K@Boom Before and After School Club and Holiday Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children arrive excitedly at this friendly club, where they are met by staff with smiles and conversations about their day at school. Children engage immediately in a range of activities planned for them by staff that know children well. Activities are fun and engaging for children and reflect their personal needs and interests.

For example, younger children enjoy colouring pictures of their favourite cartoon characters and older children play basketball and card games. Staff plan activities that support children's emotional development. For example, children enjoy designing and creating their own 'emoji's' as staff work alongside ...them, talking to them about facial expressions and feelings and what they mean to them.

Children's behaviour is good. They are polite and follow the club's rules and routines consistently. Children are rewarded with stickers and certificates in recognition of their efforts and personal achievements, this supports their self-esteem and confidence.

Children play happily alongside their friends and children of all ages play well together. They show high levels of concentration as they interact with each other. Older children read stories to younger children, and they play happily together, solving puzzles and constructing marble runs.

They laugh excitedly and congratulate each other with 'high fives' as they successfully complete their puzzles.

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

The club is highly organised, and provision is well planned. Managers create and supervise play zones that encompass a range of activities, including painting and craft areas, quiet spaces for reading and spaces for children to be physically active.

Managers create rotas and implement registers to ensure that children are well supervised and kept safe within the zoned play areas. Children, therefore, feel safe and secure and greatly enjoy their time at the club.Staff ensure the premises are safe and suitable for children.

They assess risks daily and act when hazards are identified. All staff know how to support children with specific allergies and medical needs. They take appropriate steps to ensure the health and safety of children within the club.

However, children are not consistently encouraged to follow the club's healthy eating policy. For example, staff are not fully proactive in encouraging children to make healthier food choices at snack time.Managers and staff liaise with the school effectively on a daily basis for the benefit of all children.

They have meetings with the deputy headteacher and the school's special educational needs coordinator to share information about children attending the club. This helps to support continuity of care for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.Children demonstrate trust and confidence when talking to staff.

They feel that staff listen to their ideas and that they value their contributions. Older children use clip boards and questionnaires to gather the views and opinions of other children attending the setting. Their feedback is shared with managers who use this to further develop the provision in response to children's ideas and requests.

Children develop their independence. They hang up their coats and belongings and follow hygiene routines independently. They are encouraged by staff to help clear away and set up activities after snack time.

However, children are not consistently encouraged by staff to take on the responsibility of tidying away toys and resources after playing with them, to help keep the environment clean and tidy.Staff work well together. They meet regularly with managers to evaluate the provision and to identify ongoing training that will develop their knowledge and skills further.

Staff consider the children's needs and interests when making improvements to the care they provide. Managers provide staff with access to ongoing online training to support them in their roles. Staff undertake appropriate training such as safeguarding, first aid and food hygiene training regularly.

Parents report favourably about the setting. They comment positively on the care their children receive and the fun they have while they are at the club. Parents feel that their children develop positive and trusting relationships with staff.

They are aware of and appreciate the activities their children take part in, and they are happy with the care provided for their children.

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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