Childminder in Hillingdon

Summary of outcome

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.

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Summary of outcome

On 9 August 2022, we carried out an inspection and found the provider was not meeting some of these requirements.

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The report and inspection outcome will be published in due course. Following the inspection, we served welfare requirements notice on 15 August 2022. 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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n supervise children effectively to keep them safe and meet their individual care and learning needs

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n meet adult-to-child ratios at all times

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n fully promote children's health, including taking the necessary steps to prevent cross contamination during nappy changing

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n improve knowledge and understanding of how to carry out robust risk assessment and identify any potential risks to children's health or safety and take action to remove or minimise risks.

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On 5 September 2022, we carried out a regulatory visit. The focus of the visit was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised at their last inspection. We found that the provider had not met all of the actions set in the welfare requirement notice. We also found new areas of concern. This means that the provider was not meeting other requirements as set out in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage. We have served another 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. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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n put immediate steps in place to meet adult-to-child ratios at all times

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n supervise children effectively to keep them safe and meet their individual care and learning needs

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n carry out robust risk assessment and identify any potential risks to children's health or safety and take immediate action to remove or minimise risks

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n ensure that fresh drinking water is accessible to children at all times, including during mealtimes

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n ensure that cots/bedding are in a good condition and suited to the age of the child and are not shared between children.

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On 8 September 2022 we carried out a further regulatory visit. The focus of the visit was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised at the last visit on 5 September 2022. We found that the provider had improved their knowledge of ratio requirements to ensure they were not caring for too many children. The provider demonstrated a suitable awareness of supervising children, ensuring they are safe and their overall welfare is promoted.

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We are satisfied the provider has met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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