First Friends After School Club

First Friends After School Club Parkview Primary School, Springwood Drive, Oakwood, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 2RQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 October 2016 21 May 2015

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate 4

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This provision is inadequate

 Staff do not have a suitable understanding of child protection issues or other recent changes to safeguarding arrangements to ensure children's safety if there are any concerns.  Staff have not yet fully developed the partnership with the on-site school to achieve continuity in children's care and to help them complement the learning that takes place elsewhere.  Staff do not always clearly identify how areas for improvement will be addressed and what difference this will make to children's experiences.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff promote a very relaxed and welcoming atmosphere within the club and are positive role models for the children. They engage children in conversations about their school day as they arrive at the club. All children enter the club with confidence and immediately engage in play.  Staff organise the premises well to promote children's enjoyment. They arrange the furniture, so there is plenty of space for children to move around. They provide opportunities to play outdoors for a good proportion of the session.  Staff teach children important values, such as showing respect for others and using their good manners. They also encourage children to make their own decisions and to contribute ideas for activities.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and the Childcare Register the provider must:

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Due Date

 ensure that all staff have an up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding issues and are able to identify signs of possible abuse or neglect. 17/10/2016

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 focus more sharply on identifying how areas for improvement will be addressed and evaluating the impact any changes have on children  strengthen the partnership with other settings that children attend, in order to promote better continuity in their care and to build further on the learning that takes place in school.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities indoors and outdoors.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the deputy manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the deputy manager, the manager and the quality assurance manager. She looked at relevant documentation, such as evidence of the suitability of staff working in the club.  The inspector spoke to a small selection of parents and carers during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The arrangements for safeguarding are ineffective. Staff have not received appropriate training to ensure they are suitably knowledgeable about all aspects of safeguarding practice. They do not have a suitable understanding of different signs or indicators of abuse or neglect. Nor do they have a suitable understanding of the indicators that children may be at risk of being exposed to extreme ideas about right and wrong. Other aspects of safeguarding are suitably promoted. Managers undertake appropriate checks on the suitability of adults working in the club. There are effective procedures to collect children from school. The club maintains good adult-to-child ratios to provide appropriate supervision for children throughout the session. Staff regularly gather feedback on practice from parents and carers and analyse this information to help them establish where improvements need to be made.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The well-qualified staff team plans activities that support children's interests effectively. When they resource the activities, they make sure there is plenty of equipment, so that all children can participate. This secures children's inclusion effectively. Staff promote children's independence well and they quickly develop these skills. For example, they take responsibility for putting away their coat and bag when they arrive and serve themselves food at teatime. They confidently choose which activities they want to play with. Children enjoy the activities and keep play going for long periods of time, demonstrating perseverance when they encounter problems. For example, they extend the train track and work out how to fix a problem with the bridge. Staff interact well with children during play. They help children to learn new skills, for example, how to play games and recognise different mathematical terms, in order to win. Staff ask parents and carers to provide

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

information about children's needs, so that they can provide any necessary support.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Systems to ensure staff have a sound understanding of safeguarding issues are not effective, as a result, children's welfare is compromised. Nevertheless, children demonstrate that they enjoy going to the club. Staff are sensitive and supportive to children throughout the session and promote their emotional well-being effectively. Children have extremely good relationships with each other and are very considerate and respectful. Staff organise themselves well throughout the session. For example, they prepare tea early, so that children who are going home early can enjoy the meal. Staff give children lots of attention and show that they are valued. For example, when children make faces out of their food, staff take photographs to record their efforts. Staff support children effectively to recognise that certain actions, such as kneeling on chairs, may be unsafe. Staff make good use of activities to help children learn new things. For example, a

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

current activity based around healthy lifestyles is encouraging children to think about healthy foods, sugar intake and the importance of exercise.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY332468 Local authority Derby, City of Inspection number 1058298 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 3 - 11 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 47 Name of registered person First Friends P.D.N. Limited

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Date of previous inspection 21 May 2015 Telephone number 01332 835 439

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First Friends After School Club was registered in 2006. The club is open Monday to Friday from 7.30am until 9am and from 3.15pm until 6pm during term time. The club opens on school inset days from 7.30am until 6pm. The club offers holiday care at one of its other settings. The club employs four members of staff, who all hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 2 or above.

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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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