Funny Feet Holiday Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Leaders work closely with the local community, parents and staff to create an inclusive and safe space for children.

This is at the heart of the club and its core strength. Staff are particularly skilled at supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. All children thrive in the warm and caring atmosphere leaders and staff work hard to create.

Children enjoy being at the club. They settle quickly and form strong bonds with staff. Children describe their time at the club as 'joyful'.

They laugh, play and make friends. Children are happy. Staff have high expectations for children's behaviou...r.

Children respond positively to this and behave very well. They enjoy team games and working together. Older children praise younger ones for the effort they put in during activities.

Girls and boys take part in a wide variety of experiences. For example, boys enjoy a yoga class and girls celebrate as they score a goal during football. Children's emotional well-being is a priority for staff.

Leaders carefully monitor any potential hazards, particularly in the outside space. Staff constantly assess risks and quickly put strategies in place, if needed. Children are carefully supervised and kept safe.

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

Leaders understand that not all children have the same advantages. They provide resources, activities and experiences which children may not have access to outside of the club. For instance, children enjoy a visit from a petting zoo and talk excitedly about eating together outdoors.

All children develop social skills which will support them in their future lives.Staff say their professional skills and knowledge are supported well. They benefit from the focus leaders place on helping them gain new qualifications.

Staff highlight how leaders provide them with constant encouragement in what they do, both inside and outside the club. Staff use their training, for example, to help them keep children safe. They have regular meetings and share ideas for activities they can provide.

Staff demonstrate strong team working within the club.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 as a whole is a priority, and say they appreciate this.

Parents say there is an excellent two-way flow of information between themselves and staff. Leaders, for example, work with parents to provide consistency between home and the club.Children learn about how to keep themselves safe and well.

They pick fruit in a local orchard and learn how to cook with it. They create 'healthy plates' during craft activities and talk about which foods are good for them. Children understand when they need to wash their hands.

They talk about the club rules together and remember them.Leaders constantly reflect on the service they provide for parents and children. They use this effectively to enhance the club.

For instance, they are currently developing the resources they provide for imaginative play, in particular those used for dressing up.Staff are skilled at providing opportunities which challenge children. Children problem solve as they complete jigsaw puzzles.

They build different mathematical shapes with construction resources. The youngest children use their imaginations as they build train tracks and talk about train journeys. Children giggle with delight as they explore large blocks of ice on a warm day.

They explain they are 'grating it'. They work out that it melts if they put it in the sun. Staff help children build on the skills they learn at school.

Staff are excellent role models for children. They carefully nurture children's self-esteem. Staff support children in being persistent and gaining satisfaction from their achievements.

Children confidently turn to them for help, if needed.Children enjoy learning about each other and how they are all different. For example, they bake vegan cake together.

Leaders provide food for children that reflects their different cultures and traditions.

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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