St James After School Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff get to know children and their individual personalities well.

Children enjoy their time at the club and have a good sense of belonging and positive well-being. • Children have good opportunities to challenge their physical skills. They explore different ways to move.

For example, they negotiate and explore with confidence on the larger balancing and climbing equipment, such as balancing beans, rope bridges and climbing walls. • There are various opportunities for children to understand other people's similarities and differences from communities and beliefs outside of their own. For instance, children learn about traditions of other countri...es, such as tasting Scottish haggis.

• The manager and staff effectively review their practice together. For example, they hold daily discussions to evaluate how well activities engage children in enjoying their play. This helps staff plan play experiences to keep children occupied at the club.

• Staff establish positive relationships with parents and help keep them fully informed of their children's time at the club. For example, they share information to parents about their child's time and pass on any information from teachers daily. • Children are independent.

They are confident to choose their own play and complete their own tasks, such as preparing and serving their own meals at teatime. • Staff miss some opportunities to encourage children further to fully understand the club's expectations of their behaviour. • Staff do not consistently engage children in discussions and build on their thinking and speaking skills even further.

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