Bradway After School Club

Bradway After School Club Bradway Primary School, Bradway Drive, SHEFFIELD, S17 4PD

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 September 2016 13 March 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

 The manager takes rigorous action to improve the quality of provision. Staff share her ambition and high expectations for children's happiness and success. They work strongly as a team and the club has improved well since the previous inspection.  Children are well behaved. Staff are positive role models and relationships are good. Staff know children and their families well. Children develop strong bonds with staff and form good friendships with other children.  Parents appreciate the care staff provide. They know their children's key person. They receive useful information about their children's activities and good guidance to support their development at home.  Staff have a good understanding of how children learn and develop. They provide a range of imaginative and challenging activities which engages children of all ages and interests. Staff provide sensitive support to children who have special educational needs

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This provision is good

or disability.  The staff work closely with the school and other settings children attend. For example, they share daily information about children's successes and concerns and plan topics together.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Although good standards are achieved and maintained, staff development is not sufficiently focused on raising standards to the highest possible level.

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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 procedures for staff's professional development and focus more sharply on raising the overall quality of the provision to outstanding.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities indoors and outside.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the club's manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the club's manager. He looked at relevant documentation, such as the club's self-evaluation and evidence of the suitability of staff.  The inspector spoke to a small selection of parents and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager acted promptly, with effective staff support, to secure good improvements since the last inspection. For example, they established a new staffing structure and clear lines of responsibility. The manager gathers the views of parents, children and staff to evaluate the club's effectiveness and to plan for future improvement. Staff have a good knowledge and understanding of the needs of young children. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. There are good supervision arrangements and procedures to check staff's suitability to work with and care for children. Staff are trained well in child protection and first aid. They have a good understanding of how to keep children safe and free from harm. They apply their knowledge to create a secure and welcoming environment.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The staff gather useful information from children's parents and the school they attend to find out what children already know and can do when they first start. Staff plan imaginative and engaging activities that meet the needs of all groups of children. They work with the school that children attend, to broaden their experiences. For example, children participate in interesting physical activities linked to a topic on the Olympic Games, building on learning taking place in the reception class. Staff help children to make decisions about their play and to try hard. For example, the staff support children when they decide to make models of a well-known patchwork elephant. They provide materials and encouragement as children very carefully stick squares of tissue in place. Staff provide good opportunities for children to sit quietly with a book and relax at the end of a busy day.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff set a good example for children to follow. For example, staff establish the ethos for the session through the warm and friendly registration activity when children first arrive. The children behave in a very positive and orderly way. There is a calm, friendly and busy atmosphere throughout the club. Children are polite and friendly. Children of all ages play together happily. For example, they help each other to mix paints and decide on the next colour for their giant splatter pictures. Parents comment positively on the way children quickly settle in and grow in confidence when they first start. Staff promote children's knowledge and understanding of healthy lifestyles and of good hygiene procedures. They help children, including those with specific dietary needs, make healthy choices and enjoy a well-balanced range of food for breakfast and snacks. Children follow instructions and contribute to making the club's rules and routines. They learn to persist and take their

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

time to complete a task carefully.They tidy up together very efficiently. Staff help children to be tolerant towards those who hold different ideas and beliefs to their own. For example, they celebrate a range of cultural festivals to develop children's understanding. Children enjoy their time in the club and know that staff respect and care for them.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY273034 Local authority Sheffield Inspection number 1058230 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 53 Number of children on roll 112 Name of registered person Bradway After School Club Committee

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Date of previous inspection 13 March 2015 Telephone number 0114 2360104

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Bradway After School Club registered in 2003. The club runs a breakfast club between 8am and 8.50am and an after school club between 3.05pm and 6pm, during term times only. The club employs five members of staff. Of these, two hold an early years qualification at level 3 and two hold an early years 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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