Elm Cottage Out of School at Hursthead

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children become deeply involved in self-chosen activities that capture their interest. Varied, physical play in the outdoor area is a particular strength of the provision.

Children practise skills and learn new ones. For example, they concentrate hard to aim and shoot toy arrows at a target. This helps to promote their strength and coordination really well.

• Parents comment that children are eager to attend the club. They say that systems for passing messages between home, the club and the school are effective. Parents say that managers seek and welcome their views.

They feel well informed about activities. • Partnership with the school... is effective. The school and the club adopt similar policies that help to promote children's welfare.

For example, they ask parents not to include anything that contains nuts in children's snacks and packed lunches. • Practitioners plan adult-led activities that help children to find out about the world. This is exemplified when they plant cress seeds.

They talk about what they must do to help the seeds to grow into plants that they can eat. • The regular monitoring of the performance of practitioners does not yet lead to specific and measurable targets that promote continuous improvement in their practice. • Practitioners, sometimes, do not meticulously remind children about the rules for their play, when necessary.

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