Premier Kenyngton Manor Wrap Around Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children appear happy and engaged with the activities provided for them. They take part in fun physical activities.

These provide children with opportunities to exercise, which supports them to establish good healthy routines. Staff plan inclusive activities that are suitable for all children to take part in. For instance, they enjoy playing a game of 'musical hoops', which involves dancing to music and then finding a hoop to stand in when it stops.

Children also learn dance routines, which staff demonstrate for them. They watch and listen to the instructions that staff give them, and they copy what they have been shown.Ch...ildren laugh and chat throughout the session, demonstrating positive interactions with their friends and staff.

On occasion, staff appropriately support children to manage their behaviour. For instance, when children run across the hall to line up, staff remind them to walk. Children show their respect for the rules by listening to staff and responding accordingly.

During snack time, the children calmly sit together. They are provided with a choice of fillings to put in their wrap, and fresh fruit. This further supports children to make good healthy choices.

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

The leadership team has a good understanding of the welfare and safeguarding requirements of the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage. They have appropriate policies and procedures in place. This includes a robust vetting and recruitment process.

They have procedures to check the ongoing suitability of staff, which includes meeting with staff regularly, renewing Disclosure and Barring Service checks every three years, and asking staff to complete self-declaration forms every year. This shows that the leadership team is mindful of the measures they need to put in place to help keep children safe.The leadership team supports staff with their training and development needs, and gives them opportunities to raise concerns and provide feedback.

As a result, staff enjoy their work and feel supported by the leadership team. This demonstrates that the leadership team encourages effective communication with staff to promote children's safety and help improve the service they provide.Staff continually risk assess throughout the session.

They check that the premises are suitable before children arrive, and they monitor safety during the session. Some children go home before snack time. Staff count them all before walking to the reception area to wait for parents to arrive.

Staff release children individually and make sure they are handed over directly to their parent. This shows that staff follow the risk assessment procedures and this promotes the safety of children.Children show a keenness to participate in the activities that staff organise for them.

They work together in teams to try to form a human bicycle. Children focus their attention on the task, and they share their ideas with each other. They enjoy taking part, even when some of them are unable to complete it.

This shows that children have a positive attitude towards challenges, and they are resilient when they do not go according to plan.Staff supervise children effectively. This enables them to notice the few occasions when they try to leave the hall unattended to use the bathroom or retrieve their belongings.

Staff ensure that children only leave the hall with another friend. They also notice when children are sitting on their own. They spend time talking to them before they happily re-join the activity taking place.

This shows that staff recognise when children's needs are not being met. They are able to help them engage with the activities and feel included.Parents are happy with the wraparound club and the range of activities that staff organise.

They appreciate the flexibility that it provides, which fits in with their work commitments. Parents say that their children like attending. Children voice their enjoyment of the sessions and some say they particularly love the gymnastics and dance classes.

This shows that the wraparound club meets the needs of children and parents.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Leaders implement good safeguarding practices and train all staff to know the safeguarding procedures.

As a result, staff have good safeguarding knowledge. They recognise types of abuse and know the procedures to follow if they have concerns about children or staff. Leaders have risk assessed the setting and implemented procedures to keep children safe, such as children going in pairs when they need to leave the hall to collect their belongings or to go to the bathroom.

Staff risk assess the premises before each session to ensure they are safe for children to use. Staff supervise children effectively and they count them at regular intervals. This helps to keep children safe.

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