Luisa Shore

Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

Opportunities for children to develop and learn are variable. Children settle well and enjoy spending time with their friends. The childminder and her assistants are kind to children and make sure they feel safe and secure in their care. However, the childminder does not always provide a good range of experiences to support all areas of children's development.

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The provision requires improvement

Children engage well in some activities that capture their interests. For example they read a story about a snail and discuss the features of its glittery shell. They then paint, draw and decorate their snails, and chat to an assistant about why they decorated it in a particular way.

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The provision requires improvement

The childminder and her assistants do not always focus on children's learning and development needs as closely as they need to, to extend their learning. For example, a group of children read a book with an assistant. Some children enjoy pointing and naming things they see in the book. However, because other adults are supporting children who are unsettled, or preparing lunch, the assistant is left with more children than she can engage with. Furthermore, other children become bored as this activity is not able to capture their interest.

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need to do better?

n The childminder speaks to assistants about their work with children and provides some training relevant to their roles. However, this requires further evaluation to ensure that all assistants have the knowledge, skills and practice to raise the quality of the curriculum and learning activities provided for children. While the childminder ensures that children are always supervised appropriately to keep them safe, she does not always deploy her assistants in effective ways to meet children's development needs. n The childminder has recently attended training in 'safer recruitment' to improve her service. This has helped her establish more stringent procedures to vet persons who work with children in her care. She is keen to continue to improve the quality of her provision. n Children, including those who speak English as an additional language, are confident speakers and listeners. The childminder makes sure that children hear

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need to do better?

plenty of spoken language around them, and they are gaining confidence in speaking to their friends and adults. However, the childminder does not prioritise opportunities for children who speak English as an additional language to use their home languages in the setting. While these children learn English successfully, their home languages are celebrated or recognised in the childminder's home. n The childminder understands the needs of the children in her care. She forms

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need to do better?

22 September 2021 close relationships with the families from the start. Parents provide detailed information about their children. This enables the childminder to provide well for children's care needs and to support their emotional development. However, she has not established ways of working with other settings that children attend, to promote continuity in their care and learning. n Younger children develop confident physical skills. The childminder encourages them to reach for things around them and holds their hands as they take their early steps. They hold her assistant's hands as they learn to balance themselves on uneven ground. All children enjoy playing outdoors in the fresh air, and the childminder encourages them to develop their muscles as they run and climb in her garden. n Children benefit from nutritious meals that they tuck into alongside their friends. The childminder and her assistants support all children to feed themselves

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need to do better?

independently, and older children use cutlery with confidence. Young babies learn to feed themselves and enjoy practising to use a spoon and hold their cup. The childminder is conscious of children's health needs and encourages them to take responsibility for self-care, such as toileting and handwashing. Children confidently take themselves to the bathroom and know how to ask for help when they need it. However, the childminder has yet to speak with parents about the impact of certain foods and drinks on children's oral health.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder is familiar with signs and symptoms of potential abuse or neglect. She has attended relevant training and understands how to report concerns to appropriate agencies in her local authority. She has a broad awareness of wider safeguarding issues, including how to identify children who may have been exposed to extreme views. Assistants have sufficient knowledge of child protection matters. They understand their role and responsibilities to protect the children in their care.

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Due date

implement a system of performance management that helps all assistants to improve their interactions with children 01/11/2021

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Due date

22 September 2021 improve the delivery of activities to ensure that practitioners stimulate children's interests, respond to each child's emerging needs and guide their development through warm, positive interactions 01/11/2021

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Due date

improve the deployment of adults who work with children to ensure that children's development needs are met at all times. 01/11/2021

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should:

n develop links with other settings that children attend to support continuity of children's care and education n provide opportunities for children to develop and use their home language in play and learning, to support their language development at home n work more closely with parents to promote the good health of children, particularly children's oral health.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY554408 Local authority Hertfordshire Inspection number 10174460 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 3 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 St. Albans. She operates her provision all year round from 8am to 7pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays.

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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 showed the inspector the areas of her home that children access. They discussed how the childminder organises her setting and plans the curriculum and experiences for children. n The childminder and the inspector completed a learning walk together to discuss her intentions for children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector about what they enjoy doing while with the childminder. n The childminder and the inspector discussed an observation, how the curriculum had been implemented and the impact that this had on children's learning. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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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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