Lydgate After School Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Staff provide a range of imaginative activities.

Children are stimulated by bright and colourful resources and creative activities. Staff set positive role models and children behave well. They encourage children to be polite and consider the needs of others.

Staff understand their responsibility to keep children safe and protected from harm. Children develop strong bonds with the staff and firm friendships with other children. Staff build good relationships with other settings that children attend to complement and support their well-being and personal experiences.

Senior staff work closely with the voluntary management committee to evalu...ate and develop their practice. They set a clear pathway for future development and ensure the club's policies are relevant and up to date. Parents fully appreciate the care that staff provide.

They are well informed about their children's experiences during their time in the club and ways in which they can contribute further to them. It is not yet outstanding because: Procedures for the professional development of staff are not fully focused on raising all aspects of the quality of teaching to the highest levels. Staff do not consistently help children achieve the highest levels of personal responsibility and self-reliance.

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