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Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The leadership team is consistently reviewing and improving the policies, procedures and practice at the clubs. Parents receive comprehensive information about the company ethos, their children's activities, play and achievements.

• Parents said that the after-school club offers a valuable service and the holiday club attracts children from the surrounding schools. They said that their children thoroughly enjoyed attending the clubs and developing friendships with children of all ages. • The leadership team welcomes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

It liaises closely with parents, children and school staff in advance t...o agree how they can work together to balance the needs of all children. • Staff have excellent skills in mentoring older children. However, they are relatively new to developing practice across the early years foundation stage.

Sometimes, staff do not make the most of opportunities that arise to challenge young children to higher levels of creativity. • Staff follow clear and effective procedures for registering children at the start of each club session. However, on occasions, the noise levels in the club room are so loud that the youngest children find it difficult to engage in conversations with each other or relax.

• Staff provide children with the option of a light snack on entry. This sustains the youngest children and gives them the energy to enjoy their time with friends. Staff also provide a light tea after 4.

30pm. This meets the needs of those children who arrive at a later time. Parents said that collection and home times were easier because their children had eaten well.

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