Childminder in Newcastle upon Tyne

Inspection date 24 May 2019 Previous inspection date 6 December 2018

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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 Assistants are not always confident in what steps they need to take to fulfil their role to safeguard children in their care. This means that the childminder is not accurately monitoring how assistants promote the policies of her setting around safeguarding. n Risk assessments are not always sufficient to ensure that all of the areas that children use independently are safe. n Records of attendance are not consistently kept up to date to ensure that children's welfare is protected.

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It has the following strengths

n Children clearly have very positive relationships with the adults who care for them. This results in children being very settled and happy in the setting. n Children easily approach adults, who provide them with reassurance when they are anxious. For example, when children are upset, adults remind them of the routine until their parents come to collect them. This supports children's emotional well-being. n The childminder knows the children in her care very well. She focuses on what they know and can do to ensure that she can consistently support them in extending their skills and learning.

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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 ensure that assistants are effectively supported and monitored so that they are confident in all aspects of safeguarding and show a clear understanding of the setting's policies 14/06/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure that areas of the premises that children have access to alone are always safe and suitable, for example by ensuring that no cleaning materials are left at child height in the bathroom 07/06/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure that records of attendance are continually kept up to date to safeguard children's welfare. 07/06/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector observed teaching and evaluated the impact of this on children's learning. n The inspector spoke to the childminder, her assistant and the children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector looked at documentation, including evidence of the suitability of adults living and working on the premises.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective as the childminder shows a clear understanding of the signs and symptoms that would lead her to have concerns about a child's welfare. She knows who she would need to pass this information on to if she was concerned about a child in her care. However, the childminder's assistant is not fully informed of the safeguarding policies for the setting. She does not have a secure understanding of what she would do if she had a concern about the childminder's practice, or if her concerns about children are not listened to. Records, except for those showing the times of children's attendance, are kept appropriately to further safeguard children. The childminder has received support from other professionals which she has used to improve the quality of teaching at her setting to a good level. She has worked hard to consider how she can assess what each child can do. The childminder knows what she does well and the areas she needs

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Effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement

to focus on to improve her practice, such as record keeping.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children receive good support from the childminder to help their development and she has high expectations of what she needs them to achieve. Consequently, children make good progress in their learning. Where children are below the expected level of development, the childminder focuses on these areas of learning to close the gap. Children are motivated and eager learners. They delight in counting and sorting pasta as they are supported enthusiastically by the childminder. The childminder introduces new words, such as 'massive', that children then use in their play. This also extends their communication skills. The childminder uses children's interests to engage their learning. For example, she talks to them about the shapes they have made on the carpet with their fingers. The childminder gathers information from parents when their child begins to attend her setting so that she knows what they can do. She provides regular updates

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

to parents about what their children have learned and then tries to encourage parents to continue their child's learning at home.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The childminder risk assesses the areas that children use, which means that most areas are free from hazards. However, some areas, such as the bathroom, are not checked regularly enough after other adults in the house have used them. This does not ensure they remain safe for children to use independently. Children enjoy playing outside. This provides them with opportunities to be physically active and to benefit from fresh air. They eat freshly prepared foods which meet their individual dietary needs and preferences. The childminder is a positive role model of how to behave and 'high fives' to children when they get something right. This helps to support children's self-esteem. Children mainly make their own choices from the toys and resources that are available.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children enjoy their play and engage well in their learning. They are equipped with the skills needed for their move to other settings, including schools or other early years provision. Children have plenty of opportunities to play with other children. This helps to develop their social skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY411886 Local authority Newcastle upon Tyne Inspection number 10089299 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 2 - 16 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 11 Date of previous inspection 6 December 2018

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The childminder registered in 2010 and lives in Fawdon. She operates all year round from 6am to 9pm, seven days a week, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder works with an assistant.

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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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