Childminder in North Tyneside

Overall effectiveness Inadequate

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

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The provision is inadequate

The childminder cares for more children than she is allowed to at any one time. This impacts on children's safety and welfare and also on their learning and development. The childminder does not risk assess her environment adequately, nor does she provide adequate supervision to assure children's safety. This is evident when the childminder is not able to supervise all the children in her care appropriately, resulting in accidents. In addition, the childminder's limited interactions with children mean that they spend lengths of time playing on their own, without receiving support from her to extend their knowledge and skills. This results in some children becoming disengaged and bored in their learning. This impacts on the progress children make in their development.

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The provision is inadequate

Although children behave well while in the childminder's care, they receive very little support to help them to learn age-appropriate rules and boundaries. Nonetheless, children are happy and content. They form strong attachments to the childminder, and the bond between them is evident. This shows children feel settled when they are in her care.

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need to do better?

n The childminder shows a lack of understanding of ratio requirements and regularly cares for more children than requirements allow. This compromises children's safety and welfare. This is illustrated during inspection when the childminder placed a child on a small trampoline and left them alone while she attended to the needs of other children, who required her attention. Although unharmed, the childminder's lack of supervision did not prevent the child from falling a short distance to the ground. The number of children the childminder cares for has a significant impact on her ability to give all children her full attention for any extended period of time. This lack of quality interaction between the childminder and children impacts on the progress children make in their communication and language development. This is particularly meaningful for any children for whom communication has been identified as being in need

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need to do better?

of support. n The childminder does not use effective risk assessments to support her practice. She compromises children's safety because she is not always able to assess risks and supervise children properly. For example, at lunchtime, while the childminder is feeding younger children, she does not set her environment up well enough to enable her to see older children either serving their own food or eating. The childminder allows children to walk around her environment and play with resources while they eat food. This presents choking hazards to children. n The childminder's teaching is not effective in supporting children's development. She does not challenge children to further progress their learning. The

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need to do better?

6 June 2024 childminder does not implement an effective curriculum to help children learn the skills they need to know and learn next. The childminder is happy for children to be engaged in play of their own choosing without her intervention. Children show this when they access a large tray of interesting resources where they spend time occupying themselves, for example, stacking cups. As the childminder is occupied attending other children's needs, she does not interact with children and demonstrate meaningful teaching to help children to make progress. n The childminder can discuss where children are in their development and the skills and abilities children need to acquire. However, her assessments are not sufficiently robust to ensure that children are meeting their developmental milestones or identify gaps in their learning. This impacts on children's development as they prepare to move forward to school and beyond.

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need to do better?

n When the childminder had a discussion with another provider about the number of children she can care for and realised she cared for too many, she did not take immediate action to address this. After this was brought to her attention again during inspection, she accepted this information and showed a willingness to address this as soon as she could. n Despite weaknesses in practice, children show they are confident and capable. Most resources are within their reach and they predominately access what they need independently. This means children are able to continue the games they are playing and extend their concentration skills. Younger children are sufficiently confident to ask visitors to the childminder's home to help them find what it is they are looking for. n Children have as many visits as needed to enable them to settle into the childminder's environment. The childminder gains the relevant information from

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need to do better?

parents prior to children beginning with her. The childminder works in partnership with the local schools and nurseries. She shares information about children's development.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

There is not an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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Due date

6 June 2024 ensure that ratio requirements are maintained at all times to ensure that children are supervised well and their welfare and learning are assured 08/07/2024

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Due date

implement effective risk assessments to ensure children's safety at all times 08/07/2024

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Due date

improve the implementation of the curriculum to ensure that children are suitably challenged and make progress in their learning 08/07/2024

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Due date

improve assessments to develop an accurate picture of children's development and identify possible gaps in their learning 08/07/2024

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Due date

develop a clearer understanding of how to provide a good-quality provision to support children more effectively. 30/06/2024

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY405503 Local authority North Tyneside Inspection number 10351426 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 8 Date of previous inspection 5 September 2018

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2010 and lives in Forest Hall, North Tyneside. She operates all year round, from 7.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds a relevant childcare qualification. The childminder provides funded early education for two-, 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 her provision. n The childminder discussed the learning intentions for each child with the inspector. n Children were observed in the indoor and outdoor environment. n Parents' views were read and taken account of. n The inspector looked at all relevant documentation.

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Inspection activities

6 June 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

6 June 2024 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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