The Camp

The Camp Unit 8, Whitewalls, Easton Grey, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 0RD

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 July 2016 6 May 2015

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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

 Staff observe children's likes and interests and, through careful planning, provide activities that children enjoy.  Staff ensure children have access to a good range of attractive and stimulating environments, play materials and activities that motivate them very well.  The manager ensures staff suitability effectively. She monitors the quality of safeguarding procedures and of staff's care and interaction s very well to support children's safety and well-being. She successfully encourages staff training and uses ongoing self-evaluation well to support continuous improvement to practices and children's experiences.  Warm and caring relationships exist between staff and children. This helps all children to feel emotionally secure and confident to explore the environment and activities on offer.  Staff work well together as a team and morale is high. Their consistent and respectful behaviour provides children with positive role models.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always share information successfully with the schools children attend, to provide activities that complement their learning at school.  Staff do not always support children consistently during changes in routine, to help children know what to expect next and help them follow expectations.

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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

 strengthen methods to share information with the schools that children attend, to build more closely on what they learn elsewhere  help children more during changes to the sessions, so they know what is going to happen next and can end their play for themselves and contribute to staff expectations.

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Inspection activities

 Leadership and management discussions took place with the provider at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector observed activities and staff interactions with children.  The inspector looked at documentation, including a sample of children's records, planning and records, and checked the suitability checks of staff to work with children.  The inspector took account of the views of children and staff spoken to on the day of the inspection, and the views of parents through sampling documentation.  The inspector took account of the provider's self-evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Since the last inspection, the manager and staff have gained a secure understanding of the requirements of the early years foundation stage and meet these effectively to support children's safety and welfare. The manager and staff have a secure knowledge of safeguarding procedures and are confident to follow these should they have a concern about a child. Safeguarding is effective. Staff complete regular and ongoing first aid and child protection training to keep their knowledge up to date. Parent partnerships are good. Staff keep parents well informed about the activities and experiences that their children enjoy. The manager seeks parents' feedback as part of the self-evaluation process, to help her make improvements to the service they offer. The manager supports staff well, for example, through regular performance reviews and staff meetings. This helps her to ensure that staff have the knowledge and training to carry out their roles effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children have fun and enjoy their time at the camp. Staff provide good challenge to help children develop the skills they need to be effective learners at school. Staff involve themselves well in children's activities. They offer extension for the children, but also know when to step back so that children can develop their independence and lead their own play and learning. Children engage with enthusiasm in well-planned arts and crafts activities, which staff resource well because they know these are popular activities enjoyed by the children. Children concentrate well and show deep engagement, for example, as they make world flags and Olympic stadiums out of a range of materials as part of the Olympics 2016 theme. Staff use this activity effectively to develop children's literacy skills, creativity and knowledge of the wider world.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff work well with schools and parents to help children settle with ease. This helps children to develop confidence when first joining the camp. Staff ensure that all children learn about the fire safety procedures and the camp rules when they first start, so they are familiar with expectations and how to keep safe. Staff support children's health well. For example, children wash their hands before snack and have access to clean and suitable toilet facilities. Children enjoy physical games, with the freedom to play ball games or run around to let off energy. Children are happy. They follow the camp rules and their behaviour is very good.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY288824 Local authority Wiltshire Inspection number 1054461 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 - 8 Total number of places 40 Number of children on roll 89 Name of registered person Catherine Louise Bolwell

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Date of previous inspection 6 May 2015 Telephone number 01666 825500

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The Camp registered in 2004 and operates in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. It opens each weekday from 3pm to 6pm during school terms, and from 8.15am to 6pm in the school holidays. It closes for one week at Christmas. Children attend from four of the local schools. The owner manages the setting on a day-to-day basis and holds a relevant childcare qualification at level 3. There are four other staff, two of whom have relevant qualifications at level 3.

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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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