The Holiday Club

The Holiday Club Grange Park Primary School, Calcott, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 1YQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 August 2016 Not applicable

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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

 Children form warm and trusting relationships with familiar adults and make friends with each other. They display a strong sense of belonging as they arrive in the club. Children respect each other's opinions when they play together. This reinforces their self-confidence and emotional well-being.  The manager has a good knowledge of how young children learn. She plans a broad range of activities and experiences. Children share and express their views and choices. This helps to engage and motivate them to join in with activities and play with their friends.  Children share and express their views and choices with staff about what they want to play with. This helps to engage and motivate them to join in with activities and play with their friends.  Staff are good role models; they use effective strategies and provide clear guidance for children about acceptable behaviour. Staff skilfully reinforce the club rules at times

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This provision is good

throughout the day. This results in a safe environment where children's personal, social and emotional development are strongly supported.  Staff build positive relationships with parents. All children benefit from good effective verbal communication. This promotes continuity of care for children, in particular those who speak English as an additional language.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The club does not focus precisely enough on finding out what children already know and can do from parents and other practitioners in settings where children also attend.  Systems for monitoring staff's work with children are not fully embedded to further enrich staff practice.

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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 partnership working with parents and other settings children attend so that information about children's development is shared in greater detail to help staff to complement children's learning as they play  devise even better systems for performance management and how staff are monitored so that all staff know what they must do to continually improve their skills and raise the quality of practice.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector conducted a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector observed activities and the quality of teaching.  The inspector held meetings with the provider, who is also the manager of the provision. She had discussions with other staff members about their roles and responsibilities, including safeguarding.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and carers spoken to on the day and in documentation.  The inspector looked at a selection of policies and procedures, which included safeguarding, evidence of planning and evaluation of activities and a range of other documentation.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability and qualifications of staff working with children and evidence of self-evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager uses self-evaluation to reflect on the club's practice. She includes the opinions of staff, parents and children in her reflections to maintain high standards. The manager fully understands her responsibilities and has developed robust policies and procedures. She is vigilant in ensuring these are understood by staff and implemented effectively. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The manager follows local safeguarding procedures to ensure that children are fully safeguarded. Staff are alert to the signs that may indicate that a child is at risk of abuse. There are clear club procedures in place. Staff know how to respond to any concerns about children's welfare. There is a successful system of employment and induction. The manager ensures staff are suitable to work with children. She identifies some training needs as she works alongside them. Staff make the time to talk to parents daily to share information. This means that all

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

children, particularly those who speak English as an additional language, benefit from continuity in their care and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff are committed to providing play experiences that take account of children's interests. Children actively take part in planning future activities. Overall, children continue to develop the skills they need to complement their learning at school and for the future. There are good systems in place for children to choose from a wide range of activities and experiences. Children concentrate for long periods of time as they play with dough. They are keen to develop their ideas further and solve problems. Staff sit with children and demonstrate how they are able to manipulate the dough. Staff talk to children about their ideas. This helps to develop children's play and ideas and expand their communication and language skills. Staff actively get involved with children's play, which supports them to stay engaged and interested in the activities. Children play board games. They listen to the member of staff's instructions, which helps them to follow the rules of the game.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Written risk assessments are used to identify potential hazards for children. Staff make daily checks to ensure good steps are taken to remove or minimise any potential risks. The manager ensures that all required documentation and permissions are shared with parents. This helps to ensure children's safety, health and well-being. Children behave well and play cooperatively. Staff are good role models. There are excellent boundaries and expectations that encourage good behaviour. Staff interact well with children and offer lots of praise and encouragement for their efforts. They encourage children to help each other. Older children support younger children when they need help with aprons for painting. Children play imaginatively. Older children support their younger friends as they cooperate to develop a story even further. Children talk to others in a calm, polite and respectful manner. They learn to play well together and negotiate with their peers. This

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

helps to promote their social skills. There are lots of opportunities for children to play outside in the extensive school grounds. Children are provided with a healthy snack of fresh fruit and vegetables. They join in with setting the table and confidently and politely offer their friends a choice of snack.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY491827 Local authority Telford & Wrekin Inspection number 1022832 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 - 10 Total number of places 32 Number of children on roll 27 Name of registered person Nicole Roden

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07972812477

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The Holiday Club was registered in 2015. The club employs three members of childcare staff and two volunteers. Of these, one holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3, one holds an older years qualification at level 3 and one has qualified teacher status. The club opens during each school holiday, except for Christmas. Sessions are from 8.30am until 5.30pm. The club supports children who speak English as an additional language.

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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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