Childminder EY393347

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All early years providers must meet the legal requirements in the 'Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage', which you can find at www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2. If we find that a provider is not meeting the requirements, we can take action to ensure they put matters right. On 5 November 2019 we inspected the provider and found they were not meeting some of these requirements. We served a Welfare Requirements Notice. This is a legal notice that requires the provider to take the actions below within the timescales set out. The provider will be able to give parents further information about this.

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Actions relating to safeguarding and welfare needed by 27 November 2019:

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provide Ofsted with the necessary information to enable the required checks to be carried out, to ensure that any persons who live on the premises are suitable

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develop a thorough understanding of how to protect children from wider safeguarding issues such as radicalisation, extremism and female genital mutilation

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ensure a clear detailed written record of all accidents, incidents or existing injuries is maintained

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improve professional knowledge, so that all children can be provided with quality learning and development experiences.

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Within the inspection report we issued actions relating to learning and development needed by 27 November 2019 which required the provider to:

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use assessment to accurately identify where children are in their development from their starting points and target any gaps in their learning

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plan and provide challenging activities that focus on children's most relevant next steps in learning

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review and improve the organisation and use of activities and equipment to meet the needs of children and promote all aspects of their learning

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In line with our procedures we completed a monitoring visit on 12 December 2019. We found that the provider had taken some steps to address the actions raised but remained in breach of some of the requirements. We served a further Welfare Requirements Notice.

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develop a thorough understanding of how to protect children from wider safeguarding issues such as radicalisation, extremism and female genital mutilation

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improve professional knowledge, so that all children can be provided with quality learning and development experiences

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implement robust systems to ensure the accurate and timely completion of records maintained of children's attendance

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ensure the premises are fit for purpose, suitable for children and are clean and hygienic by

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We also issued a notice of action to improve to address the breaches of the learning and development requirements not yet addressed. These actions were also needed by 7 January 2020:

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use assessment to accurately identify where children are in their development from their starting points and target any gaps in their learning

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plan and provide challenging activities that focus on children's most relevant next steps in learning by

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review and improve the organisation and use of activities and equipment to meet the needs of children and promote all aspects of their learning

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In line with our procedures we completed a monitoring visit on 24 January 2020. We found that the provider had not taken appropriate steps to meet some of the requirements. We are now taking steps to cancel the provider's registration. The provider has a right to object to our intention to take this step.

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