Childminder in South Gloucestershire

Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not Met (with actions)

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The provision is inadequate

Children's safety is at significant risk. The childminder and her assistant do not identify and remove hazards to the children. Due to the high numbers of children attending, the childminder is not always able to ensure that they are properly supervised. At times, children are not in sight of an adult, for example as they move between the house and the garden unsupervised. Children are collected from school and taken to the childminder's home by her assistant. However, the childminder has not ensured that her assistant has undertaken the first-aid training required to enable her to respond should a child have an accident while in her care.

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The provision is inadequate

Children show they feel comfortable in the care of the childminder and her assistant. They have formed positive relationships and are confident to request activities, or a drink and snack. Children develop good relationships with each other, and they play together happily. Older children are particularly keen to help the younger children. They read them stories and help them find the letters of their name.

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The provision is inadequate

Due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, parents do not enter the house but the childminder ensures she speaks with them daily about what their children have done and how they are progressing. Parents report that their children enjoy attending the childminder's house. They confirm that their children's speech and concentration have improved and they have been supported with potty training their children and helping their children to manage without a dummy.

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need to do better?

n Children enjoy using the trampoline and other garden resources but are unable to do so safely as the childminder has not risk assessed the area sufficiently. She has not identified the risk posed by several children using the trampoline together or the need to safely cover the swimming pool when not in use. n The childminder does not ensure children are well supervised. Children play outside alone at regular periods during the day, including when they eat their lunch. This results in children giving other children items from their lunch boxes. In addition, they use other children's sun creams from a box the childminder has left out. This puts children at risk of having contact with food or creams that they are allergic to. n The childminder and her assistant care for large numbers of children of different ages. They do not deploy themselves effectively to meet the needs of all the children and ensure they are safe and well supervised. When children are not

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able to use the garden, the indoor space available is not adequate for the number of children being cared for. n The childminder's assistant occasionally picks up the children from school and

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24 August 2021 has sole charge of them at these times. She does not hold a valid paediatric first-aid certificate as required. n The childminder and her assistant do not implement the curriculum successfully. Although they identify what children need to learn next, they do not give sufficient focus to the most important areas of development. For example, during a play dough activity, they focus on helping children learn their colours, despite identifying that some children need help to catch up in their language development. They ask children closed questions that require a one-word answer and do not support children to develop their vocabulary and their speaking skills. At times, the childminder and her assistant do not give children time to think and respond to their questions, before asking another one. Nonetheless, children enjoy making birthday cakes and candles with the dough and concentrate well during their activities.

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n The childminder has not prioritised her professional development. She has recently returned to caring for early years children and has not kept up to date with changes in the childcare sector. She is unable to monitor her assistant's practice effectively or support her professional development. As a result, teaching is not good enough and does not support children to make the progress they need. n Children behave well. The childminder praises the children for their acts of kindness, such as when they share the play dough with other children. She offers encouragement for their achievements when she tells them how beautiful their pictures are. This contributes to children's developing self-esteem.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

Children are not kept safe because the childminder has not identified and removed hazards. In addition, she cares for large numbers of children and does not ensure children are supervised well enough. For example, when she has to change young children's nappies inside, she does not ensure her assistant is supervising the other children who are playing outdoors. At times, children are not accompanied by an adult who is trained in first aid. The childminder and her assistant have a suitable knowledge of child protection issues and the procedures to follow if concerns are raised about a child's welfare at home.

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Due date

24 August 2021 improve understanding of hazards and take swift action to keep children safe, particularly from the risks posed by the swimming pool and the trampoline 03/09/2021

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Due date

ensure that adults are deployed effectively and that children are adequately supervised, to keep them safe and to meet their needs 03/09/2021

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Due date

ensure the premises, including the space, are adequate for the numbers of children being cared for 03/09/2021

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Due date

ensure children are always in the care of at least one person who has a current paediatric first-aid certificate, including when on outings 03/09/2021

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Due date

undertake professional development opportunities to enable effective monitoring of the assistant's practice and to provide support, coaching and training to improve teaching 17/09/2021

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Due date

plan and provide a curriculum that helps children make good progress in all areas of learning and focuses on the most important areas they need to learn next. 17/09/2021

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY397559 Local authority South Gloucestershire Inspection number 10193068 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childminder

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inspection

Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 15 Date of previous inspection 10 January 2020

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2009. She lives in Staple Hill, South Gloucestershire. The childminder operates from Monday to Friday, all year round. She receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged three and four years. She works with an assistant.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the childminder received since the COVID- 19 (coronavirus) pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the childminder and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The childminder and the inspector completed a learning walk together and discussed the curriculum offered and how the childminder helps children progress in the areas of learning. n The children spoke to the inspector about the activities they enjoy at the childminder's home. The inspector spoke to the childminder and her assistant at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity with the childminder and evaluated the quality of her assistant's teaching and the impact on the children's learning. n The inspector sampled documentation, including suitability checks, children's registration forms and training certificates. She read written feedback from

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parents and took account of the views. n The inspector observed the childminder and her assistant's interactions with the children, indoors and outdoors.

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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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