Red Banana Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children are happy and enjoy their time at the club.

For instance, they confidently seek out a member of staff when they need support, such as when they need reassurance. Staff respond with warmth and kindness. This helps children to develop strong bonds with staff and helps them to settle quickly when they arrive at the club.

Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. They teach children the rules of the club, such as walking feet when they are indoors, and 'kind hands' when they are playing with their friends. Staff remind children of the rules at appropriate times during the sessions.

This helps chi...ldren to show positive behaviour. Staff consider children's voices as they plan for each session. For instance, they ask children what they would like to do and they follow children's interests.

This enables staff to organise activities that children are eager to take part in. Staff provide clear instructions and they consider how to adapt activities to enable all children to join in. For instance, staff support younger children to choose what they would like to put on their pizzas, while older children are encouraged to think about which foods are good for them.

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

Leaders ensure that they have good oversight of the club and they are reflective of the service they provide. They act on any ideas and suggestions to improve the quality of care children receive. This includes incorporating children's ideas into the daily planning.

This promotes children's interests and engagement in the activities and experiences during each session.Leaders implement robust systems to check the suitability of staff. This includes ensuring the required checks are completed before staff start working at the club.

Leaders support staff to understand their roles and responsibilities. For instance, they have regular informal discussions and one-to-one meetings with staff. This enables leaders to provide effective coaching, mentoring and support to help staff to strengthen their practice.

Parents are very happy with the club. They report that their children enjoy attending. Parents say that their children are safe and well looked after.

Staff gather appropriate information from parents, which helps them to meet children's individual needs. However, there are some inconsistencies around how much information parents receive from staff. This does not fully enable parents to be well informed of their child's activities and routines when they are at the club.

Children benefit from opportunities to learn to do things for themselves with gentle support and guidance from staff. For instance, children show determination and perseverance as they try to put on their own coats. Staff recognise when to step in to provide appropriate help.

This enables children to develop their independence skills.Staff support children to develop an understanding of how to look after themselves. For example, they remind children to wash their hands before they handle food, and staff encourage children to talk about healthy eating.

This helps children to learn about making healthy choices.Staff arrange the environment to make it inviting for children to focus their interest on the activity of their choosing. For instance, children enjoy spending time making up their own imaginary games using the available resources around them.

Staff supervise children well, and step in to offer support at appropriate times. For instance, when children enjoy riding on the bikes in the outside area, staff encourage them to use the bikes safely. This helps children to learn how to keep themselves safe.

Staff support children to show good behaviour by role modelling how they expect children to behave. For example, staff use positive language during their conversations with children. This includes giving children appropriate praise when they complete a task for themselves, or when they are kind to their friends.

This helps children to learn how they are expected to behave.

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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