Childminder in Buckinghamshire

Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is inadequate

Children's safety and well-being are not assured because the childminder has a poor knowledge and understanding of the welfare and learning and development requirements. She fails to meet some of these. As a result, she is not able to meet the needs of all children in her care.

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The provision is inadequate

Children do not learn about accepted behaviours well. The childminder tells children what they must not do, such as hitting their friends or snatching toys. However, she does not offer appropriate explanations about their actions. This means children do not effectively begin to learn right from wrong and that their behaviours are unacceptable.

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The provision is inadequate

Children's learning is not supported effectively. The childminder does not interact with children in play or plan appropriate learning for them. Her teaching is not effective to ensure that children make the best progress they can. The children have little opportunity to choose their own play as the organisation of resources does not support this. Despite this, overall, children settle well and are happy, seeking comfort from the childminder when they need it. They show some levels of confidence and mainly join in with the activities on offer, for example, water play or mark making. Children explore the environment independently using their developing physical skills, such as crawling and cruising.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has a poor understanding of potential risks to children and her risk assessments are ineffective. She does not use the safety measures that she has put in place, for example, stairgates. As a result, children freely enter the kitchen, exposing themselves to safety risks. n The childminder fails to supervise children effectively at all times, especially when they are eating. Children are offered a range of healthy meals and snacks. However, the childminder often leaves the room at mealtimes, exposing children to the risk of choking. n The arrangements to support safe sleeping of young children are unsuitable. The childminder does not monitor children when they are asleep. She allows children to go down for a nap with bottles of milk, posing a further risk of choking. Additionally, she does not ensure that the areas used for sleeping are safe. For example, items such as scissors are within children's reach. This compromises

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children's safety and well-being. n Children's good health and hygiene is not supported. The childminder does not follow her own policy and ensure that children wash their hands after contact with her cats. She also does not monitor the areas where her cats walk and climb to prevent cross-contamination. Additionally, children are left in very wet

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need to do better?

18 January 2023 clothes for significant periods of time after a water play activity. This compromises their well-being. However, the childminder does have suitable arrangements for administration of medications. n For four days each week, the childminder cares for more early years children than the usual adult to child ratio. The childminder is unable to demonstrate that she can meet the level of care children need when she does this. She cannot manage when more than one child needs her attention, leading to them becoming distressed. Additionally, the childminder is unclear about her rationale for doing this and how this meets the early years foundation stage requirements. n The childminder has a basic understanding of an effective early years curriculum and is able to describe some of the things she wants children in her care to learn. However, she does not put this into practice. The activities and experiences she provides for children do not meet their current stage of

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learning. For example, she asks children to count and name animals when they are not yet able to form many identifiable words. n The childminder shares that children need to focus on their communication and speech. She intends to help them do this by using her own narrative and sharing songs and stories. However, at times she does not speak to the children at all and has very little communication with them. She does not respond to children's cues to engage in two-way conversations or singing. This does not support their developing language skills. n At the previous inspection, the childminder was asked to improve the way she communicates with other settings the children attend. Despite caring for children who attend non-domestic settings, she has failed to do this. She does not share relevant information about children's well-being or learning to promote effective partnership working.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder's poor risk assessment does not remove or minimise all relevant risks to children's safety. This means children may be at risk of harm in the childminder's home and in the event of an emergency. However, the childminder has suitable safeguarding knowledge, to ensure that she is able to identify possible signs and symptoms of abuse. She understands the local safeguarding procedures to make referrals if she has concerns about a child. The childminder knows how to report allegations about herself or household members to the designated officer at the local authority. She also ensures that the suitability of relevant household members is checked.

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Due date

ensure that risk assessments are robust and all risks and hazards to children's safety are identified, removed, or minimised swiftly, particularly in relation to outdoor space, sleeping areas and access to the kitchen 10/02/2023

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ensure that children are supervised at all times and within sight or hearing, especially at mealtimes to minimise the risk of choking 10/02/2023

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ensure that sleeping arrangements are safe, sleeping children are monitored and these arrangements meet the latest government guidance 10/02/2023

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ensure that exceptions to the usual adult to child ratios are only made where the individual learning and welfare needs of all children can still be fully met 10/02/2023

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improve health and hygiene procedures to ensure that children are not at risk from cross contamination, especially in relation to cats and wearing wet clothing 10/02/2023

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deliver an effective and ambitious curriculum, improving teaching to support what children need to learn next 10/02/2023

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provide effective support for children's language and communication skills 10/02/2023

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manage children's behaviour effectively so that they learn about expectations for behaviour, including having support to share and understand the effects of their actions on others 10/02/2023

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establish effective partnerships with other childcare providers children attend, to ensure that children's needs are met and their learning is supported effectively. 10/02/2023

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY496736 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 10266118 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 6 Number of children on roll 6 Date of previous inspection 17 April 2018

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2015. She lives in the village of Loudwater, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. She offers care from Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, throughout the year, except for bank holidays and family holidays. She provides funded early education for children aged three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the childminder received since the COVID- 19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider and have taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information we received about the provider. n The childminder and the inspector completed a learning walk together to discuss the childminder's intentions for children's learning. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The childminder and inspector discussed how the curriculum had been implemented and the impact that this had on children's learning. n The childminder provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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Inspection activities

18 January 2023 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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