Melanie Graham

1. To ensure children’s safety and wellbeing, the childminder should ensure that full enrolment information is gathered and maintained for each child. Information gathered should be reflective of Care Inspectorate (2025) ' Early learning and childcare services: Guidance on records you must keep and notifications you must make.' This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), which state that: ‘I experience high quality care and support because people have the necessary information and resources’ (HSCS 4.27).

2. To ensure children’s care and support remains responsive to their individual needs, the childminder should ensure that personal plans are developed in partnership with children (where appropriate), their parents, and are reviewed at least every six months to reflect any changes in needs, routines or development. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), which state that: ‘My personal plan (sometimes referred to as a care plan) is right for me because it sets out how my needs will be met, as well as my wishes and choices’ (HSCS 1.15) and ‘I am fully involved in developing and reviewing my personal plan’ (HSCS 2.17).

3. To ensure play experiences sufficiently challenge children and meet their interests and developmental needs, the childminder should develop their processes for planning for, observing and recording children's progress and learning through play. The childminder should use their observations of children to reflect on and plan new learning opportunities, demonstrating how children's views and interests have been considered. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'As a child, my social and physical skills, confidence, self-esteem, and creativity are developed through a balance of organised and freely chosen extended play, including using open ended and natural materials' (HSCS 1:31).

1. To support positive outcomes for children and families, the childminder should strengthen how they reflect on the quality of their service. This should include but is not limited to, regularly asking children and families for feedback, keeping a record of what is working well and what could be improved, and using this to inform and make positive changes. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), which state that: 'I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes' (HSCS 4.19).

1. To limit the possible spread of infection the childminder should review and improve their nappy changing procedures to ensure appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) is applied and children's comfort is supported during personal care routines. This is to ensure the service complies with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), which state that: 'I experience high quality care and support based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice' (HSCS 4.11).