Childminder in Oldham

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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 14 January 2025, we carried out an inspection and found the childminder 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 a welfare requirements notice on 29 January 2025. This is a legal notice that requires the childminder to take the actions below within the timescales set out. The childminder will be able to give parents further information about this.

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• take all reasonable steps to keep children safe while on outings, ensure that potential risks and hazards are assessed and managed, and that risk assessments for outings consider staff-to-child ratios and children's needs

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• ensure staffing arrangements, and exceptions applied to the staff-to-child ratio requirements maintain the quality and safety of children, and meet their individual needs

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• ensure all adults working with children understand the safeguarding policies and procedures, and safeguarding training enables them to identify, understand and respond appropriately to signs of possible abuse and neglect

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• ensure the premises and equipment are organised in a way that meets the needs of children

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• implement effective arrangements for the supervision of all adults working with children to ensure they understand their roles and responsibilities and can support children's individual needs.

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Summary of outcome

On 12 February 2025, we carried out a regulatory visit. We found that the childminder has met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised at their last inspection. The childminder has taken all reasonable steps to keep children safe while on outings. She now has a risk assessment in place which informs her practice. The childminder has effective systems in place to identify potential hazards. She has also considered staff-to-child ratios when planning outings to ensure that she is meeting children's needs. The childminder has reflected on her staffing arrangements. She now ensures that exceptions applied to the staff-to-child ratio requirements maintain the quality and safety of children, and meet their individual needs. The childminder took prompt action to make sure assistants accessed safeguarding training. Through discussion the childminder has ensured that assistants have a secure understanding of the safeguarding policies and procedures, and how to identify,

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Summary of outcome

understand and respond appropriately to signs of possible abuse and neglect. The childminder has made sure that her premises and equipment are now organised in a way that meets the needs of children. The childminder has introduced effective arrangements for the supervision of all assistants. She has ensured that all assistants now have a secure understanding of their roles and responsibilities so that they can support children's individual needs.

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Summary of outcome

The childminder is still registered with Ofsted.

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Publication of compliance action

We aim to ensure that the welfare of children and young people is protected in the services we regulate. The Childcare Act 2006 and accompanying regulations set out our responsibilities to regulate childminders and childcare providers. This includes the enforcement powers we have in relation to those registered providers who do not comply with the requirements for registration.

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Publication of compliance action

We publish details of any actions we take, or the childminder or childcare provider takes to bring about compliance with requirements on our website for a period of five years.

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Publication of compliance action

For further information please read the Early years compliance handbook which can be found here at www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-provider-non-compliance- action-by-ofsted .

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