Childminder in Ealing

Overall effectiveness Inadequate

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

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The provision is inadequate

Teaching is not consistent. Although the childminder leads in the main with teaching, at times there is a lot of repetition in what is focused on with all children regardless of their age. For example, children are repeatedly asked to recognise colours and count out objects. The childminder's assistants mirror this approach and therefore teaching is limited and not age-appropriate. Play resources are sufficient in range and quality and set out well for children to make choices of their own. This allows the children to become independent in choosing what they want to play with and have a wider choice. However, there is little focus on individual learning when children engage in activities. This means there are missed opportunities to teach children age-appropriate skills and offer new challenges, especially for younger children. Circle times offer children opportunities to develop their listening and concentration skills. Although young children enjoy participating

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The provision is inadequate

in the action songs, they lose interest easily when there are discussions that are beyond their understanding. The spoken language is supported. However, young children are not supported effectively to understand the meaning of the spoken word, and circle time is too lengthy for younger children to be engaged with a purpose. The inconsistency in teaching has an impact on children's individual learning and development and does not help them to move on to school with relevant skills.

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need to do better?

n The childminder fails to have a sound understanding of the 'Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage'. She fails to update her own knowledge and skills. The induction and ongoing supervision of assistants are not effective. This has resulted in the teaching quality being poor. The childminder has failed to address progress identified at the previous inspection. This has a significant impact on safeguarding and extending on children's learning opportunities. n Although the childminder observes children's learning and development, the systems used to track children's development are not robust to identify gaps or to build on areas where children strive, or effectively identify their next steps in learning based on their age. Assistants model their teaching based on the childminder's approach and her directions to them. This means there are missed opportunities in both planning and teaching. Activities are generic for all ages,

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need to do better?

with missed opportunities to focus on individual learning as teaching skills are not strong. Activities at times are pitched for an older age range, and assistants are not skilled to vary their teaching skills to ensure all ages benefit from the activities provided to all. n The childminder has taken no steps since the last inspection to identify strengths and weaknesses in her own personal knowledge or to raise the standards of the service she provides. For example, she fails to provide children with experiences

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need to do better?

28 October 2019 where they gain a positive insight to fundamental British values or develop a sound awareness of themselves and others around them in the wider world. n Partnerships with parents are not effective to ensure there is quality exchange of information to allow parents to be included in how to support their child's learning in the home. In addition, the childminder fails to gather relevant information when children start, in order to inform her to start planning for children based on what the parents know about their child's learning and development. n Communication with other settings children attend is not in place to support consistency as the childminder fails to exchange relevant information to support transition. This means there is no ongoing two-way shared approach with these settings to support children's individual learning and development. n Children of all ages enjoy looking at books, which supports their interest in early

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reading. They independently make choices in selecting books or welcome the invitation from the adults to share books. n Children behave well and are given recognition for their good behaviour and achievements. Adults caring for them are kind and caring in their approach. n Children are settled, happy and show positive familiarity of their surroundings and their adult carers. Children settle quickly over a short period.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has failed to adhere to her registration requirements. She does not follow safe recruitment procedures to check that assistants are suitable for their role, or ensure Ofsted is made aware of these persons to allow for appropriate suitability checks to be undertaken. In addition, she leaves children alone with assistants when she collects children from other settings. The childminder has exceeded the number of assistants she works with at any one time, which is a breach of her registration status and requirements. At inspection it was noted she was exceeding the numbers of children she could care for when working with assistants on specific dates. Assistants have a poor understanding of safeguarding procedures. They lack the knowledge to identify the different forms of abuse, and to whom to report their concerns. The childminder fails to recognise these breaches and the impact on safeguarding the welfare of children in her care.

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Due date

28 October 2019 make sure effective and safe recruitment procedures are in place for checking that people looking after children are suitable to fulfil the requirements of their roles; this includes ensuring that Ofsted is informed of the relevant individuals 25/11/2019

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ensure the required ratios of staff to children is maintained at all times 11/11/2019

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make sure children are only left in the sole care of assistants who have been vetted and approved by Ofsted, for no more than two hours a day, and that permission is obtained from parents to do so 11/11/2019

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Due date

ensure all assistants have a sound understanding of all aspects of safeguarding policy and practice 25/11/2019

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Due date

ensure that there are arrangements in place to support staff through induction and provide supervision to address weaknesses in the quality of teaching and promote the best outcomes of children. 25/11/2019

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Due date

put effective systems in place to gain information from parents and provide ongoing feedback to ensure they are included in how their child is developing 25/11/2019

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Due date

review the systems used for assessing children's individual development and implement plans tailored to meet children's individual needs. 25/11/2019

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY542296 Local authority Ealing Inspection number 10128135 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 0 to 4 Total number of places 9 Number of children on roll 16 Date of previous inspection 1 May 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2016 and lives in the London Borough of Ealing. She operates her service from 8am to 6pm on Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays. The childminder holds a relevant early years qualification at level 6. She currently works with two assistants.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector and the childminder viewed areas of the childminder's home used for childminding, and discussed how the setting is arranged for children's care and learning. n The inspector observed the teaching skills of the childminder and assistants, and discussed this with the childminder. n The inspector gave feedback of findings regularly to the childminder. n The inspector spoke to the childminder, assistants and children when appropriate. n The inspector sampled relevant records relating to children and viewed a sample of the resources used with minded children. n This inspection was undertaken following Ofsted's risk assessment process.

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Inspection activities

28 October 2019 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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