Schools Out

Schools Out Bognor Regis Youth And Community Centre, Westloats Lane, Bognor Regis, PO21 5JZ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 January 2017 11 May 2016

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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 Inadequate 4

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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 help children to learn about staying safe. They leave them to discover risks for themselves without sufficient guidance.  The manager and staff do not give children clear messages about how to behave and how their actions affect other children, to help them learn what is expected of them.  The manager does not fully understand her role and that of staff. She does not make effective use of monitoring to encourage staff's professional development.  Partnerships with other settings are ineffective. Staff do not share information with the schools that children attend to provide consistency of care.  Staff do not plan activities that interest children and complement what they learn at school. Staff do not interact well with children to encourage them to engage meaningfully in activities.  Staff do not make sure that the environment always meets the needs of children effectively. There is nowhere for children to rest or sit quietly when they choose to.

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This provision is inadequate

 Children sometimes have to wait too long for food after school. This does not meet their individual needs.  Self-evaluation is weak. The provider does not identify breaches of the Early Years and Childcare Register and has made insufficient progress since the last inspection.

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It has the following strengths

 Children enjoy attending the club and making friends with other children.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

The provision is inadequate and Ofsted intends to take enforcement action

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

We will issue a Welfare Requirements Notice requiring the provider to:

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Due Date

 take effective steps to help children learn about how to stay safe 23/02/2017  develop staff's understanding of how to manage children's behaviour, including giving clear and consistent messages to children to help them understand how their actions affect others 23/02/2017

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Due Date

 improve understanding of the role of the manager and staff, and make effective use of supervision and monitoring of staff to encourage their professional development 23/02/2017

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Due Date

 develop effective partnerships with schools to share information about children to provide consistent support for their care and development 23/02/2017

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Due Date

 improve the quality of staff's interactions with children and the planning of activities to interest and engage all children and complement what they learn at school 23/02/2017

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Due Date

 review the organisation of the environment to support children who wish to rest, relax and play quietly. 23/02/2017

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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

 review the organisation of routines to ensure that children's needs are met more promptly  make effective use of self-evaluation to identify areas for development and breaches of requirements.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed how staff engage with children while they play and eat.  The inspector spoke to children, staff and parents at suitable times to get their views.  The inspector jointly observed activities with the manager.  The inspector looked at a sample of documents including policies, self-evaluation, records of attendance and accidents, and risk assessments.  The inspector viewed the areas of the building used by children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. Staff do not give children sufficient support to learn about how to stay safe. The provider, who is also the manager, has a poor understanding of her role, explaining that she and the staff are mainly there to supervise children and that they should allow children to assess risks themselves without adult guidance. Accident records show that children have avoidable accidents involving falls or pushing. Staff have had their suitability to work with children checked and the provider implements clear procedures with regard to e-safety. Staff know how to identify the signs that a child may be at risk of harm. They know what to do if they have concerns about a child. The provider does not make sufficient use of monitoring and supervision of staff to encourage them to extend their knowledge and skills. This has previously been identified as a weakness. Staff do not have effective partnerships with the schools that children attend. Although they pass some

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

information between the schools and parents, they do not share and seek information to provide consistency of care for children. The provider does not evaluate the provision sufficiently well to identify and address all weaknesses. Although she has met the actions raised at the previous inspection, issues raised prior to that have re-emerged and there is a history of non-compliance. Staff share information with parents to provide a shared approach to children's care. The youngest children have an allocated member of staff to help them settle and act as the main link with their parents. Parents are pleased that their children like going to the club and that they make friends.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff do not plan interesting and meaningful activities based on children's interests or to complement what they learn at school. Instead, they leave children to make choices about their play from a range of activities that are laid out when they arrive from school. These include floor mats with bricks and tables with drawing equipment and kits for making bracelets. However, many children lose interest in these and start boisterous games of running around, playing hiding and chasing games without adult intervention. Staff do not interact sufficiently with children to encourage and motivate them. At the inspection, when staff did briefly take part in a physical game children enjoyed this and were encouraged to join in and follow the rules.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Staff do not give children clear enough guidance about the expectations for their behaviour. For example, young children become boisterous and run around indoors as they play with older children. The behaviour of older children has a negative impact on the younger ones, such as when they push them and make them cry. Behaviour management has previously been identified as a weakness. Staff do not meet children's needs fully. Children sometimes have to wait too long for their food to be ready when they are hungry. In addition, there are no facilities for children to rest and relax when they are tired. Children enjoy a variety of different snacks, such as pizza, which they help to prepare. Staff try to encourage children to make some healthy food choices, such as eating fresh fruit.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY483679 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 1057988 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 30 Number of children on roll 4 Name of registered person Lorraine Steventon

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 11 May 2016 Telephone number 07546992062

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Schools Out registered in 2014 and operates from two large rooms in Bognor Regis Youth and Community Centre, West Sussex. The club is open each weekday, from 7am to 9am and from 3pm to 6pm, during term time. The club also opens from 8am to 5pm during some school holidays. There are three members of staff including the provider, who holds an appropriate qualification.

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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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