Northowram Kids Club

Northowram Kids Club Northowram Community Centre, Back Clough, HALIFAX, West Yorkshire, HX3 7HH

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 April 2016 11 November 2014

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 The well-qualified manager provides staff with consistent guidance to support them in their practice. Staff benefit from regular one-to-one support meetings, which help to identify training needs and enhance their personal effectiveness.  Staff are qualified, long serving and consistent, which helps to create stability for children and their families. Staff are highly regarded by parents, who talk enthusiastically about how much their children look forward to attending the club before school, after school and during the school holidays.  Children thoroughly enjoy their time at the club. They develop very strong attachments and trusting relationships with all staff, especially with their key person. These good relationships help to promote children's self-esteem and emotional well-being.  The club is at the heart of community life. Excellent links with the local school help the manager and staff to understand children's needs and complement the learning that

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This provision is good

takes place at school.  Children of all ages are settled, relaxed and happy. Staff provide them with a well resourced and exciting range of activities that meets all their needs. Children make independent choices about their play.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The manager does not seek to include the views of staff when evaluating the provision, to enable them to contribute to the priorities for improvement.  On occasions, staff miss opportunities to learn about how children's day at school has been and use this information to extend their interests.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

 seek and include the views of staff so they consistently contribute to the self-evaluation process  enhance opportunities for staff to learn about the children's day and use this information to build further on their interests and experiences.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke to children, parents and staff and held discussions with the manager during the inspection.  The inspector observed children taking part in play activities.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of staff working in the club and a range of other documentation, including safeguarding policies and procedures.  The inspector carried out a joint observation of practice with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The quality of the club has improved considerably since the last inspection. All actions and recommendations have been fully addressed. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff are trained in child protection and know the possible signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect. They have a good understanding of safeguarding procedures and how to act upon any concerns about children's welfare. Staff are effectively deployed throughout the club and children are supervised at all times. This helps to ensure that children remain safe and feel secure. The manager has implemented a system to evaluate the strengths of the club and areas for improvement.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide lots of space and activities that support children's physical well-being. Children enjoy their interactions with staff and involve them in their games. Staff enthusiastically join in the football games that children initiate and support children as they dance and practise their gymnastic moves. Staff engage children in art-based community project work. This effectively focuses children's attention and persistence over a number of weeks. Children thoroughly enjoy making models. They concentrate and persevere in covering balloons to create the heads for the scarecrows they are making for the local community scarecrow festival. Staff effectively challenge children's thinking. For example, they encourage children to consider the amount of glue needed to stick the paper to the balloons. Young children play imaginatively in the role-play area and make pretend cups of tea and cakes for each other. Staff join in their play and engage children

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

in conversations. Children display excellent communication and social skills as they play together.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children form new and strong friendships in the club. Children of different ages play cooperatively together. Older children offer their support and encouragement to younger children and help them to feel part of the club. They involve them in exploring the dough, help them to roll it flat and divide it into sections to make pretend pizzas. Staff are good role models for children. They have a calm and dependable approach, which helps children to understand what is expected. Children's behaviour is consistently good. Children are highly motivated and display excellent levels of confidence in the club. They approach their play with enthusiasm and are fully occupied throughout the session. The manager and staff ensure that the club is flexible and responsive to individual children's needs and requirements. Staff plan activities that enable children to learn about the community in which they live, other cultures and the wider world. Children are extremely polite and

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

respectful to each other, to staff and to visitors. They sit and chat together as they enjoy the buffet style, healthy snack. The transfer from school to the club is managed well. Staff talk to children about safety and discuss the importance of wearing high-visibility jackets for the walk from school to the club. Children listen well to staff and respond to the routines including waiting patiently for the crossing patrol to help them safely to the other side of the road.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY217517 Local authority Calderdale Inspection number 1041249 Type of provision Out of school provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 4 - 11 Total number of places 60 Number of children on roll 160 Name of provider Suzanne Gibson Date of previous inspection 11 November 2014 Telephone number 01422 201770

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Setting details

Northowram Kids Club was registered in 2002. The setting employs seven members of staff. Of these, six hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The club operates before and after school, during term time, from 7.30am to 9am and from 3pm to 6pm. During school holidays, the club opens from 7.30am to 6pm.

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Setting details

This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and care, known as the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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