Bright Futures Kids Club @ Roding 1

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Friendly staff greet children warmly as they arrive at this very welcoming club. This ensures children feel safe, confident and well settled.

Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour and independence. They support new children to become familiar with the rules and routines well and provide the settled children with positive praise for following the embedded routines successfully. For instance, children calmly enter the club and place their coats and belongings at their designated place.

Staff plan a wide range of activities, which the children enjoy. Children confidently select what they want to play with and d...emonstrate delight as they play. Staff act as role models, demonstrating good behaviour and conduct.

They speak to children gently and respectfully. They engage in conversation and ask children how their day was. This helps children to build positive relationships and feel valued and well cared for.

Staff consider children's interests and views when planning activities for them. Children are also welcome to select from a wide range of resources that are easily accessible. This ensures children remain engaged.

Children confidently ask staff to join in and play games with them, such as football. They enjoy physical activities indoors and outdoors. Younger children enjoy playing with play dough and proudly show their work of art to staff.

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

Staff support children to develop their social skills and form good friendships. For example, they encourage children to play games in large groups. This provides children with the opportunity to work as a team to successfully win the game.

Children's health and physical well-being are supported well. Staff prepare fresh healthy meals. Children benefit from eating a balanced, nutritious meal.

Staff demonstrate suitable knowledge in managing children's individual allergies and dietary requirements well.The manager receives extensive support from the area manager to enhance her skills and knowledge further. She also provides suitable opportunities to support the professional development of her staff.

The staff speak positively about the manager, who prioritises their well-being. They value the additional training and support the manager provides related to their individual professional development.The manager and staff have rigorous systems to ensure children are always safe.

They carry out regular risk assessments to ensure the premises and resources are safe and suitable for children. They also have stringent systems to ensure children are safely released from the club to their parents.The manager and staff teach children about health and safety well.

They consistently and gently remind children about the rules before each game, such as 'no sliding in the hall, it is dangerous'. Children let staff know when they are going to the toilet or moving outside. This supports children to keep themselves and others safe.

The manager and staff have high expectations of children's independence. They successfully encourage children to clean their hands regularly. For example, before mealtimes, children form a line and wait patiently to wash their hands.

Staff also encourage children to scrape their plates and take responsibility for tidying up after themselves.All staff successfully support children's emotional well-being. Staff are friendly and approachable.

They invest time in developing a warm rapport with children. The children speak positively about the staff and say, 'Staff are kind and caring.' Staff meet the needs of the children well and are readily available to extend support to children as needed throughout their time at the club.

Parents express heartfelt appreciation for the care staff show to their children. This helps their children to settle in well and look forward to attending daily. Parents feel reassured and confident that their children are kept safe by staff at the club.

They value the feedback staff share and speak positively about the exceptional way staff manage their children's needs, such as allergies.Children benefit from the opportunities, planned by staff, to be active in both the indoor and outdoor play areas. Here, they benefit from building on the physical skills they are developing at school.

Overall, children develop their physical skills well.

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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