Quackers Out Of School Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Staff have good relationships with children. They seek children's ideas and views about the club and provide them with a wide range of activities that capture their interests.

Children enter the setting with enthusiasm and immediately absorb themselves in activities alongside their friends. They thoroughly enjoy board games, patiently take turns and learn how to follow rules. Older children are kind to their younger peers.

They give them gentle prompts and together they explore strategies about how they could win the game. Children are good communicators. They are confident to ask staff for additional resources to help the...m complete their creative artwork.

Should children need to, they can spend time in the cosy area, simply chatting or reading books with their friends. Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour. They establish clear rules and boundaries and focus on positive reinforcement.

Children know their routines well. They independently put on their coats for outdoor play and, without prompting, open doors for others and help staff to carry out equipment to the school playground. The atmosphere at the club is warm and calm.

Children of all ages form strong friendships with their peers. They show that they are extremely happy and confident at the club.

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

The manager regularly evaluates the provision.

She ensures that staff are fully aware of their roles and responsibilities and closely monitors the quality of care and play opportunities they provide children. She holds individual supervision meetings and gives feedback on staff's achievements and any identified training needs. The manager consistently fosters the emotional well-being of staff, and provides support and guidance when required.

Staff support children's communication and language highly effectively. They are responsive to children and engage them in meaningful conversations during activities. They foster opportunities to introduce words in context, such as 'sturdy' and 'interlock' as children engage in construction activities.

Children demonstrate good problem-solving skills and express their ideas confidently.Staff build on children's understanding of the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. For instance, children thoroughly enjoy sandwiches that they have personally prepared at the club.

They discuss their chosen sandwich fillings, and staff skilfully connect this to the significance of making healthy food choices. Children delight in sitting and chatting with their friends. They express their enjoyment of the variety of snacks provided by staff.

Staff provide a range of physical activities that children clearly enjoy. Children practise new skills, such as rolling, throwing and catching balls in different ways.They take great pleasure in arranging skittles and create various patterns to topple down.

Children have access to age-appropriate climbing apparatus. They understand how to take safe risks and discuss reasons for not using the equipment in wet and slippery conditions.Safety at the setting is a high priority.

Staff carry out risk assessments of the indoor and outdoor environment. They use strategies, and resources such as walkie-talkies, to communicate and deploy themselves effectively to ensure children's safety.Partnerships with parents are strong.

Staff seek information about children's interests, care and welfare needs prior to children starting at the club. They regularly share information with parents about the activities and experiences their children have taken part in. Parents comment positively about the care their children receive.

Staff nurture children's confidence and self-esteem. They take a genuine interest in children's well-being and ask them about their day. They foster a culture of respect and offer children choices, such as the activities that they would like to do.

Children behave well. They show excellent manners and say 'please' and 'thank you' throughout the session.Staff embed children's home cultures and family backgrounds into the setting.

This helps children to gain a deeper understanding of similarities and differences to their own.The manager and staff ensure that positive relationships are consistently fostered with the teachers at the on-site school. They pass on key messages to parents, which helps to support a successful flow of communication.

This significantly benefits the care and welfare needs of children.

Safeguarding

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

Also at this postcode