Childminder EY352865

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 January 2026, we received concerns that the provider was not meeting requirements relating to safeguarding policies and procedures, suitable people, training, support and skills, safeguarding training, key person, safety on outings and risk assessment.

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Summary of outcome

On 03 February 2026, we carried out a regulatory visit. We found the provider was not meeting the requirements in relation to risk assessment but has taken action to put this right by reviewing whether it is appropriate to take minded children to personal meetings, which may be unsuitable for children to attend.

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Summary of outcome

We also found that the provider was not meeting requirements in relation to training support and skills and key person arrangements. Furthermore, we found there to be breaches to requirements relating to food and drink and safer eating.

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Summary of outcome

We reviewed the actions which were set at the most recent inspection on 24 November 2025 and found that none of these actions had been met.

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Summary of outcome

We have served a welfare requirements notice in relation to the breaches to the safeguarding and welfare requirements. 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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Actions needed by 17 February 2026:

• take urgent steps to improve knowledge and skills in relation to planning for children's learning and development and obtain a full understanding of their role and responsibilities.

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Actions needed by 17 February 2026:

• take steps to further build the relationship with families, in order support children's good health and nutrition

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Actions needed by 17 February 2026:

• ensure the food and drink offered to children is healthy, balanced and nutritious, and has regard to the 'Early Years Foundation Stage nutrition guidance • ensure children are always within sight and hearing during mealtimes and where possible, face children while they eat

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Actions needed by 17 February 2026:

We have also issued actions for the provider to take in relation to breaches to the learning and development and assessment requirements:

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Actions needed by 31 March 2026:

• put into place a clear sequential curriculum, to ensure that breadth and depth of knowledge and skills are taught across all the areas of learning as outlined in the early years foundation stage statutory guidance

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Actions needed by 31 March 2026:

• put into place effective strategies to assess children's ongoing development across all areas of learning in order to swiftly identify and support their progress

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Actions needed by 31 March 2026:

We will monitor the provider's response to ensure the actions are successfully completed. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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Actions needed by 31 March 2026:

On 18 February 2026 we conducted a regulatory visit to monitor the completion of the actions. We found that the action in relation to key person, food and drink and safer eating had been met. For instance, the provider has discussed the importance of healthy packed lunches with parents. The provider had taken steps to improve their knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage nutrition guidance such as by providing fruits for snacks. The provider was also able to discuss appropriate arrangements for closely supervising children at mealtimes.

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Actions needed by 31 March 2026:

However, the action relating to training, support and skills had not been met. We have 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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Actions needed by 31 March 2026:

n Take urgent steps to improve knowledge and skills in relation to planning for children's learning and development and obtain a full understanding of their role and responsibilities in order to provide good quality early years provision.

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Actions needed by 31 March 2026:

We will monitor the provider's response to ensure the action is successfully completed. 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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