Childminder in Newcastle upon Tyne

Summary of outcome

Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills is leading Ofsted's work into how regulated early years and childcare providers in England have delivered child- centred practice and care, within the context of the restrictions placed on society during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.

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Summary of outcome

All early years providers must meet the legal requirements in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage. If we find that a provider is not meeting the requirements, we can take action to ensure they put matters right.

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Summary of outcome

On 17 March 2021, we received concerns that the provider was not meeting some of these requirements.

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Summary of outcome

On 25 March 2021, we carried out a regulatory visit. We found the provider was not meeting some of the requirements. We have issued actions for the provider to take.

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Summary of outcome

The provider will be able to give parents further information about this. The provider is still registered with Ofsted. Actions needed by 27 April 2021:

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Summary of outcome

-do not allow people, whose suitability has not been checked, including through a criminal records check, to have unsupervised contact with children being cared for

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-increase your knowledge and understanding of child protection issues so that you are able to identify, understand and respond appropriately to signs of possible abuse and neglect

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-ensure you have, understand and implement a policy, and procedures, to safeguard children. These should be in line with the procedures of your Local Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP). Your procedures must include the action to be taken when there are safeguarding concerns about a child and in the event of an allegation being made against a member of staff.

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Summary of outcome

-ensure that records are easily accessible and available to Ofsted, including evidence of disclosure and barring (DBS) checks.

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Summary of outcome

The provider responded to say that they have updated their safeguarding children policy and their procedure is now in line with the local LSCP procedure, and includes what to do if allegations are made against a member of staff. The provider has also incorporated a safer recruitment policy and people whose suitability has not been checked will not have unsupervised access to children. The provider has reviewed online safeguarding webinars to increase their knowledge and understanding of child protection issues to enable them to identify, understand and respond appropriately to signs of possible abuse and neglect. The provider has also stored records and documents so that they are now easily accessible when needed.

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Summary of outcome

We are satisfied with the action taken by the provider.

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Publication of complaints

We publish details of complaints made against childminders, home childcarers and childcare providers where we or the provider have taken action in order to meet legal requirements.

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Publication of complaints

We publish details of complaints on our website for a period of five years.

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Publication of complaints

For further information about the complaints process please view the Concerns and complaints about childminders and childcare providers leaflet .

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