous inspection 8 March 2018

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The childminder registered in 2014. She lives in Long Ashton, North Somerset. The childminder provides care from 8am until 6pm on Monday to Friday 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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