Bramcote Hills Kids Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Staff collect children from their classrooms using a register to ensure that all children are kept safe.

They share key messages with the class teacher about children's day at school. Staff use this information to help children to settle into the club. Children arrive happy.

They hang up their belongings and wash their hands before settling at the table for snacks. Staff offer children a choice of different healthy foods. Children independently spread butter on bread as they make themselves a sandwich.

They enjoy this social time and hold lively conversations with staff.Staff provide children with a good balance o...f activities and children's 'choice time' indoors and outdoors. This helps children to play and explore their interests.

Children enjoy spending time with staff and develop positive relationships. Staff encourage children to experiment with paint. Children add paint to a salad spinner and spin it, then predict the finished result.

Children gather around as they eagerly take the lid off. They cheer with excitement to see the patterns they have created. Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour.

Children respond positively to staff and behave very well. They enjoy team games and working together. For example, older children work together to make a village out of little construction bricks.

Young children tell their friends whose turn it is next when they are waiting to have a go at activities, demonstrating that they understand the rules that are in place.

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

Staff are excellent role models for children. They carefully nurture children's self-esteem.

Children tell visitors they are entering a writing competition. Staff sit with children and support them in being persistent and gaining satisfaction from their achievements. Children confidently turn to them for help, if needed.

Children have free access to indoor and outdoor activities. Staff make sure children are dressed for colder weather. Children enjoy spending time outside with their friends developing their balance, coordination and large-muscle skills.

Staff understand that some children need time to relax after a full day at school. As a result, they include quieter activities and comfortable areas for children to sit in and read books.Parents speak highly of the care and support leaders provide for them, as well as their children.

They feel leaders create a setting where their family is seen as a priority and say they appreciate this. Parents say that there is a wide variety of activities on offer and that their children regularly bring something home, from creative work, baked treats or bird feeders.Leaders work closely with the school, parents and staff to create an inclusive and safe space for children.

This is at the heart of the club and its core strength. All children thrive in the calm and caring atmosphere that leaders and staff work hard to create. Children are carefully supervised by staff.

Staff use walkie-talkies to communicate with each other to ensure that children move across the four rooms safely.Working with the school, staff support children's well-being using a wristband system. Different colour bands ensure that all staff are aware of children's individual needs.

For example, a red colour band means the child has sustained a head injury during the school day. Other colours represent children's feelings. This ensures that children are closely monitored and supported while attending the club.

Leaders demonstrate a secure understanding of how to support staff during regular supervision meetings. Leaders provide coaching, mentoring and training to staff to help them to improve their practice. Robust policies are in place to ensure that adults working with children are suitable.

Staff are passionate about their roles and continually strive to improve to provide consistently high-quality care.There are secure arrangements in place to support children with allergies and medical needs. Staff work closely with parents and take part in regular training when children have new medical equipment to use.

Staff ensure that children feel included during snack times. They provide foods that all children can sit and enjoy together, in line with children's dietary needs. Staff demonstrate they know the children very well.

This helps them to meet children's needs and support them to engage in the activities at the club.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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