Dawn Until Dusk Ltd @ Wixams Tree Primary

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children thoroughly enjoy their time spent in the breakfast and after-school club.

They enthusiastically select activities from a wide range of toys, games and equipment, which they willingly share with staff and other children. For example, children work out different ways to remove figures and objects frozen in ice blocks. They talk about the differences they can see from the previous day, when they placed the items into bags of water in preparation for the activity.

Children ask staff highly relevant questions to help them determine the most effective way to melt or remove the ice.Children feel valued. They create groun...d rules for club members to follow.

They display these on the walls, helping to remind themselves about the good behaviour and caring attitudes they follow in the sessions. Children vote to choose exciting themes for dedicated 'theme-night' sessions, such as pyjama parties and 'space missions'. They enjoy looking at and sticking photographs of the activities they enjoy into a book for parents and visitors to see.

New children are welcomed into the club. They choose a familiar child to be their 'buddy' for their first session. Children enjoy supporting others.

They show new children where to find things and tell them about the routine for the session. This helps children gain confidence when they take on responsibilities and helps new children to feel safe and secure quickly.

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

Staff and volunteers interact well with children.

They quickly get to know the children and show an interest in what they have been doing at school and home. For example, children chat about recent school holidays and family celebrations.Directors and regional managers monitor staff's performance, including the quality of care and activities provided.

New staff and those promoted to the position of manager receive robust inductions to help them understand their roles and responsibilities. Staff and managers access high-quality training to help support their professional development. This contributes to the excellent care and attention staff provide.

There is an effective key-person system. Staff gather information from class teachers and parents to help identify children's needs and interests. Strong communication between all parties contributes to making sure children receive the best support to keep safe, happy and healthy.

Parents are pleased with the club. They comment that their children are reluctant to leave at the end of the day. Parents have been kept informed of recent staff changes and feel that this has not disrupted the children in any way.

Children are given a choice about the food they eat for their tea. Staff carefully supervise children who have allergies or intolerances to help ensure they do not come into contact with ingredients that could make them ill.Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour.

They encourage children to help others and to clear away their plates and cups after meals and snacks. Children are respectful and polite. They ask staff to look after items they have constructed or created.

Staff carefully store these so that children can complete them or play with them another day. This helps children feel they are respected and have a voice in the club.Children enjoy riding on scooters and bicycles in the playground.

When it begins to get dark, children take torches outside to help them continue to see. This assists children to learn how they can keep themselves safe.The headteacher of the host school values the strong working relationship she and her staff have with the directors and staff at the club.

Issues, such as minor disruption through behaviour, are addressed in a consistent approach by club and school staff. This helps to maintain the strong, positive ethos that both settings have adopted.Children from the school Reception classes enthusiastically greet club staff when they are collected from their classrooms.

Teachers sign a checklist confirming that named children have been collected. Reception children settle in the club's own room before older children join them. This gives the youngest children time to discover the activities on offer in a calm and quiet environment.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Staff have a good understanding of how they can help to keep children safe from abuse, or extreme views that could lead to radical behaviour. Staff and volunteers regularly update their knowledge through training courses and discussions.

They work closely with staff from the host school to help ensure that all concerns about children's safety are dealt with. Directors and regional managers follow the robust recruitment procedures they have put in place. This assists leaders to ensure that the most appropriate people care for children.