Active Extended Day

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children are well settled in the warm, comfortable and welcoming environment.

Staff are attentive and kind and develop secure relationships with all children. Children are confident and independent. Staff respond quickly when children need them.

This helps children to feel secure, valued and listened to. Staff plan a range of enjoyable and exciting activities, based on children's interests. For instance, children enjoy making food during activities, such as making cakes with cereal.

They learn to follow instructions and gain an understanding of some safety features, such as not touching hot items. Children are eng...rossed during activities. They curiously explore and share their experiences with one another.

Children play cooperatively, sharing resources well. They discuss how to organise games together, such as volleyball, football or basketball, and learn to play fairly. Children choose where to play and have great fun outdoors.

They enjoy opportunities to be physical and learn new skills, for example, from joining in with gymnastic or athletic sessions. Children who prefer quieter activities indoors can engage in chosen creative activities. Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour.

They support children to follow rules and routines well. Staff are good role models. This helps children to demonstrate respectful and polite behaviour towards each other.

What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?

The manager and staff are enthusiastic about providing high-quality care. The managers support staff's well-being and professional development effectively. They have an accurate oversight of the quality of the club.

Staff talk positively about the support they receive from the managers.The arrangements for settling children into the club are effective. The manager collects detailed information from parents before children start at the club.

Younger children are assigned a key person, so that they have a familiar adult to form a relationship with as they settle in. Children already know some staff because of their roles within the school. This help to provide continuity of care for children.

Staff join in with children's games and praise them for their skills and individual skills. Staff adapt their levels of support and expectations skilfully to each child's age and stage of development. For example, they encourage older children to throw and catch a ball with their younger peers.

Children are good communicators. They are confident to interact with unfamiliar people, such as visitors. They show their drawings with a sense of pride and achievement.

Children express that the club is 'exciting and fun'.Staff help children to develop an awareness of personal hygiene and to further their independence skills. Children wash their hands and prepare their own snack.

Staff support children to understand how to use a knife safely to spread butter on their bagels.Staff help children to understand other people's cultures and beliefs. For example, they learn about different cultural and religious festivals together.

Staff make good links with school routines and their ethos, which leads to children's good behaviour. Children are polite and considerate. They say the rules are to be kind and have fun.

Children understand what is expected of them and how they should treat each other.The manager and staff build and maintain positive relationships with the staff at the school where they run the club. They complement the activities which take place at school.

For example, staff encourage children to practise their writing skills.The manager and staff effectively evaluate their practice. For example, they reflect on how they can ensure that they offer even healthier food choices to children each day.

Staff plan to focus even more on supporting children's understanding of the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.The manager and staff have a strong understanding of their responsibility to safeguard children.

They are aware of the signs that could indicate a child is at risk of harm. Staff know the correct procedures to follow if they have concerns about a child or the behaviour of another staff member. In addition, they know where they can gain further support and guidance from within the club, host school or through outside agencies.

Managers conduct appropriate checks to ensure that they employ staff who are suitable to work with children. Staff carry out daily risks assessment to ensure that children play in a safe and suitable environment. Staff supervise children closely.