Orchard Breakfast and Afterschool Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children are handed over to staff in this safe and secure setting by their class teachers.

Details about their day are shared as children are warmly greeted by staff. Staff allow children opportunities to share what has happened during their day, including what has gone well and not so well. Children understand the routines and expectations in the setting.

As they come in, they put away their belongings, sanitise their hands and find something of interest to play with. Children happily engage in meaningful play. They play with purpose, sharing their interests with others.

Children's behaviour is good. They form fr...iendships and support each other. When older children see younger children struggling, they are quick to help them out.

For example, older children make younger children paper aeroplanes, so they can join in with their games. Children's independence is promoted. They develop resilience as staff provide them with encouragement to continue with tasks which they may find difficult.

For example, when children initially say they are unable to do their zips, staff give them the confidence to try again. Children beam with pride as they show staff and their peers that they have done it.

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

Staff know children well.

They set out a range of interesting activities that draw children's attention as soon as they arrive. Staff plan activities to meet the needs of different ages of children attending. Children help to adapt activities across the afternoon, choosing what they would like to take part in.

Staff are extremely responsive to children's needs. They follow children's interests, adapting plans for the afternoon to allow children opportunities to explore further experiences that have captured their imaginations. For example, after an impromptu session of making paper aeroplanes, children ask to go outside to fly them in the wind.

Staff enthusiastically facilitate this, helping children to use the wind direction to make the planes fly as far as possible.Staff enable children to develop their communication and language skills. They engage in meaningful conversations with children.

Children willingly share their knowledge of different topics, such as species of snakes, as they play with resources. During arts and crafts activities, staff provide younger children with new vocabulary and allow children to talk about their own past experiences.Partnership with parents is good.

Parents speak very positively of the setting and comment that their children enjoy attending. They feel well informed of what is happening at the setting, receiving termly newsletters and daily verbal feedback.Staff promote healthy lifestyles to children.

Children enjoy making healthy choices, such as as they make their own sandwiches and choose their own fillings, fruit and vegetables. Children are physically active. They enjoy time outside playing football and using hula hoops, moving their bodies in different ways.

Children within the setting are confident. They talk fondly of the time they spend at the setting, the staff and the experiences that they have access to. Children feel that they have a voice within the setting and that if they need to talk to someone, there would always be someone to listen.

Children enjoy spending time with their peers and at events, such as movie nights with hot chocolate.Staff acknowledge and celebrate what is important to each child and family. They promote fundamental British values.

Children are extremely respectful of each other. They understand the importance of listening when others are speaking. Children ask questions that show an interest in the experiences of others.

They realise that they are all unique but equal, allowing for the development of positive self-esteem.Leaders and managers are reflective. They seek regular feedback from parents and children, regularly looking at how they can make improvements to the service which they offer.

Staff feel supported within their roles and are offered continuous training to develop their skills and knowledge.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Safeguarding training is provided for all staff within the setting.

Staff demonstrate a clear understanding of how to keep children safe from harm or abuse. There are clear recording and reporting procedures in place. During daily registration time, children are reminded of what to do if there is an emergency or fire drill.

Children confidently relay where the meeting point is in a fire drill and the procedure to follow. The setting has robust procedures in place for the collection of children, which all staff are aware of. Risk assessments of all areas of the setting are carried out daily.

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