Childminder EY474976

Inspection date 25 February 2019 Previous inspection date 10 March 2016

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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 has not taken steps to keep her knowledge and skills up to date, and she is not familiar with some wider safeguarding issues. n The childminder does not use the information she gathers from assessing children's development well enough to help her identify and plan for children's next steps in learning. Children do not make consistently good progress. n The childminder does not plan and provide a purposeful range of interesting activities to promote children's learning in mathematics and literacy. n Self-evaluation is not rigorous enough to drive improvement and ensure all training needs are identified in order to help improve the quality of teaching and outcomes for children.

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It has the following strengths

n The childminder works closely with parents to understand children's individual care needs and routines. n Children have a close bond with the childminder and she promotes their confidence and self-help skills well. n The childminder provides a varied range of role-play resources to encourage children to be imaginative. n The childminder places a clear focus on helping children learn about the importance of eating a healthy diet and being physically active.

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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 undertake appropriate professional development opportunities to ensure a secure understanding of the 'Prevent' duty guidance and female genital mutilation 24/03/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure information gathered from children's assessments about their level of development is used consistently to help provide challenging activities that support children to make good progress 12/04/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

improve the quality and range of activities on offer to extend the children's learning in mathematics and literacy. 12/04/2019

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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 strengthen the use of self-evaluation to help identify training needs and make the necessary improvements to raise the quality of teaching and outcomes for children.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and 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 spoke to children during the inspection. n The inspector took account of the views of parents.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement

The childminder's knowledge of how to identify children who are at risk from extreme views and behaviour, and the possible signs of female genital mutilation, is not strong enough. Despite this, the childminder has a good understanding of other signs of child abuse and neglect, and knows the procedures to follow to report these concerns. There are detailed risk assessments in place and the childminder carries out daily checks to ensure children are safe in her care. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder takes account of parents' views and she adapts the service on offer through an improvement plan. However, this lacks rigour because it does not identify all areas of weaknesses in practice to help the childminder achieve good standards.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Teaching is variable. The childminder observes children to find out what they enjoy and assesses their progress. However, she does not regularly use this information to help her identify precise next steps in children's individual learning to help them make good progress. Therefore, the activities she provides do not sufficiently challenge children to build further on what they already know and can do. The childminder places an appropriate focus on introducing new words and encouraging children's speech. However, she does not provide enough opportunities for children to explore literacy and mathematical concepts, such as phonics or quantity, weight and measurement. Nevertheless, children enjoy using their senses to explore different materials the childminder provides, such as rice and pasta. They also begin to show a keen interest in the natural world and living things. This helps foster some aspects of their learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Although there are some weaknesses in the childminder's practice, overall, she supports children's welfare appropriately. Children behave well and easily follow instructions. For example, children know to wash their hands before lunch and quickly settle down at the table. Children learn to show care and concern for others, including the childminder's pet dog. The childminder provides daily opportunities for children to take walks and she helps children learn how to keep themselves safe when on outings. She helps children to understand the role of the emergency services. For example, she organises for children to sit in a police car. This promotes children's awareness of the local community.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children do not make consistently good levels of progress from their starting points, particularly in mathematics and literacy. That said, children benefit from attending a range of groups throughout the week with the childminder. Overall, this helps to increase their social skills, communication and language, and physical development. Children enjoy looking at books with the childminder and have a close relationship with her. In the main, children steadily gain the basic skills they require in preparation for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY474976 Local authority Dudley Inspection number 10075740 Type of provision Childminder

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Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childminder Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 6 Date of previous inspection 10 March 2016

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The childminder registered in 2014 and lives in Stourbridge. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded education for two-year-old children.

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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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