Early years · Early years complaint outcome
Childminder in Croydon
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- Inspection datesingle source
25 Jul 2025
- URN verified
EY445076
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- On 24 July 2025, we received concerns that the provider was not meeting requirements relating to suitable people, changes that must be notified to Ofsted or the relevant childminder agency and information and record keeping. p.1
- 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-foundationstage-framework--2. p.1
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- Pages
- 2
- Words of findings
- 384
- longer than usual (typical 281)
- Reading level
- Hard
- Flesch 43, typical 42
- Average sentence
- 19 words
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- 2
- typical 1
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- 5%
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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-foundationstage-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 24 July 2025, we received concerns that the provider was not meeting requirements relating to suitable people, changes that must be notified to Ofsted or the relevant childminder agency and information and record keeping.
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Summary of outcome
On 24 July 2025, we carried out a regulatory telephone call. 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
- improve knowledge and understanding of the requirements to notify Ofsted of any person working at the premises from which childminding is provided
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Summary of outcome
- ensure that any assistants have the required checks in place and are deemed suitable by Ofsted
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Summary of outcome
- ensure that assistants or co-childminders, whose suitability is not confirmed by Ofsted, do not have unsupervised contact with the children being cared for.
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Summary of outcome
On 11 August 2025, we carried out a regulatory visit to monitor how the provider responded to the actions set in the welfare requirements notice. We found that the provider had improved their knowledge and understanding of requirements relating to employing assistants. We found that the childminder has ensured Ofsted is supplied with all information, so that any assistants have the required checks in place. We also found that the provider has improved their knowledge regarding supervision of assistants, so that any assistants whose suitability is not confirmed by Ofsted, do not have unsupervised contact with the children being cared for.
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Summary of outcome
We are satisfied the provider has met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised. 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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