Childminder in Cheshire East

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 Inadequate

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The provision requires improvement

The childminder has addressed most of the issues raised at the last inspection. She has made sure that her assistants have their suitability checked before they care for children. Additionally, she has in place and uses all records required to help keep children safe. However, the childminder has made less progress in ensuring that activities are carefully planned and sequenced to enable all children to fully access the curriculum.

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The provision requires improvement

The childminder often cares for six or more early years children with the help of her assistants. This busy setting has a happy buzz. The children have secure relationships with the childminder, her assistants and each other. The childminder responds quickly to children's needs for rest or refreshment. She places great emphasis on helping these young children learn how to share and become independent. The children understand the childminder's clear expectations for their behaviour and they are beginning to understand how their actions affect others. Children spend a considerable amount of the day leading their own play and learning. They confidently select toys for themselves in the well-equipped playroom. The planned curriculum beyond physical development and the promotion of social and emotional development is more limited. Children are not consistently provided with meaningful learning across the early years foundation stage, in

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The provision requires improvement

preparation for their next stage in learning.

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need to do better?

n Since the last inspection, the childminder has implemented changes to meet the safeguarding and welfare requirements. However, she has not taken steps to improve her planning for children's learning or to help her address the gap in her knowledge around developing a broad and well-balanced curriculum. This means that, although the childminder now manages her setting safely, children are still not receiving a consistently good-quality education. n The childminder has not identified what she wants children to learn in enough detail to support herself and her assistants to fully facilitate children's learning. Free play forms a substantial part of the daily routine. During these times, especially, the childminder and her assistant take on a more supervisory role. This means that children's learning is incidental, rather than carefully supported, and children are not consistently engaged in good-quality learning.

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need to do better?

n The childminder focuses on developing good social skills in younger children. She is successful in helping them learn how to cooperate with others and share equipment. For example, she turns a dispute over a toy car quickly into a rolling game between two children, and soon, others want to join in. Children cooperate with each other to sing and act out the rhyme 'Row, row, row, your boat'. The children are learning to be kind and caring towards one another.

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need to do better?

30 April 2024 n The childminder has improved hand sanitization and the cleanliness of dummies since the last inspection. However, she has not considered how she will develop children's understanding of the reasons for hygiene practices. This means that, for example, although they comply with the hand sanitizing routines, younger children do not understand why they are doing this. Consequently, they repeatedly place their snack on the floor before picking it up and continuing to eat it, unaware of the potential of germs now being on the food. They do not know how to keep themselves healthy and safe. n Mealtimes are social occasions, and even young children happily sit at the table and feed themselves. However, the menu for children does not support them to develop healthy habits. For example, children are provided with rice cakes for snack and pizza for lunch. They do not get an opportunity to consume a wide

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need to do better?

range of fruits and vegetables on a daily basis. This limits their opportunities to develop an understanding and liking for healthy choices.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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Due date

provide a broad, carefully planned and sequenced curriculum which helps all children learn and make progress across the early years foundation stage. 30/08/2024

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should:

n develop children's understanding of the reasons for hygiene practices, so that they can use their knowledge in new situations n provide clear and consistent messages and opportunities that support children to make healthy food choices.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY401415 Local authority Cheshire East Inspection number 10321234 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 18 Number of children on roll 13 Date of previous inspection 14 November 2023

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2009. She operates all year round, from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds an appropriate qualification at level 3. She works with one or two assistants.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the childminder and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the childminder. n The childminder showed the inspector relevant documentation, such as the registers and medication records, and the inspector reviewed evidence of the suitability of assistants working with the childminder. n The childminder and the inspector discussed how the childminder organises their early years provision, including the aims and rationale for their early years foundation stage curriculum. n The inspector and the childminder discussed a group activity. n The inspector spoke to the children and the assistant during the inspection. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

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Inspection activities

30 April 2024 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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