Childminder, Out-of school day care in Essex

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 17 January 2023, we carried out an inspection and found the provider was not meeting some of these requirements.

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Summary of outcome

The report and inspection outcome have been published. Following the inspection we served a welfare requirements notice on 26 January 2023. 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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Summary of outcome

n take action to ensure a robust knowledge and understanding of all safeguarding matters, including the 'Prevent' duty and who to contact in the event of any child protection concerns

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n improve ongoing risk assessment to ensure all possible hazards and risks are identified and minimised, especially in regard to the family dog

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n improve knowledge and understanding of the notification requirements to ensure Ofsted are informed of any significant events that may affect the suitability of the early years provider.

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On 2 March 2023, 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 some of the actions set in the welfare requirement notice.

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Summary of outcome

The provider had improved her knowledge of safeguarding including the 'Prevent' duty and who to contact in the event of child protection concerns. They had put in place a risk assessment for the family dog, however, this was not being implemented effectively, resulting in a further incident. The provider had improved her knowledge of the notification requirements. However, they had not supplied Ofsted with the required information in relation to a new household member so that the relevant checks could be completed.

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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 improve and implement ongoing risk assessment to ensure all possible hazards and risks are identified and minimised, especially in regard to the family dog

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n ensure Ofsted is provided with relevant information about new household members so that appropriate checks can be carried out.

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On 29 March 2023, 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 the last visit.

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We found that the provider had implemented the risk assessment effectively and now ensures that the dog is never left unattended with minded children. The provider had provided Ofsted with information about new household members so that appropriate checks can be carried out.

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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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