Childminder in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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 16 February 2023, we received concerns that the provider was not meeting some of these requirements.

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Summary of outcome

On 1 March 2023, we carried out an inspection and found the provider was not meeting some of these requirements. The report and inspection outcome will be published in due course. Following the inspection, we served a welfare requirements notice on 3 March 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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n improve risk assessment processes to ensure that all hazards are quickly identified and minimised to help keep children safe

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n improve staff deployment to meet the needs of all children and ensure their safety

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n ensure that the number of older children being cared for does not impact on the space available for younger children so that they have adequate space to explore

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n implement effective sleep arrangements that support safer sleep guidelines

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n improve safeguarding practice to ensure effective partnership with external safeguarding agencies to support the welfare of vulnerable children

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n maintain an accurate daily record of the times that children attend the setting

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n ensure that all required documents are easily accessible and available for inspection

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n improve vetting procedures for the recruitment of assistants to ensure that they are suitable to fulfil their roles and responsibilities

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n ensure that adults who have not had their suitability checked do not have unsupervised contact with children.

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n ensure assistants manage children's behaviour consistently and support children to learn the consequences of their actions on themselves and others

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n provide assistants with support and coaching to raise the standard of children's experiences.

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On 7 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 dated 3 March 2023 raised at their last inspection. We found that they have improved their risk assessment processes to ensure that any potential hazards to children's safety are identified and removed swiftly. Staff deploy themselves more effectively to ensure children are safely supervised at all times. The provider has made changes to the organisation of the setting to ensure that younger children have the space they need to explore. Sleep arrangements now meet safer sleep guidelines. The provider has improved their communication with external safeguarding agencies to ensure that vulnerable children's welfare is protected. They have changed the way they record and store information to ensure documents are available for inspection. A daily record of attendance is now being kept ensuring that staff are able to

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account for all children in the event of an emergency. The provider has undertaken a course to improve their knowledge of safer recruitment and has changed their processes to ensure that adults who have not had their suitability checked will not have unsupervised contact with children.

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On 11 April 2023 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 dated 31 March 2023 raised at their last inspection. We found that the childminder now provides her assistants with robust coaching and training to support and develop their practice. As a result of this, assistants manage children's behaviour more effectively.

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We are satisfied the provider has met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised.

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The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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Publication of complaints

We publish details of complaints made against childminders, home childcarers and childcare providers where we or the provider have taken action in order to meet legal requirements.

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Publication of complaints

We publish details of complaints on our website for a period of five years.

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Publication of complaints

For further information about the complaints process please view the Concerns and complaints about childminders and childcare providers leaflet .

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