Shrubberies Summer Playscheme

Shrubberies Summer Playscheme The Shrubberies School, Oldends Lane, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 2DG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 July 2016 16 August 2011

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 The manager is committed to evaluating, updating and improving all aspects of practice. The recommendations raised at the last inspection have been addressed. This has helped to ensure that the setting continues to maintain the highest possible standards.  Children who have special educational needs play and explore in particularly safe and highly stimulating environments. Staff have high aspirations for them, supporting them highly successfully to develop new skills. Children are confident to choose what they want to do. They are very keen to explore and try things out.  Staff focus on communicating very effectively with children, using a range of strategies that complement their learning at school superbly. All children are confident in their interactions with others, and develop high levels of self-esteem.  There are exceptional partnerships with parents, teachers and other professionals, which help staff to identify children's needs and interests. Staff encourage a two-way

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This provision is outstanding

flow of information sharing to help children settle well and to build on their achievements and experiences in the setting, at home and in school.  Staff are excellent role models. They teach children how to work together and respect each other. Children learn how to cope with change, understand their emotions and to manage their behaviour exceptionally well.

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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

 review the arrangements for children to use the computer, to manage turns as fairly and efficiently as possible.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of staff interactions with children, indoors and outdoors.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to during the inspection and through responses to questionnaires.  The inspector spoke to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector examined paperwork, including children's records, and policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The manager makes highly effective reflections on the setting. She takes into account the views of children, parents, staff and others to expertly target improvements to reflect children's individual needs. For example, younger children now benefit from dedicated days that they come to the setting and receive excellent support from staff to meet their specific needs. Designated staff greet the children at the start of sessions and return them to parents at the end of the day. This very successfully helps children to settle quickly. The manager monitors staff extremely well, and makes superb use of the high levels of skills and knowledge within the staff team. Staff receive excellent professional development opportunities to extend their skills further. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The manager ensures staff have a thorough understanding of how to protect children and of the reporting procedures in the setting.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff have a superb knowledge about the children. They supervise and watch them exceptionally well, noting their involvement in activities, identifying new learning and following children's interests. Staff plan exciting and challenging experiences that support children's individual needs exceptionally well. For example, children gain great benefit from exploring the sensory room and are fascinated as they interact with the different lights and sound equipment. Staff encourage children to explore and manage appropriate risks according to their stage of development. For example, when children ride the bikes in the playground, staff are nearby to remind them about the slope and to stop when others run in their way. Children enjoy being active. They climb eagerly on the equipment in the soft play area, and play hide and seek with staff.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff pay excellent attention to meeting children's care needs and supporting their individual physical and emotional well-being. They help children to communicate their needs exceptionally well. For example, staff very skilfully make superb use of picture cards and sign language. Children show confidence and choose what they want to play with from the excellent range of play materials. Overall, sensitive interventions by staff are very successful in helping children learn how to cooperate and play together. Staff use many effective methods to help children understand how to share and take turns, although the arrangements for use of the computer are not organised as well as possible. Staff praise children's achievements well. They respond enthusiastically when children say new words or use sign language to express their ideas. This significantly enhances children's self- esteem and inspires them to continue trying.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 101547 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 824658 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 5 - 11 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 28 Name of registered person Shrubberies Summer Playscheme Committee

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Date of previous inspection 16 August 2011 Telephone number 01453 822155

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The Shrubberies Summer Playscheme registered in 1996. It operates from The Shrubberies School in Stonehouse, near Stroud. The setting supports children who have special educational needs. The setting is open to all children in the local area wishing to attend; however, most children on roll are pupils who attend The Shrubberies School. The setting is open for a total of three weeks during the school summer holidays, from 10am to 3pm. Children aged five to 11 years attend on Tuesday and Thursday while children over 11years attend Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There are 13 staff who work with the children, including the manager. There are three staff who hold qualified teacher status, two staff with childcare degrees, two staff with childcare qualifications at level 4 and six staff with childcare 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. procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and

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