Ultimate Activity Camps at Sutton High School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Staff warmly welcome the children as they arrive.

They take time to speak to parents and share information. This helps staff understand how to care for the children. Staff know the children well.

They value children's ideas and provide activities they enjoy. Children choose what activities they would like to participate in on arrival. All children are relaxed and secure at the camp.

Parents say children look forward to attending. Children tell the inspector they like coming to the camp. They like the activities and sports.

Children are kind, they make friends, and the staff take time to listen to them. St...aff are very attentive and engage well with the children as they play. They encourage children to learn and practise new skills, for example, during tennis.

Staff demonstrate when necessary, such as how to serve and hold the racquet. They keep children motivated and engaged, helping them to persevere. Staff praise the children sincerely for their efforts and achievements.

Children gain a sense of pride at achieving new skills. Children form positive friendships with their peers and staff. Staff model respect and kindness, which children demonstrate very well.

Staff help children to understand clear routines and promote their sense of security as they explain what is going to happen next. They use picture routines to help children who are learning to speak English as an additional language to understand. Children are all happy, enjoy their time at the camp and behave very well.

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

The manager is very supportive of staff. She monitors practice and the quality of service. She reflects on the provision with staff to help them improve.

The manager ensures professional development opportunities focus precisely on encouraging staff to develop their individual knowledge and skills. They make changes to routines and the activities they provide for children, when needed, to better meet the children's needs. Staff comment that they enjoy working at the camp and feel very well supported by the manager within their role.

Staff recognise the importance of working closely with parents and the schools that children attend. They ensure information about each child is gathered on the application form before children start to ensure they know how to support them effectively. Drop off and collection times are also used as essential times to communicate with parents, and exchange important information about the children.

This helps the staff meet the individual care and well-being needs of the children that attend.Younger children are assigned a key person to ensure that their emotional well- being needs are met and help them feel secure in the environment. Children know that they can talk to the staff should they feel upset, worried or anxious.

They are gently guided by staff, who effectively supervise them as they play. Children behave exceptionally well.Children are independent and confident.

The younger children competently ask for help when needed. They wash their hands before mealtimes, which are sociable occasions. Children sit and talk excitedly with each other about their day.

Staff listen to children and engage with them in lengthy conversations. Staff monitor children's lunch boxes to ensure they are healthy and nutritious and they have enough to eat. Staff are aware of children's dietary needs and any allergies.

They inform parents of items to avoid having in children's lunch boxes to help ensure children are healthy and safe.Staff ensure opportunities provided promote children's physical skills. Children have plenty of opportunities to be outside playing in the fresh air.

They participate in swimming along with a range of indoor games. Staff help children to understand time, as they talk about when certain activities will start. Some children talk about what they did yesterday.

They understand amounts as they play party games, learning about how many less cones they have when the music stops. Staff are consistently very well deployed and always supervise children.Staff complete thorough risk assessments.

They are always very alert and vigilant. Staff help children to understand how to keep themselves safe, such as to stand in a line as they move from one room to the next. They ensure staff stand by the door as they leave a room and wait for all children to leave the room before stepping away for the door to close.

They help children to understand that the floor in the hall is a little slippery and is safer if they take their shoes and socks off as they play so they do not have an accident.

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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