Childminder EY479300

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 28 July 2025, we received concerns that this provider was not meeting some of these requirements. On 5 September 2025, we conducted a regulatory visit. At this visit, we found the provider was not meeting some of the requirements. Following this visit, we suspended the provider's registration to provide childcare and served the provider with 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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n take all reasonable steps to ensure that children in your care, and any assistants, are not exposed to risks and ensure risk assessments identify aspects of the environment that need to be checked on a regular basis, when and by whom those aspects will be checked, and how risks will be removed or minimised

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n ensure that your premises, including overall floor space and outdoor spaces, are fit for purpose and suitable for the age of children cared for and the activities provided on the premises, complying with requirements of health and safety legislation, and hygiene requirements

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n provide an area adequately equipped to provide healthy meals, snacks and drinks for children as necessary, ensuring there are suitable facilities for the hygienic preparation of food for children, if necessary, and including suitable sterilisation equipment for babies' food

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n ensure toilets and hand basins are clean and hygienic and there are suitable hygienic changing facilities for changing any children who are in nappies.

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On 16 September 2025, we conducted a further regulatory visit. We found the provider had taken steps to remove risks to children and to make the premises suitable for childcare. Following this visit, we lifted the suspension of the provider's registration. On 11 November 2025, we carried out an inspection and found the provider was not meeting some of these requirements. The provision was graded to be urgent improvement. The report card and inspection outcome will be published in due course. Following the inspection, we served two welfare requirements notices on 17 and 18 November 2025. 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 your premises, including overall floor space and outdoor spaces, are fit for purpose and suitable for the age of children cared for and the activities provided on the premises

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n complete an up-to-date safeguarding training course so that you can identify the signs that indicate a child may be at risk from harm or abuse and be able to take prompt action to keep children safe

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n promote children's good health, including their oral health and work in partnership with parents to help children understand the importance of healthy food choices

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n ensure fresh drinking water is always available and accessible to children.

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n have effective arrangements in place to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities

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n consider the individual needs, interests, and development of each child in your care and use this information to plan an enjoyable experience for each child that helps them to make good progress in all aspects of their care needs and areas of learning and development

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n undertake targeted and relevant professional development to improve your skills and knowledge, in order to raise the quality of the early years provision.

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On 1 December 2025, we conducted an unannounced regulatory visit to monitor the provider's compliance with the WRN. Following this visit, we suspended the provider's registration to provide childcare and served the provider with welfare requirements notice. The provider will be able to give parents further information about this.

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n ensure that your premises, including overall floor space and outdoor spaces, are fit for purpose and suitable for the age of children cared for and the activities provided on the premises

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n take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of children, assistants, and others on the premises in the case of fire or any other emergency, including making sure fire exits are free of obstruction

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n provide a suitably clean and hygienic toilet and hand basin

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n ensure fresh drinking water is always available and accessible to children.

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We are taking steps to cancel the provider's registration. The provider has a right to object to our intention to take these steps.

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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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