Maxi-Mums Kids Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children are happy, confident and clearly enjoy their time in the club. They are greeted warmly on arrival by staff who know them well.

Staff and children have good relationships, and children confidently talk about all the things they enjoy, such as drawing, playing with cars, and role play. Staff engage well with children and plan activities that they know are of interest to them. They play alongside children and engage in conversations with them.

This helps develop children's social and communication skills effectively. Children play well together as they share the toys and take turns. Staff are attentive and children d...emonstrate they feel safe and secure in their care.

Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour, and children demonstrate a secure understanding of the daily routines. Children thoroughly enjoy playing outside and use the equipment confidently. Staff encourage children to develop their physical skills as they play.

For example, staff design an obstacle course and children enthusiastically run, skip and throw beanbags into hoops across the playground. Staff deploy themselves well to support all children to have an enjoyable time. Throughout the club, children are busy and engaged, and show positive behaviour.

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

The leadership team work together well and they have a clear vision for the club. They are highly reflective and eager to implement targeted action planning for continuous improvement. A robust induction process, followed by a programme of professional development and support for staff, helps leaders to make continuous improvements to their practice.

Accurate and thorough self-evaluation successfully incorporates the views of children and parents.The environment is carefully planned, with activities and resources that build on children's interests. For example, children sustain high levels of concentration making different models, using building bricks or peg boards, and talking about the shapes and colours.

Staff encourage children to try different activities. This helps develop children's personal and social skills.Staff engage in conversations with the children.

This helps to develop children's speaking skills. 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.

Staff use these conversations to get to know about children's experiences.Staff support children in learning about healthy lifestyles and children enjoy healthy nutritious snacks. Children demonstrate good levels of independence, accessing the toys they want and getting their own bags and coats when it is home time.

Children are able to independently choose to play indoors or freely access outdoors. The opportunities for outdoor play are plentiful. Children play a variety of ball games and take part in collaborative play, with plenty of space to run around freely.

This successfully promotes children's physical development.Parents are warmly welcomed at the club by staff. Communication with parents is regular and effective.

Parents praise the staff. They say that their children are settled and enjoy coming to the club. They talk of the friendliness of staff.

Parents report that since attending the club their children have developed their confidence and made new friends.Partnership working is strong. Staff have forged suitable links with teachers at school, which keeps them up to date with topics children are learning.

As a result of this partnership, staff offer activities at the club that complement children's learning at school. Staff work together in sharing strategies to maintain a consistent approach to supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Staff know the importance of information sharing to support children's well-being.

The leaders are proactive and attend training to keep themselves up to date. This is shared with the staff team and leaders role model good practice to them. Leaders ensure staff receive supervision opportunities that help monitor their performance and support their well-being.

Leaders prioritise staff training to continue to offer good-quality care for children and families.

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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