Kids Corner Barlow Limited

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Staff ensure that the club is safe and set up ready for when the children arrive. They find out about children's interests and use this information to provide activities that children will enjoy and complement their learning in school.

Children enter the club with a smile and are ready to explore the activities. For example, they are eager to play board games with the staff, such as snakes and ladders. Children of all ages demonstrate that they feel safe and secure through their positive behaviour.

Staff act as positive role models and have high expectations for children's behaviour. Children understand the rules and behav...e very well. For example, children know to walk when they move about the club.

Children are kind and sensitive to each other. For instance, older children help younger children prepare their snack and invite them into their games. Staff praise and congratulate children when they share, take turns and follow the club's rules.

This support children's self-esteem well.Staff support children's speaking skills very well. Children share their ideas and thoughts with confidence and happily talk about what they have done at school with their friends.

They listen to each other with interest. Staff use these back-and forth conversations to get to know about children's experiences and their lives. This is evident as they talk about their experiences of places they have visited during their holidays.

Children eagerly tell staff about the active volcano they saw on their recent holiday and how is smelled of rotten eggs. This contributes to children's communication and language development and helps them to become confident communicators.

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

Children enjoy a wide range of activities, including small-world and imaginative and construction play.

Younger children practise their writing skills as they use a wide variety of drawing materials and craft resources. They talk excitedly about what they are doing. For example, children draw rainbows outside with coloured chalk.

Older children delight in comparing the sizes and features of the dinosaurs and discuss the different dinosaur names.Outdoors, children have daily access to the well-resourced large space. Staff motivate children to join in and exercise in the fresh air.

They provide equipment, so that children can make choices about what they would like to play with. For instance, they happily take part in active games, such as balls skills, football and skipping. These physical activities help children to improve their balance and coordination.

The staff team prioritises children's safety at the club. They carry out daily checks before the children arrive to identify any hazards. Staff fully supervise the children at all times.

Policies are shared with staff and are available for them to use. This helps to ensure everyone knows their roles and responsibilities. This is a safe and secure environment for all children.

Children gain a clear understanding of the importance of healthy lifestyles. They independently follow good health and hygiene routines. For example, children thoroughly wash their hands when they arrive at the club and before eating.

Staff provide a selection of healthy foods for children to choose from, such as fresh fruit, including watermelon and pears. There is also bread, jam, ham and cheese so children can make their own sandwiches. This contributes towards children becoming independent as they enjoy snack time with their friends.

The club is led and managed effectively. Staff recruitment processes are robust to check new staff's suitability to work with children. They complete regular training to improve their knowledge and skills.

All staff have completed safeguarding training and hold a valid paediatric first-aid qualification. Staff talk positively about the opportunities they have to progress and how well they are supported by managers.Partnerships with the host school are effective.

Staff gather information from parents and class teachers to help meet children's needs. Parents comment on the seamless care and the effective communication systems. This supports children's personal development, transitions to school, parent partnerships and the school community.

Parents speak very positively about the service they receive and praise the work the staff do. They are extremely pleased with the high level of care and experiences that their children receive. Parents say that it is a lovely club, that staff are approachable, children settle well and are always happy to attend.

They report that their children have 'so much fun' and do not want to leave at the end of the day.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.