Braunton Out of School Club

Braunton Out of School Club Christ Church, East Street, Braunton, Devon, EX33 2EA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 2 March 2017 19 June 2013

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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

 Effective leadership and management ensure that children are well looked after and enjoy their time at the club. Children arrive happily and quickly settle to their activities.  The manager and staff monitor children's achievements regularly to ensure that they make good progress in their learning and fully enjoy their activities. Children behave well.  Staff encourage children effectively to improve their creative skills. For example, staff provide good-quality resources that enable children to create exciting pictures and three-dimensional models. Children share ideas well as they work with their friends.  Staff enable children to be independent. For example, children of all ages can decide whether to join in with activities in the playroom, have a snack, or join in with physical games upstairs.  Children have lots of fun as they play cooperatively. Staff support younger children well as they play together and share their toys.

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This provision is good

 Staff work closely with parents by sharing children's achievements with them. This ensures that parents are fully aware of how well their children are doing.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 In the bustle of the main playroom, there are few opportunities for children to enjoy quieter activities.  Staff do not consistently encourage younger children to take responsibility for simple tasks.

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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

 provide more opportunities for children who wish to enjoy quiet activities  increase opportunities for younger children to take more responsibility to undertake simple tasks.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed several activities in the playrooms, and listened to discussions between children and staff to see the impact these have on children's learning.  The inspector looked at many of the documents that the after-school club leaders use for the service, including information about safeguarding procedures.  The inspector checked examples of children's achievements and sampled information about their progress.  The inspector had discussions with the manager, the chair of the trustees and other staff about the provision.  The inspector spoke to many parents to obtain their views about the club.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager and staff ensure that children are safe and secure. They update their safeguarding knowledge regularly. Safeguarding is effective. The manager supports staff well and makes effective use of training to ensure the best possible provision. For example, recent training in improving children's language skills has resulted in improvements in staff's and children's confidence to sing and talk. The manager ensures that self-evaluation is effective. She identifies what is working well and what needs improving. This helps her to identify any gaps in children's learning or in staff practice. For example, she has introduced trackers for the youngest children to ensure that they are making good progress and to help plan tailored activities they will enjoy. Staff involve parents closely in their children's achievements through regular discussions.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff effectively support all groups of children to improve their skills. Staff use their good knowledge to provide many exciting activities. For example, staff engaged older children well by providing a very wide range of creative resources. This enabled the children to create their own pictures and models. Staff regularly assess how well children succeed at their tasks and share these outcomes with parents. Children develop good skills at the club. For example, they socialise well and help each other. Younger children develop a good interest in books and stories and identify written words. They make good use of a wide range of resources to make pictures and build towers. Older children take responsibility for organising their own activities. For example, they take turns to play with computer games and know when it is time to give others a turn.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The manager and staff promote children's well-being and welfare effectively. They ensure that children are well cared for and behave well. Children's personal development has improved because older children now take responsibility for helping at snack time. This was very evident as children showed their good manners as they shared a wide range of fruit with each other. Older children ensured that younger ones had plenty of choices. All children benefit from the good quality of care and support that staff provide.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY240230 Local authority Devon Inspection number 1061673 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 16 Name of registered person Braunton Out of School Club Ltd

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 19 June 2013 Telephone number 0785 573 6631

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Braunton Out of School Club registered in 2001. The club is based in Christ Church in Braunton, Devon. The club opens during term time from 7.30am until 9am and 3pm until 6pm each weekday. During school holidays, it operates Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6pm. The club employs five staff, four of whom hold qualifications at level 3 or 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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