Kidz Klub

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children receive a warm welcome from staff as they arrive and show they are happy to attend this inviting and friendly club.

They form close and trusting relationships with staff, who get to know them and their families well. Staff know precisely when not to interrupt children's play. This enables children to remain fully engaged in their play without disturbing their thoughts and ideas.

Nevertheless, children welcome staff's sensitive interactions in their play. They are keen to share recent experiences with staff because they know that they show a genuine interest in what they have to say. This inspires children to use d...ifferent media, such as watercolour paints, to express their ideas.

They paint intricate sea creatures and experiment adding more water. Children are fascinated how the colours begin to merge. Staff praise children for their achievements.

This motivates them to add more detail to their creations. Children remain engaged in rich conversations with staff and each other about their families and the different types of food they eat at home for sustained periods of time.Children know to immediately stop what they are doing when staff blow a whistle and listen carefully to their instructions.

They show respect for their environment as they eagerly tidy away what they have finished playing with and dispose of any rubbish in the bin. Children are independent. Staff encourage children to find their own belongings and manage their personal care needs.

Children consistently follow a good hygiene routine. Outdoors, children thoroughly enjoy playing a parachute game. They work together to keep a ball on the parachute, lifting it high while laughing and squealing with excitement as they take turns to run underneath.

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

Leaders are committed to their roles and invest in their staff team. They consistently monitor staff practice and provide them with good opportunities to complete training to build on their knowledge and skills. Training is targeted to meet the individual needs of staff and children.

Leaders provide time on a regular basis for catch ups and well-being discussions with staff. This is in addition to planned supervision meetings. This helps to support the continued growth and development of the club.

Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour and conduct. They encourage children to recall the club rules at the start of the session. Children confidently demonstrate their understanding of safety rules and identify potential hazards in the environment.

Staff support them to learn how to keep themselves safe, such as understanding why they should not climb the nets in the sports hall. Children show respect. They listen to others' suggestions, raising their hand and waiting patiently for their turn to speak.

Children of all ages form friendly relationships with one another. They understand the importance of sharing resources and activities. Older children are positive role models, they include their younger friends in team games, such as football matches.

Children say that they 'enjoy their time' at the club 'because they can make new friends'.The staff team communicate well with each other to ensure that children remain safe and their needs are met. They use walkie-talkies to communicate essential information and request additional support when supervising children across different areas of the building.

Children benefit from a rich range of opportunities that enhance their physical skills, both indoors and outdoors in the fresh air. They thoroughly enjoy the freedom to run around and develop new skills, such as balancing and walking on stilts. Children have a positive attitude and persevere to perfect this skill.

This helps them to develop their core stability in readiness for a roller-skating session. Visits from professional sports coaches introduce children to new sports, such as basketball and boxing. Outings to the local park with staff help children to learn about how to stay safe when crossing roads and offer children access to different apparatus, such as a zip line.

Staff work in close partnership with parents to gather the information they need to ensure children's individual needs are met during their time at the club. This is shared with the whole staff team to ensure a consistent approach. Daily communication at the start and end of each day is strong.

Parents speak highly of the provision and staff team. They comment how their children 'love to attend the club' and feel that their children receive a varied range of experiences that reflect their interests. They describe staff as 'very friendly' and 'welcoming'.

Staff make the best possible use of the surrounding areas to inspire children's curiosity and exploration. They take children on nature walks, carefully collecting bugs and insects in magnifying pots so they can observe and compare their features in detail before returning them to their natural habitat. Visits from community professionals and therapy dogs help children develop an understanding of people who support them.

For example, they learn how to stay safe when near water and experience the calming benefits of gently stroking a therapy dog, promoting their own emotional well-being and awareness of how they can help others.

Safeguarding

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