The Kids Club

The Kids Club Russell Hall Primary School, West End, Queensbury, BRADFORD, West Yorkshire, BD13 2AW

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 July 2016 4 July 2013

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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

 Staff provide a relaxed, friendly and welcoming environment. Children contribute to this, such as creating the menu for the cafe role play area.  Children are happy, confident and clearly at ease as they readily select what they would like to play with. Good staff deployment enables them to choose between indoor and outdoor play.  There is strong consultation with parents and the host school. This helps staff to get to know the children, complement their experiences and promote continuity in their care and learning.  Staff instil early messages to children about keeping themselves safe and healthy.  There is a strong commitment to self-reflection and continuous improvement. This means that good progress has been made since the last inspection. The manager is well qualified and she leads the team well.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Sometimes, staff do not reinforce the club rules, devised with children, when they become a little boisterous during tea. Furthermore, they do not always optimise children's independence and opportunities to make greater choices during self-care routines.  Sometimes, boys are reluctant to join in with adult-planned activities, because staff do not fully consider their particular interests to actively encourage participation.

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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

 consistently reinforce behavioural expectations and provide more opportunities for children to develop their independence further and make greater choices  review the provision more precisely so that all children's interests are considered and planned for with even greater success.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke to staff and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager and provider. She looked at relevant documentation, such as self-evaluation, action plans, children's records and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the club.  The inspector spoke to a small group of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Thorough induction ensures that staff fully understand their roles and responsibilities, and the club's policies and procedures. This includes those related to safe practices and child protection issues, reinforced during monthly team meetings. Staff supervise children closely as they move between indoors and outdoors, and display safety signs for parents and visitors. Action plans are continually reviewed and evaluated, helping staff to target areas for development well, overall. The views of parents and children are effectively considered, for instance, through questionnaires. There is regular supervision of staff. They are actively supported in attending further training that, generally, enhances children's experiences. Parents are well informed about the club, for instance, through face-to-face exchanges, displays, newsletters, a notice board and staff photographs. Parents offer very complimentary

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Knowledge gained from training has a positive impact on staff's effectiveness and interactions with children. Overall, there is effective planning for children's individual needs. Children enjoy their time at the club and are encouraged to add their ideas to the planning board. Staff complete development summary forms in conjunction with parents, nursery and Reception class staff. This includes information about what children have been learning. This helps staff in the club to support or improve children's development. Girls, especially, enjoy playing imaginatively as they bathe dolls in the water outside, chatting together confidently. They use amusing narrative as they wrap the dolls in towels, put nappies on them and take them for a walk. Boys work collaboratively, constructing models and playing with small-world figures. Staff display children's interesting artwork, showing children that this is valued.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children's emotional well-being is fostered, as they settle in with their new key person during the taster session. This is also used to exchange information with, and obtain information from, parents, for instance, through an All about me document. Children readily hang up their personal belongings on their own coat peg and sit and listen during registration time. Staff show good levels of interest in what children say and do. They engage them in conversations, such as why they need to put sun protection cream on before playing outside. Displays in the bathroom reinforce messages about healthy lifestyles, for instance, oral hygiene. Healthy eating is reflected in a menu which children contribute their ideas to. This is reinforced by activities, for example, making paper plate food collages. Overall, staff use good strategies to encourage positive behaviour, such as through the inclusive Space reward board and noise level visual aid. Staff praise children's

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

achievements, fostering their self-esteem and confidence. Children have many opportunities to reflect on, value and celebrate the similarities and differences between themselves and others.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY457681 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 1041628 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 24 Number of children on roll 47 Name of registered person Shibden Head Pre-School (Inc Kids Club) Limited

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Date of previous inspection 4 July 2013 Telephone number 07852171852

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The Kids Club was registered in 2013. The club employs three members of childcare staff. All staff hold appropriate qualifications, two are at level 3 and the manager holds a foundation degree in early years. The club is open Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 8.50am and from 3pm to 6pm, term time only. It solely accommodates the children of the host school.

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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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