Bushey Grove Leisure Play Scheme and Creche

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Bushey Grove Leisure Centre Play Scheme and Creche were registered in 2001. It is on the Early Years Register and the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. It operates from facilities within Bushey Grove Leisure Centre in Bushey, Hertfordshire.

It is managed by Hertsmere Leisure. Children using the creche have access to a purpose built room for this purpose. Children using the holiday playscheme have use of various sports halls and a dance studio.

Enclosed areas for outdoor play are also available. The holiday playscheme serves children and families from the local and surrounding areas. The holiday playscheme employs suitably qualified staff.

Many ...of these have a recognised qualification at level 3 or a teaching qualification. The creche opens according to demand on Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 12.

30pm. The holiday playscheme opens Monday to Friday, from 8.30am to 5pm, during half-term school breaks, Easter and summer holidays.

There are currently no children on roll in the early years age range. The Childcare Register The requirements for the compulsory part of the Childcare Register are Met The requirements for the voluntary part of the Childcare Register are Met What inspection judgements mean Registered early years provision Grade Judgement Description Grade 1 Outstanding Outstanding provision is highly effective in meeting the needs of all children exceptionally well. This ensures that children are very well prepared for the next stage of their learning.

Grade 2 Good Good provision is effective in delivering provision that meets the needs of all children well. This ensures children are ready for the next stage of their learning. Grade 3 Requires improvement The provision is not giving children a good standard of early years education and/or there are minor breaches of the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

We re-inspect nurseries and pre-schools judged as requires improvement within 12 months of the date of inspection. Grade 4 Inadequate Provision that is inadequate requires significant improvement and/or enforcement action. The provision is failing to give children an acceptable standard of early years education and/or is not meeting the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

It will be monitored and inspected again within six months of the date of this inspection. Met There were no children present at the time of the inspection. The inspection judgement is that the provider continues to meet the requirements for registration.

Not met There were no children present at the time of the inspection. The inspection judgement is that the provider does not meet the requirements for registration. Inspection This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register.

The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children's learning, development and care, known as the Early Years Foundation Stage. Setting details Unique reference number 130497 Local authority Hertfordshire Inspection number 863980 Type of provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 0 - 17 Total number of places 37 Number of children on roll 30 Name of provider Hertsmere Leisure Date of previous inspection 03/06/2010 Telephone number 01923 470140 Any complaints about the inspection or the report should be made following the procedures set out in the guidance 'Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted', which is available from Ofsted's website: www.ofsted.

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gov.uk. Type of provision For the purposes of this inspection the following definitions apply: Full-time provision is that which operates for more than three hours.

These are usually known as nurseries, nursery schools and pre-schools and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. They are registered on the Early Years Register and pay the higher fee for registration. Sessional provision operates for more than two hours but does not exceed three hours in any one day.

These are usually known as pre-schools, kindergartens or nursery schools and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. They are registered on the Early Years Register and pay the lower fee for registration. Childminders care for one or more children where individual children attend for a period of more than two hours in any one day.

They operate from domestic premises, which are usually the childminder's own home. They are registered on the Early Years Register and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. Out of school provision may be sessional or full-time provision and is delivered before or after school and/or in the summer holidays.

They are registered on the Early Years Register and must deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. Where children receive their Early Years Foundation Stage in school these providers do not have to deliver the learning and development requirements in full but should complement the experiences children receive in school. The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages.

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