Childminder in Southwark

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 1 March 2023, we received concerns that the provider was not meeting some of these requirements. On 1 March 2023, we conducted a telephone regulatory call to gather further information about the concerns. On 7 March 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 will be published in due course. Following the inspection we served a welfare requirements notice on 8 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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Summary of outcome

n improve knowledge about how to manage concerns and the reporting procedures to follow, in line with the local safeguarding partners procedures

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n ensure information obtained about children's special dietary requirements is recorded

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n ensure children's snacks are healthy and nutritious

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n identify aspects of the environment that need to be checked to ensure risks to children's safety are identified, then reduced or removed

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n ensure information gathered from parents to meet children's care needs is followed up and met

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n maintain a daily record of children's attendance, including their hours of attendance.

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Summary of outcome

We monitored the actions set and found that the provider had satisfactorily addressed the actions. She had improved her knowledge of managing safeguarding concerns; improved record keeping relating to children's dietary requirements and daily attendance. The childminder also improved her understanding of healthy eating, risk assessments and using information gathered from parents to meet children's needs.

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Publication of compliance action

We aim to ensure that the welfare of children and young people is protected in the services we regulate. The Childcare Act 2006 and accompanying regulations set out our responsibilities to regulate childminders and childcare providers. This includes the enforcement powers we have in relation to those registered providers who do not comply with the requirements for registration.

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Publication of compliance action

We publish details of any actions we take, or the childminder or childcare provider takes to bring about compliance with requirements on our website for a period of five years.

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Publication of compliance action

For further information please read the Early years compliance handbook which can be found here at www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-provider-non-compliance- action-by-ofsted .

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