Childminder EY478090

Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is inadequate

Children's welfare and safety are compromised. There are significant concerns about the childminder's ability to meet the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the early years foundation stage. She demonstrates poor knowledge of how to implement some of the legal requirements. The childminder fails to ensure that adults who work with her are clear about their roles and responsibilities. This has a significantly negative impact on children's experiences at the childminder's home and they are not safe. Children's emotional security is compromised. They are often are left unsupervised and left with adults who are unvetted. Children aimlessly wander around for long periods of time with very little interaction from the adults there. Children's safety and care needs are not met. The arrangements for supervision of children are inadequate. For instance, the childminder is not able to demonstrate that she and her assistants are able to meet the needs of the

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The provision is inadequate

numbers of children being cared for. The key-person system is weak and teaching is poor. The childminder does not plan activities that target children's individual needs and interests. She plans some activities for children, but these lack challenge and do not captivate children's interests. This significantly hinders the progress that children make. Children are not prepared for school or the next stage in their learning.

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need to do better?

n The quality of teaching is very weak. The provider does not oversee the learning experiences provided for children effectively. She does not ensure that staff provide children with a suitable range of activities to engage them in their learning and help them to gain all skills they need for their future learning. Although staff working with older children provide them with some choices about what they play with, these are very limited. n The childminder does not monitor her assistants' practice effectively. Staff receive some training; however, this does not impact positively on the quality of their teaching and interactions with children. The childminder fails to ensure that all she and her assistants meet the needs of the children. This has a significant effect on children's well-being. n Children are generally well behaved. The childminder and her assistants are kind and caring to the children. However, on the day of inspection, adults became

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need to do better?

emotionally distressed in front of them. This does not support children to understand about expected behaviour in a positive way, which has a negative impact on their learning, emotional well-being and safety. In addition, at mealtimes, adults do not support children's social interactions. This has a significant adverse effect on children's emotional security. n The childminder has suitable partnerships with parents. There are some procedures to gather initial information from parents at the start and to help

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need to do better?

18 September 2019 new children become familiar with the adults, and to build relationships with their parents. The childminder encourages parents to share some information regarding what children learn in their own homes. However, this is not effective as the teaching quality of all adults is weak and the information they gain is not used effectively to plan for children's ongoing learning. n The childminder does not plan a curriculum to captivate children's interests and help children to build on what they already know and can do. The childminder and the adults she works with have a poor understanding of how young children learn and how to support them. Children play on climbing frames, draw pictures and jump on the trampoline. However, during activities, adults have few purposeful conversations and these are often interrupted by them moving away, leaving children unengaged. Adults offer comments on what children do but

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need to do better?

provide them with very little challenge. They do not adapt activities or respond to the individual ways that children prefer to learn. n Children follow some appropriate hygiene routines. They enjoy the fresh air and nutritious, balanced meals, drinks and snacks. Some older children learn to manage their personal care routines and have access to use the toilet on their own. However, the childminder does not carry out appropriate risk assessments to ensure children's safety. For instance, children are exposed to toiletries and cleaning fluids in the toilet. This compromises their safety. n The childminder has failed to renew her first-aid certificate. She works with adults who have a first-aid certificate. However, during the inspection, the childminder was alone with children for an extensive period of time. She does not ensure paediatric first aid can be administered promptly in the event of an emergency. This compromises children's safety.

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need to do better?

n The childminder does not recognise, identify or address weaknesses in teaching and practice. This significantly compromises children's care and learning. The childminder does not provide appropriate support and training to ensure her assistants fulfil their safeguarding roles and teaching responsibilities. She does not tackle the poor level of quality of teaching and fails to oversee the learning experiences for children effectively.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

The provider fails to ensure that the safeguarding policies and procedures are followed. Safeguarding is ineffective. The childminder and her assistants can identify some signs that indicate a child is at risk of harm. However, they do not have a secure understanding of the action to take and the agencies to contact should they have safeguarding concerns. The childminder and her assistants do not have knowledge of the procedures to follow in the event of an allegation, or up-to- date knowledge of the 'Prevent' duty guidance. Furthermore, the childminder is not able to demonstrate that she and her assistants are able to meet the needs of the numbers of children being cared for, and she leaves unchecked individuals in sole charge of children. She has failed to provide Ofsted with information about people who work in the home and does not ensure that appropriate suitability and vetting

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Safeguarding

18 September 2019 processes, including Disclosure and Barring Service checks, are in place for all adults who work with children. This puts children at significant risk.

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Due date

develop a secure knowledge and understanding of safeguarding, including how to refer child protection issues, the procedures to follow in the event of an allegation and the 'Prevent' duty guidance, and ensure that any assistant has sufficient knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures 08/10/2019

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ensure that the ratio requirements are met at all times 08/10/2019

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ensure deployment of staff is effective and children are supervised appropriately at all times to ensure their safety and that their needs are met 08/10/2019

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provide Ofsted with the required information to carry out suitability checks on all adults who work on the premises and have regular contact with children 08/10/2019

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ensure that any person whose suitability has not been checked is not able to have unsupervised contact with children being cared for 08/10/2019

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ensure risk assessment is thorough and includes anything that children may come into contact with, to identify and remove or minimise all hazards to children and keep them safe 08/10/2019

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Due date

obtain a full current paediatric first-aid certificate 08/10/2019

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Due date

18 September 2019 implement effective arrangements for the monitoring, support and coaching of assistants, to identify and act on weaknesses in practice, meet children's individual care needs and improve the quality of teaching and learning. 08/10/2019

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Due date

improve the quality of adults' interactions with children to facilitate children's engagement and opportunities for learning, and support them to make the full progress they are capable of. 08/10/2019

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY478090 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 10123823 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 to 3 Total number of places 9 Number of children on roll 13 Date of previous inspection 19 April 2016

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2014 and lives in East Finchley, in the London Borough of Barnet. She operates all year round from 8am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder works with with two assistants.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector and childminder completed a 'learning walk' across all areas of the setting to understand how the early years provision and the curriculum are organised. n The inspector carried out two joint observations with the childminder. n The inspector held discussions with the childminder, assistant, children and parents at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector looked at a sample of the setting's documents. This included evidence about adults' suitability and training.

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Inspection activities

We carried out this inspection 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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Inspection activities

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