Childminder in Bristol

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 21 May 2024, 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 two welfare requirements notices on 23 May 2024. These are legal notices that require 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 ensure that people who have not had their suitability checked do not have unsupervised contact with children

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n ensure that the numbers of children being cared for does not impact children's safety, individual care, and the supervision needed

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n ensure children are supervised at all times and are kept in sight and hearing of an adult when they are eating

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n ensure that information about children's health and care needs is obtained from parents, and appropriate steps are taken to keep children safe and well

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n ensure that the premises is organised to meet the needs of the children and provide children with adequate space.

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Additional actions needed by the later date of 4 June 2024:

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n provide assistants with the support that they need to be able to understand and manage children's behaviour appropriately n improve understanding of risk assessment to help identify hazards and reduce the risks to children, particularly with understanding children's medical needs and safety around food.

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On 28 May 2024, we carried out a regulatory visit. The focus of the visit was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised at their last inspection, which were due by 22 May 2024.

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We found that the provider had met some of the actions raised. She had improved her knowledge and understanding of the requirement to supervise children while they are eating. She does not allow her unchecked assistants to have unsupervised access to children and she has worked with parents to gather information about children's health and medical needs. The provider has not met all of the actions therefore we served another 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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n ensure that the numbers of children being cared for does not impact children's safety, individual care, and the supervision needed

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n ensure that the premises is organised to meet the needs of the children and provide children with adequate space.

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On 10 June 2024, we carried out a regulatory visit. The focus of the visit was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions, raised at their last visit and on inspection.

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We found that the provider had improved their knowledge and supported her assistants in understanding risk assessment and how to keep children safe particularly around food. The provider has supported her assistants to understand how to manage children's behaviour more effectively, and they have arranged the resources to provide children with more space to move around. The childminder has reviewed how she uses her assistants to make sure that they are able to meet the needs of the children. We are satisfied the provider has met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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