Grand Avenue Out Of School Club

Grand Avenue Out Of School Club Grand Avenue Primary & Nursery School, Grand Avenue, Berrylands, Surrey, KT5 9HU

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 27 September 2016 29 June 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 and staff have worked successfully together to make improvements since the last inspection. For example, they precisely record children's hours of attendance, and any incidents that occur, and share them with parents effectively.  The manager and staff provide a welcoming environment for children. They celebrate children's cultural and language differences and teach children to respect one another.  Partnership working with parents and school staff is effective. The manager and staff share information regularly and talk to parents about their children's experiences, which helps to enhance the continuity in their care.  Children form warm relationships with their key person and other staff. Staff engage with children well during play and use positive praise to support children's confidence and self-esteem.  Staff organise a wide range of resources and experiences to complement the children's

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Occasionally, staff do not encourage children to manage everyday tasks independently, for example, during snack time.  The manager and staff do not consistently provide children with healthy food and drink options at snack time, to help encourage them to make healthy choices. For instance, children are offered a range of foods and drinks that contain sugar.

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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

 enhance chances for children to build on their independence skills  provide healthier snacks and drinks to help enhance children's growing understanding of living a healthy lifestyle.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector had a tour of the club and discussed how the club operates.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager.  The inspector spoke with staff, parents and children during the inspection and observed children at play.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability checks and qualifications of staff. She looked at a sample of children's records, risk assessments, and discussed a range of policies, including safeguarding, complaints and behaviour management procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The manager ensures that all staff know what to do should they have any concerns about a child's well-being. She provides ongoing support and mentoring for staff. For example, the manager regularly observes staff, holds supervision meetings and appraisals, and encourages training opportunities to benefit children. The manager regularly reflects on practice and takes into account the views of the parents, staff and children. She makes changes to provide activities that motivate children to join in. The manager ensures that staff and parents work together and provide effective support for children who require additional support or have medical requirements. The manager ensures that the well-qualified and experienced staff meet the needs of all children. She deploys staff effectively and they have a confident knowledge of how to respond and deal with a number of medical emergencies.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff regularly observe children and plan a range of stimulating experiences for them based on their interests and abilities. For example, staff provide play dough and tools, which children use to make pizzas with different toppings. Children enjoyed constructing models with bricks and made patterns out of large screws. Children are creative, for instance, they draw colourful pictures. Staff help children to rest after their school day. For example, they have created a cosy corner for children to relax and read magazines. Staff interact with children positively and encourage them to join in a wide range of activities with their friends. For instance, children played different board games and initiated a game with a collection of dinosaurs.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Key persons help individual children to become confident and to feel secure in the club, and to settle in well. Staff work consistently as a team and adopt clear boundaries to help children understand the rules of the club. Older children support younger ones and make positive friendships. All children behave well and understand how to stay safe in the club. Staff encourage children to be active, for instance, they provide children with daily opportunities for physical exercise outdoors. Children enjoy playing different ball games, such as hockey, and they play with hoops and tackle obstacles on the playground. Children engage in a wide range of experiences to celebrate a variety of festivals from around the world throughout the year. Staff encourage children to display their creations and they proudly showed the inspector what they had made.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 405547 Local authority Kingston upon Thames Inspection number 1054705 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 50 Number of children on roll 116 Name of registered person Grand Avenue Out Of School Club Committee

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 29 June 2015 Telephone number 07974 793049

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Grand Avenue Out Of School Club registered in 1999. The club provides care before and after school. It is located within Grand Avenue Primary and Nursery School in Berrylands, Surrey. The breakfast club operates between 7.45am and 9am and the after-school club operates from 3.05pm to 6pm each weekday, during term time. The club employs 10 staff. Four staff hold qualifications at level 3 and two staff hold qualifications 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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