Childminder in Kent

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 3 May 2024, the provider notified us of a significant event. The notification means that the provider met their legal responsibility as set out in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage to notify Ofsted of a serious accident.

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Summary of outcome

On 30 April 2024, we received two separate concerns that the provider was not meeting some of these requirements, some of those concerns link to the notification.

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Summary of outcome

On 7 May 2024, we carried out a regulatory visit. We found the provider was not meeting some of the requirements. We have served a 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.

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Summary of outcome

n ensure an accurate record is maintained of the hours children attend and their key person

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Summary of outcome

n ensure the adult-to-child ratios are met at all times and that adults do not care for more than six children under eight years and of those only three children may be young children, with no more than one child aged one at any one time n implement effective hygiene procedures to comply with health and safety legislation and ensure children's good health and well-being, this includes the procedures for children to wash and dry their hands, nappy changing and sleeping arrangements

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Summary of outcome

n ensure that robust risk assessments are completed on all areas of the premises the children have access to, including the activities provided and how the childcare is organised.

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Summary of outcome

On 30 May 2024, we completed an unannounced regulatory visit to monitor the welfare requirement notice. We found the provider has implemented effective risk assessments to minimise the hazards accessible to the children and to ensure all areas of the premises used by the children are safe and suitable. The arrangements for sleeping, nappy change and toileting have been improved, and good hygiene procedures are implemented to protect children's health and well-being. The attendance records have been updated to include the adults who care for the children and maintain records of which children are taken off-site with an adult, for example, during a school run. The adult-to-child ratios have been reviewed to ensure that the ratios stipulated in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage for childminders are met.

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Summary of outcome

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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