LBL Coppetts Wood

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children thrive in this bright and welcoming club. They arrive happy, warmly greeting the staff team and talking to them about their day.

As they enter the club, children know to wash their hands, choose their snack, then sit down with their friends to eat. Mealtimes are sociable, as children talk to each other and the staff team. They engage in conversations about what they have chosen to eat and how their day has been.

Children are valued. Staff listen to children's opinions and allow them to lead their own play. For example, children create games in the garden and staff actively join in, following the children's lead....r/>
Staff ensure that the activities and toys available for children follow their interests. Children are confident to ask staff for other resources if there is something else they would rather play with. For children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), staff use their knowledge to ensure that resources are available to meet each child's individual needs.

Children are encouraged to develop healthy lifestyles. They have access to a range of healthy snacks and excitedly explore the garden each session. Children benefit from use of a large field area and climbing frame, where they can develop their physical skills further.

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

Children benefit from a strong and knowledgeable staff team, who put children at the heart of all they do. Staff work well together to create a safe and secure environment for all children. They share their knowledge with each other, offering assistance and advice for ways they can each independently aid children.

Children are encouraged to be independent in a wide range of ways at the club. As children access the garden area, they put on their coats, hats and gloves. Staff encourage younger children to try themselves before offering help, praising children as they make attempts.

Children welcome this and delight as they show staff what they have achieved.Children form close relationships with each other at the club. They are kind to each other and are happy to play together regardless of age.

Staff support younger children to explain games to older children and are close by to join in with play, as and when required.Parents speak positively about the club. They find the staff team approachable and say their children love attending.

Parents appreciate the time staff take to talk to them at the end of the session about the things their children have enjoyed. Children talk of their love of the club.Children with SEND are incredibly well supported by the staff team.

Staff take time to aid their settling in to ensure that all children's individual needs can be met. Staff meet with children's teachers to ensure that there is a consistent approach for managing children's behaviour and staff expectations. The manager of the club liaises with parents regularly, so any changes to support plans are communicated fully and in a timely manner.

Children develop their imaginative skills through play while at the club. In the garden, children create a 'battleship' together, working as a team to create a ship that they can all play on. Indoors, children play with the car and garage.

They move cars around, talking to staff about where they are going. Children spend long periods of time at these activities.Staff confidently talk to children about internet safety.

Through conversations they discuss how staff can offer them support. Children talk openly about games they play and internet sites they access. Children, therefore, develop good knowledge of how to be safe online.

The staff team are dedicated and motivated to provide a good club for children to attend. The manager and staff team evaluate the club regularly. This allows staff opportunities to make changes and think of ways they can improve.

Staff complete regular training, sharing what they have learned with each other, extending their own knowledge and implementing new strategies into the club promptly. Staff feel very well supported by the manager to continually develop their skills.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

Staff have a good understanding of safeguarding. They are knowledgeable about the signs and symptoms of abuse and understand how these change depending on children's age and abilities. Staff are confident to challenge fellow staff members if necessary, and know the procedures to follow if there is an allegation against a member of staff.

Staff are deployed effectively and regularly check where children are as they play in the garden area. The manager ensures that staff complete regular safeguarding training. A robust safeguarding policy underpins their good practice.

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