Start Right Out of School Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children are greeted warmly by staff and are happy to go with them from their classrooms to the club. They know the staff prior to attending the club.

This is because all the staff work at the sister nursery that children previously attended. Children show positive relationships with them, such as going to the manager and asking for cuddles. These positive relationships help children to settle when they first start attending.

Children are offered toys and resources that staff know they like. This helps children to be engaged in their play. For example, staff offer children magnetic blocks that enables them to follow their ...interests to build and construct.

Children receive praise from staff and are encouraged to share with their peers. For example, when children use flour, water and paint to make slime, they are supported to work as a team to follow a recipe. Children take it in turns to stir mixture in a bowl.

They receive praise from staff, such as 'good job for helping', contributing to raising their self-esteem. Children are supported by staff to understand how they can keep themselves safe. For example, staff talk to children and read them stories about the importance of keeping their bodies private.

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

Staff find out from teachers at the host school what children are learning during the day. They use this information to help complement the experiences children receive in the club. For example, when children learn about castles in school, staff work alongside them to use chalk to draw castles, knights and a dragon on the host school playground.

Staff offer children a range of healthy meals and drinks to help promote a nutritious diet. Staff ask children to serve their own food, promoting their independence and to help them manage portion sizes. Staff help children to learn about healthy foods through, for example, discussions and looking at books.

The manager supports staff with their practice and well-being effectively. For example, staff attend supervisions and staff meetings to discuss how they can reflect on their interactions with children. Staff attend training courses that help them to understand how to identify the signs of abuse and where to report any concerns they may have regarding children's safety.

Staff use the views of children to implement rules and boundaries. This helps children to understand how to behave positively. For example, this includes to be kind and to wear aprons when they are painting.

However, occasionally, staff do not consistently help children to focus and listen to their instructions. For example, in the breakfast club, staff shake a tambourine to get children's attention before they give them instructions. This strategy is not used in the after-school club.

Children are provided with opportunities to manage their own feelings and emotions. For example, staff offer children beanbags to rest on when they feel tired. Staff offer children fidget toys to play with that helps them to be calm.

Parents and carers are kept informed about their children's day. For example, staff pass on messages from teachers at the host school. Staff speak to parents about the experiences children enjoy in the club and the food they are offered.

Parents say that staff know the children very well. They appreciate the information they receive from staff about their children's day. Parents comment that their children always look forward to attending and how the club feels like a family.

The manager and staff ask parents and children for feedback about how the club meets their expectations and to identify any improvements. This enables parents and children to feel valued. The manager and staff consider their feedback and make changes, such as adapting the menu to accommodate children's food preferences.

Children receive daily fresh air and exercise. Staff supervise children well outdoors, promoting their safety. Children have opportunities to use the host school playground and large apparatus.

They show good balance and coordination when they hold onto ropes, put their feet on wooden logs and tell visitors that they are little monkeys.

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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