Yorke Mead School Playscheme

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is goodnChildren develop strong bonds and attachments with the staff.

They form effective friendships with other children and demonstrate that they are happy and settled. nThe management team is effective in promoting opportunities for staff to develop their continuous professional development. Regular supervision and team meetings help staff to feel valued and enable them to identify their own strengths and areas for improvement.

nStaff provide good opportunities for children to develop their physical skills. For example, children have fun and engage for long periods of time with a parachute game. Staff join in with the games and their interactions are goo...d.

nStaffing arrangements meet the needs of all children. Children are well supervised and staff are deployed effectively to meet required ratios. Staff complete regular risk assessments to ensure that the environment, resources and equipment are safe and suitable for children to use.

nChildren are confident. For example, they share their own holiday experiences with their friends during water-play activities. They enjoy being creative and use construction toys and small figures imaginatively to make up their own stories.

nOn occasions, staff do not make full use of opportunities during activities to teach children about their personal safety.nStaff do not always give children enough opportunities to make independent choices about what they play with.nThere is scope to improve the two-way flow of information with parents so that they are kept more up to date with the running of the provision.

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