Green Park Play Club

Green Park Play Club Mad House, 240 South Oak Way, Reading, RG2 6UL

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 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

 Managers provide effective support, monitoring and programmes of professional development for staff. Staff use their skills and knowledge well to offer children good opportunities.  Staff plan and offer stimulating activities, overall. Staff use their knowledge of the children and their interests well to engage them. Children enjoy their time at the holiday club.  Staff build strong bonds with children within relatively short timescales. Children settle quickly when they first arrive and feel confident to interact with staff. Staff provide good opportunities for children's ideas to be heard.  Staff develop good relationships with parents, sharing information to provide effective continuity of care. Parents speak highly of the manager and the staff team and say that their children enjoy using the club.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always consider the environment to support children's enjoyment further. For example, children engaged in quieter activities do not have comfortable areas to relax in and, at times, noise levels make it hard for them to concentrate fully.  Staff sometimes complete tasks for children that they could manage themselves and occasionally the high level of planning for some activities reduces children's independence.

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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 organisation of space and resources to make it easier for children who want to concentrate or to relax  provide more opportunities for children to develop their independence further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector toured area of the setting children use.  The inspector spoke to parents to gain their views.  The inspector spoke to the nominated person, the manager and staff to determine their understanding of the requirements of the early years foundation stage.  The inspector observed staff's interactions with children and carried out a joint observation with the nominated person.  The inspector looked at written policies and other relevant documents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Managers use self-evaluation well to identify and make improvements that offer better experiences for children. For instance, a recent improvement to registration systems helps staff to collate children's information quickly, to meet their needs more effectively. Managers oversee staff supporting children to learn how to keep themselves safe. For example, children take part in regular emergency evacuations and have fun putting together rules and boundaries for the club. Staff carry out effective risk assessments of the environments that children use. This helps to ensure that children are more likely to be safe from harm. Supervision is good. Safeguarding is effective. Managers ensure that staff have a thorough understanding of how to identify and report concerns about children's welfare. They follow strong recruitment procedures to ensure that those working with children are suitable. Managers know how to work with other professionals to support

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

children. For instance, they have regular support from local authorities and understand when to liaise with the schools children attend, sharing information to support children's development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff are enthusiastic and offer children good opportunities to make choices and to have fun. Children make good friendships with others. Staff help them to expand on their ideas and to express themselves, for example, asking them interesting questions. Children enjoy using their physical skills as they climb, slide and manoeuvre in soft-play areas and play football. Children write for a purpose and enjoy looking at books. They use their imagination well. For example, they go on a magical adventure, pretending to travel to far away countries to find treasure. Children enjoy some opportunities to learn about people's differences within their wider world. They enjoy using some technology to support their understanding of the world. Staff plan opportunities for children to go on outings.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff have realistic expectations of what children can achieve. Children enjoy receiving praise and encouragement. Staff are good role models for children, encouraging the use of their manners and discussing expectations for the club. Overall, children behave well. Staff support children to learn about healthy routines. For example, children enjoy eating fruit at snack time and taking regular exercise, and staff remind them of the benefits on their bodies. Staff prepare children well for changes in their routine, informing them throughout the day about what they will be doing next.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY479013 Local authority Wokingham Inspection number 983347 Type of provision Full-time 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 35 Number of children on roll 57 Name of registered person Reading Borough Council

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01189372632 and 01189372636

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Green Park Holiday Club registered in 2014. It operates from the Mad House Play Centre at Green Park in Reading, Berkshire. The club operates Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5.30pm during school holidays with the exception of Christmas. There are six staff members who work with children. The manager holds a relevant play-work qualification at level 3 and one member of staff hold a qualification at level 2.

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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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