Little Hearts Childminding

The childminder implements extremely comprehensive systems to ensure that all aspects of her provision reflect extremely high-quality practice. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has an in-depth understanding of how to recognise and refer any concerns about children's welfare. Her excellent organisation, thorough risk assessments and daily checks ensure that children's safety is promoted at all times. The childminder has rigorous systems to scrutinise children's progress and the effectiveness of her provision. She focuses sharply on gaining new knowledge through training and developing her practice, such as incorporating new ways to support the observed patterns in children's play. The childminder has plans to seek further professional development links with other providers to continue to enhance her practice and provision to the highest level.

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The childminder has a wealth of experience and an in-depth understanding of how young children learn through play. She offers very clear explanations and inspiring ideas as children explore. She acts as an excellent role model and asks targeted questions, linking very skilfully to children's experiences. She motivates them very effectively. For instance, children are highly inspired to paint pictures of their favourite pets. They experiment using shapes and count out and add features, such as legs and a tongue to their animals. They marvel as they use crayons on top of the paint and compare the feel against the dry or wet paint. They develop their early writing skills excellently as they copy the childminder's marks and experiment making lines and forming letters of their names.

Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are very polite and respectful. The childminder fosters children's personal development superbly. She works tirelessly to develop their independence and self-awareness. For instance, children proudly help with setting up activities, cut up their fruit for snacks and take responsibility for toys when tidying up. The childminder enables children to make choices and develop their ideas as they play. She is always mindful of children's safety and patiently helps them to recognise risks and hazards. The childminder inspires children's healthy lifestyles very effectively. Children spend considerable periods outside. They create a farm with blocks and toy animals. They relish making food for the animals and combine a vast array of natural materials. The childminder discusses foods the animals might eat and children learn new words, such as 'turnips'.

Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make substantial and sustained progress across all areas of learning, including those learning English as an additional language. Children have excellent attention and listening skills for their age. They gain very high levels of confidence in their own abilities, and their self-motivation is developing superbly. Children become absorbed and show extremely positive attitudes towards learning. They take on challenges and very effectively solve problems using trial and error. For example, they creatively adapt and fit resources into gaps in their road for imaginative play. Children develop excellent skills that prepare them exceptionally well for their move to pre-school or school.

Privacy Notice

Written by: Shelley O’Regan Date: 18th April 2018

I take your privacy seriously, and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, May 2018), I will commit to the following:

I will be asking you for personal data about you and your child/ren to deliver a childcare service to you. I must have a legal basis for collecting this data, and there are six lawful bases:

(1) Consent:

The individual has given clear consent for you to process their personal data for a specific purpose.

(2) Contract:

The processing is necessary for a contract you have with the individual, or because they have asked you to take specific steps before entering into a contract.

(3) Legal obligation:

The processing is necessary for you to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations).

(4) Vital interests:

The processing is necessary to protect someone’s life.

(5) Public task:

The processing is necessary for you to perform a task in the public interest or for your official functions, and the task or function has a clear basis in law.

(6) Legitimate interests:

The processing is necessary for your legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party unless there is a good reason to protect the individual’s personal data which overrides those legitimate interests. (This cannot apply if you are a public authority processing data to perform your official tasks.)

I will be processing your data under the following bases: One or more of the basis’s listed above

Where I require consent, I will provide a way for you to positively decide about the information that you make available and how this is shared

This information will be collected by myself (Shelley O’Regan) as part of the child’s induction to the setting. I will be asking for some of this data verbally initially, and then recording it on paper forms/digitally. I will ask for this information at regular intervals to ensure it is up to date. I will do this by asking you to complete and return a data forms when required.

The information that I require initially (when you are enquiring about childcare) will be:

• Child’s name

• Child’s age

• Child’s address

The information that I require (if you decide to use my childcare services) will be:

• Child’s name

• Child’s date of birth

• Child’s age

• Child’s address

• Parents’ names, addresses, contact numbers

• Who has parental responsibility for the child

• Emergency contact names, addresses and contact number

• Child’s doctor’s name and contact number

• Health clinic/health visitor

• Child’s NHS number

• Child’s birth certificate

• Any allergies/medical history/ requirements

• Information about immunisations

• Whether the child has any special educational needs or disabilities

• Ethnic group

• Religion

• Home language

• Child and/or parents’ National Insurance number

I am required to hold and use this personal data to comply with the statutory framework of England/Wales, Ofsted, the Department for Education and my local authority early years team. This data will be used to:

• Support your child’s development

• Monitor and report on your child’s progress

• Share information about activities in our setting

• Contact named people in an emergency

• Share with other professionals in accordance with legislation

• Ensure a contract of service is delivered and maintained

• Ensure that this setting receives the statutory funding for which it is eligible.

With your permission this data may be, when necessary, shared with:

• Other professionals supporting your child, for example health visitor, pre-school, nursery, school, other health or education professional

• My local authority through the Free Childcare and Early Education Entitlement headcount and annual Early Years Census (England)

• My local authority for the purposes of funded services that they support.

• The local safeguarding children’s board or Social Services Referral and Assessment Team if I ever have any concerns about the safety of your child.

• Ofsted

If you want to see copies of the information I hold and share about you or your child, then please contact me

I am required by law to retain some information about your child for a period after a child has left the setting. Should you wish to use my services I have a GDPR file with all polices in place to ensure i am complying with the General Data Protection Regulation