Childminder in Coventry

Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

The childminder takes the lead in setting what skills children need to learn to help them make progress towards their next stage of learning. However, in practice, activities do not always focus sharply enough on what each child needs to learn next, to ensure that they make the best possible progress. In addition, the childminder does not ensure that her co-childminder holds a current first-aid qualification.

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The provision requires improvement

Children are happy and settled in the care of the childminder and her co- childminder, who work together at the premises. Children form close relationships with the childminder, who responds with warmth and reassurance. Children receive cuddles and affection throughout the day. Their individual care needs are addressed sensitively, and the childminder talks to the children and prepares them before nappy changing times. This supports their emotional well-being. Children make friends as they play cooperatively together. They take turns and share. As a result, their social skills are developing well.

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The provision requires improvement

Currently, children are cared for in the front room of the premises, as the other areas of the downstairs, and the garden, are not safe. However, the childminder has risk assessed the areas and made them inaccessible to the children. In the interim, the childminder takes the children on a walk to a local park so that they can play outdoors.

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need to do better?

n Leadership and management are not fully effective as the childminder has not ensured that her co-childminder continues to remain suitable for the role. This is because she has not taken action to identify that their paediatric first-aid certificate remains in date. At times, the co-childminder has sole care of the children. This potentially impacts on children's well-being. n Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the childminder recognises that a higher number of children are not developing communication skills as rapidly as previously. Although the childminder places a focus on children's speech and language, language is not always modelled as well as it could be. Children hear words that are not pronounced correctly. This does not fully support their emerging language. n Although the childminder plans to include early mathematics in practice, this is not always carried out during everyday play and activities. Teaching does not

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need to do better?

focus on using counting to consolidate what children know and need to learn next. n Children are developing their physical skills as they move their bodies and take part in songs and action rhymes. They jump off the floor with both feet as they

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need to do better?

20 September 2023 follow the actions. Some children correctly hold a crayon and practise their fine motor skills. They make large movements as they create their own pictures on paper. Children look at their own faces in the mirror and draw their own representation of what they see. However, the childminder does not always support all children to hold the crayon correctly to help to prepare them for early writing. n From an early age, children begin to develop their independence. They enjoy learning about the importance of healthy teeth, as they brush their own teeth after lunch. The childminder introduces new language as they talk about the feel of 'tickly teeth'. Children laugh as they use a toothbrush to clean the teeth on a crocodile model during a game. Children enjoy listening to short stories that support the skills they are acquiring. n Children begin to develop an understanding of tolerance and respect. They learn

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need to do better?

about different faiths and beliefs in our wider communities. Stories help them to learn about their feelings as they talk about how biting hurts. They start to learn about right and wrong through simple rules that help them to manage their own behaviour. The childminder follows children's interests as she uses a blanket to make a tent. Children explore their imaginations as they climb under the blanket and play. n Parents say that they are happy with the care and learning that their children receive at the childminder's setting.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has a clear understanding of her role and responsibilities to keep children safe from harm. She has undertaken training to support her knowledge of the wide range of signs that would be a concern about a child in her care. The childminder knows the local procedures to follow, including those relating to any allegations about adults caring for children. The childminder carries out risk assessments of the premises and reduces hazards to children by restricting the areas where childminding takes place. This helps to keep children in her care safe.

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Due date

ensure that people looking after children are suitable to fulfil the requirements of their roles; this is with specific regard to maintaining a paediatric first-aid certificate 21/10/2023

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Due date

20 September 2023 implement an ambitious curriculum that accurately reflects the needs of all children and focuses on what children need to learn next. 31/10/2023

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should:

n improve teaching so that it accurately targets the key skills that children require to make the best possible progress in all areas of their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY544011 Local authority Coventry Inspection number 10311073 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 4 Date of previous inspection 13 December 2018

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2017 and lives in Coventry. She operates all year round from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for family holidays and bank holidays. The childminder holds an early years qualification at level 3. She works alongside another registered childminder. The childminder provides funded early education for three- and four-year-old children.

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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 We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information we received about the provider. n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The childminder and the co-childminder spoke to the inspector about children's learning and development, with a particular focus on communication and language. n The childminder discussed how she organises her early years provision, including the aims for the early years foundation stage. n The inspector observed the interactions between the childminders and children. They also took account of the views of parents. n The inspector sampled a range of relevant documentation, including evidence of

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Inspection activities

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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