Childminder in Trafford

Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is inadequate

Breaches to the safeguarding and welfare requirements impact negatively on the quality of the provision. The childminder chooses to make changes to the usual ratios, to care for more than three young children at any one time. During these times, children's safety is not always assured and the quality of their care is, at times, compromised. In addition, the childminder does not establish and teach consistent rules and routines, and so children's positive behaviour is not fully promoted.

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The provision is inadequate

The childminder plans activities and outings that help to promote children's progress and development. For instance, she takes them to a nearby play park. Children climb on the apparatus and this helps to promote their strength and balance. However, her teaching is not consistently good. For example, the childminder does not plan some counting activities carefully enough to promote children's knowledge about numbers really effectively.

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The provision is inadequate

Parents praise the caring and friendly childminder. They say that children are happy to attend and that they settle quickly into her provision. Parents feel well informed about children's well-being and progress. The childminder generally understands how young children learn. She provides toys and resources that interest them. However, the childminder occasionally distracts children unnecessarily from pursuing their own ideas.

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need to do better?

n The well-qualified childminder does not evaluate her provision well enough. This compromises the quality of care and education that she provides. n The childminder does not identify and minimise hazards to children's safety in her home effectively enough. This is demonstrated when children jostle each other at the top of the staircase. They push against, then tumble through the safety gate. The childminder only just prevents them from falling. The childminder does not manage the risks associated with caring for four young children effectively. This sometimes compromises their safety. For instance, some children go out of sight to play before everyone has finished eating snack. They open the gate at the bottom of the stairs. This allows younger children to set off up the stairs unsupervised. n The childminder does not establish clear expectations for children's behaviour. Consequently, their positive behaviour and self-control are not promoted well

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need to do better?

enough. For example, at snack time the childminder sometimes prompts children to say 'please'. At other times, children get what they want by saying 'me me me!' In a further example, despite the childminder's instructions, children exit the kitchen with food in their hands and mouths. This means that they face an

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6 February 2020 increased risk of choking. That said, the childminder sometimes gives children specific praise that motivates them to develop independence. For example, children proudly receive reward stickers when they find their shoes and put them on. n Children concentrate well on self-chosen activities. This is demonstrated when they continue a role-play storyline. Children energetically fight fires around the downstairs space. They talk with the childminder about what they are doing. The conversations help to promote children's communication and understanding of the world. The childminder generally achieves a suitable balance of child- initiated and adult-directed activity in her practice. However, there are instances when she interrupts children's deep involvement and thinking. This is exacerbated by inconsistent routines that mean children do not know when they will be able to return to their games. Children, therefore, engage only

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need to do better?

superficially with some adult-led activities. n The childminder makes resources that help her to promote children's learning. This is demonstrated when children choose the songs and rhymes that they want to sing. They look carefully at a board of detachable pictures, find the card they want and take it off the board. This helps children to learn that pictures and writing are forms of communication. The activity promotes children's early literacy effectively. n The childminder encourages children to count and use numbers. For instance, she asks one child to count out the right number of plates at lunchtime. However, sometimes, the childminder does not execute counting activities with enough precision. For example, children sing 'Five currant buns in a baker's shop'. They find out by counting them that the quantity of buns changes each time one bun is taken from the board. However, the childminder's use of a

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need to do better?

number line confuses children. It does not help them to learn that the function of the numerals is to denote a specific quantity. n The childminder provides healthy food for children in her provision. She teaches them that exercise and a balanced diet help to make their bodies strong and healthy.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

Weaknesses in leadership and management mean that children's safety is not assured. However, the childminder completes training that refreshes and updates her knowledge of child protection matters. She knows what to do if she is concerned that a child may be at risk of harm. The childminder keeps children's and families' personal information secure. She obtains parents' permission before passing information about children's well-being and progress to other settings that they attend. The childminder manages some risks to children effectively. For example, when they cross the road she teaches children to wait, then look to the left and right.

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Due date

use risk assessment effectively to identify any potential risks to children's safety; take prompt steps to remove or minimise these 06/03/2020

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Due date

ensure when making exceptions to the usual number of young children a childminder may care for, the quality of care and the safety and security of children are maintained, and children's needs are met at all times 06/03/2020

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Due date

improve systems for promoting children's positive behaviour, so that children consistently develop the highest levels of self-control. 06/03/2020

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should:

n sharpen the teaching of numbers and counting, so that children acquire a really secure grasp of the number concepts that they need for their future learning n give children more time to explore and learn about the things that interest them.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY550159 Local authority Trafford Inspection number 10143515 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 13 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 8 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2017 and lives in Altrincham. She operates all year round, from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds qualified teacher status. She provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children and also offers overnight care.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed activities and discussed them with the childminder. She considered the impact of the childminder's teaching on children's progress and development. n The inspector took account of parents' written comments in questionnaires and online. n The inspector spoke and played with children as appropriate. For example, she chatted with children about what they were having for lunch. n The inspector looked at and evaluated documents that the childminder uses in her provision. She checked evidence of the suitability of the childminder and members of her household aged 16 years and over.

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Inspection activities

6 February 2020 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

6 February 2020 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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