Springdale After School Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children are happy to attend the club. Staff collect younger children from the classroom to ensure their safety.

Staff have a good rapport with children and the children are happy to see them. They talk excitedly about their day. Staff provide a wide range of activities that children can independently access.

They engage and play well with each other. For example, some children use their imagination with the role-play resources, making a picnic together. Other children sit quietly and play board games with their peers.

These experiences help to build on what children learn at school, such as taking turns.Children'...s behaviour is good. They are polite and kind to each other.

Older children help the younger ones. For example, older children try and help younger children learn the rules to games. Staff encourage the children to use their manners and to help in the club.

For example, tidying away after snack and before they go outdoors to play. This helps children to develop a sense of responsibility. Children have a healthy snack at the club.

Staff help to promote children's independence as staff support them to make their own sandwiches using a variety of fresh ingredients. There is also fruit available for them to eat. Snack is a social time, and the children sit together and discuss their day with each other and staff.

This re-enforces healthy messages and supports children's well-being.

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

Children and staff communicate well. Staff talk to children about their day, and they have the opportunity to discuss any worries or concerns.

Children communicate well with each other. They discuss their recent experiences. The children generally give each other time to speak.

Staff gently remind them if they do not, giving all children a chance to talk. This promotes children's social skills. It enables them to talk to other children from other year groups, which gives them different experiences from around the school.

Leaders and staff reflect on their day with each other. They discuss the planning of activities, which come from the children's interests and any current topics, for example the upcoming coronation.Leaders consider carefully how they will ensure equal opportunities for children.

Staff look to represent different cultures and festivals within their activities with the children. For example, they discuss Chinese New Year and Eid. This week the children are making crowns for the coronation of the King.

The children show the inspector their creations and explain how they are going to decorate them further once they are dry. This enhances children's art and design skills and gives them a sense of pride in what they are doing.Leaders and staff welcome all children from the school at the club, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Teaching staff report that they know that staff support all the children well, and staff help to embed rules and strategies set by the school. This enables all children to have a smooth transition to the club and helps children feel secure.Parent partnership is good.

Parents say they are happy with the club. They know their children are safe and secure there and report that without the club they may not be able to work. They like that children have a good range of activities to get involved in and they are always coming home with something new that they have made.

Children have access to the outdoor playground. They play outdoors each day and can run around with their friends. The staff ensure there are a wide range of resources for children to choose from.

Children tell the inspector that their favourite games are football and baseball. Other children enjoy playing on the fixed play equipment and use their physical skills and coordination to balance, swing and jump between apparatus.Leaders and staff liaise well with the school.

They talk to the teachers about the children's day and what activities they have being doing and if they can support them in any way. This helps to support the children's learning. They pass messages on from home and back again as necessary.

Leaders support the staff's ongoing professional development. Staff access online courses to ensure their knowledge is up to date. Staff say they feel they support each other well and are a good team.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Staff have a good understanding of safeguarding. They know the signs and symptoms of abuse and the procedures to take if they felt a child was at risk of harm.

They also understand the procedures to take if there was an allegation against a team member or manager. Leaders have a strong recruitment procedure and carry out checks to ensure staff are suitable to work with children. The club is in a safe and secure school setting.

The equipment is clean and well maintained. Staff have current paediatric first-aid qualifications. This helps to ensure that children are kept safe.

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