Childminder in Doncaster

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 welfare is compromised. The childminder has insufficient safeguarding knowledge and policies. In addition, poor care routines do not promote children's health and safety. Children do not feel safe and secure when they lose control of their emotions. This is because of the ineffective and inconsistent ways in which the childminder manages their behaviour. This hinders children's learning and development, and leads to a disorderly environment. Furthermore, this prevents children from developing a positive approach to learning and fundamental skills that prepare them for future learning. This includes children in receipt of additional funding.

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The provision is inadequate

Children lack focus, motivation and engagement when they lead their own play. The childminder gives insufficient consideration to the learning environment when planning the curriculum, to ensure it supports children's learning. Despite this, children enjoy certain adult-planned activities and are making progress in areas such as their speech and physical skills. For example, children hold a fine brush to paint toy cars and their wheels. The childminder sustains their interest with her enthusiastic interactions. She models how to roll the cars back and forth on paper, pointing out patterns. Children show independence in certain respects, for instance as they readily access their bottle of water.

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need to do better?

n The childminder's kitchen is poorly maintained and does not facilitate the hygienic preparation of food. Children wander around the playroom while grazing on accessible food and do not wash their hands. The childminder describes this as 'free-flow snack time'. She fails to recognise the impact of such poor care routines. For example, this poses a choking risk, and does not minimise cross-contamination or help children to learn about keeping themselves safe and healthy. n The childminder does not sufficiently help children to understand behavioural expectations and manage their feelings, despite identifying this from her ongoing assessments. She fails to put boundaries in place, to help children learn to understand what is appropriate indoor behaviour. In addition, when children become frustrated and/or tired and become physically aggressive and throw things, the childminder fails to manage this. This reaches the point of becoming

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unsafe, resulting in the inspector's intervention. This is detrimental to children's learning and fails to help them learn essential social skills, such as being kind and respectful. It does not provide a secure foundation for future learning. n The childminder does not sufficiently reflect on, and support, the ways in which children learn. The playroom is overcrowded and cluttered. Consequently, it is not visually calm and orderly, and limits the space children have to move around

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19 January 2023 and play and explore freely. In addition, there is loud background noise and many available resources are not precisely targeted to children's stages of learning. Consequently, this leads to a lack of interest and poor concentration, and means the childminder has to direct children's play too frequently. n The childminder shares children's progress with parents. For instance, she captures children's learning journey in photograph booklets from when they start as babies. These show children taking part in a variety of activities and reaching significant development milestones, such as learning to walk. However, the childminder does not always share appropriate strategies with parents to support children's development, in order to fully support their learning at home. n The childminder works well with parents to help new children to settle in and build early attachments to her. She gathers extensive information, including that

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which relates to children's care routines when they enter as babies. This enables the childminder to precisely tailor settling-in sessions according to children's individual needs. n The childminder helps children to solve problems during certain adult-led activities. For example, she encourages them to turn the pieces around to complete simple jigsaws. The childminder suggests turning the paint bottle upside down and to squeeze this really hard, when it is almost empty. She praises such achievements, which helps to foster children's self-esteem and confidence.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder fails to update safeguarding policies and procedures in line with changes to local guidance and procedures. She does not understand the correct process for making a referral, should she have concerns of a child protection nature. As part of this, she does not have the relevant contact numbers to do so, in order to keep children safe from harm. The childminder does, however, complete training on different safeguarding topics and can identify possible indicators of abuse.

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Due date

19 January 2023 ensure that child protection policies and procedures are in line with the guidance and procedures of the relevant local safeguarding partners, and improve knowledge of what to do in the event of a child protection concern 02/02/2023

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take all reasonable steps to ensure children are not exposed to health and safety risks 02/02/2023

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ensure there are suitable facilities for the hygienic preparation of food 02/02/2023

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improve the educational programme for personal, social and emotional development, with particular regard to helping children to manage their feelings and behaviour 02/02/2023

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Due date

ensure that the learning environment supports the implementation of the curriculum and helps children to develop effectively in their learning 02/02/2023

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Due date

improve strategies shared with parents to guide children's learning and development at home. 02/02/2023

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY320299 Local authority Doncaster Inspection number 10229510 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 2 Date of previous inspection 1 February 2017

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2006 and lives in the Carcroft area of Doncaster. She operates Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 5.30pm, all year round, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. She holds an appropriate qualification at level 3.

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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 childminder and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The inspector observed areas used for childcare purposes, care routines and the activities taking place indoors. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. She held discussions with the childminder to understand how they organise the early years provision and curriculum. n The inspector looked at relevant documents, including evidence of the suitability of persons living in the household.

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Inspection activities

19 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

19 January 2023 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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