CASPERS

CASPERS Cullingworth Primary School, Station Yard, Halifax Road, Cullingworth, BD13 5DG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 March 2017 23 January 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

 Children are very sociable and they behave well because staff use positive strategies to reinforce behavioural expectations and are good role models.  Staff gather important information from parents to help them get to know children and help children to settle and feel secure. They also build strong links with the Reception teachers and other providers, to complement children's care and learning.  Staff give good consideration to keeping children safe. They closely monitor access to the club and safety policies and procedures can be seen working well in practice.  Children readily select what they would like to play with, having access to a good range of indoor resources. Staff are deployed well to enable children to choose between indoor and outdoor play, fostering their preferences.  Staff create a very relaxed and friendly environment. This contributes successfully to children being happy, confident and clearly at ease.

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This provision is good

 Staff effectively help children to learn about dangers and keeping themselves safe.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff's organisation of care routines and outdoor resources does not always maximise opportunities for children to develop their independence and make greater choices.  Staff do not always reinforce children's understanding of healthy practices during hygiene routines.  Systems for monitoring staff practice are not yet rigorous enough in precisely identifying how staff's interaction can be improved to the highest 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

 provide even greater opportunities for children to make choices and develop independence  enhance children's understanding of practices that contribute to their all round good health  strengthen the monitoring of staff practice, so that areas for staff development are targeted more precisely, in order to improve interactions to the highest level.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the activities indoors and outdoors and the interactions between staff and children.  The inspector talked to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the club manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the club manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the club.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Children wear high-visibility tabards when playing outside, enhancing staff's supervision of them. If a person unknown to staff arrives to collect a child, staff immediately contact parents before allowing children to leave. Furthermore, in the event that a child should go missing, staff keep two recent photographs of children. Staff's knowledge of child protection issues is reinforced and updated through further training which includes the discussion of serious case reviews, for instance. Signs reinforce safe practices to parents and visitors, such as not using their mobile phones. Staff have regular supervision sessions to discuss their practice. The manager utilises her role within another early years setting to disseminate information or deliver in-house training. This helps her to improve practice. She also accesses websites and documents to support self-reflection. Parents and children complete questionnaires to

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

help the manager review and inform practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff know children well and effectively consider their interests and ideas about what they would like to do when planning indoor activities. They also find out what children are doing in Reception class and support generic planning and any individually targeted learning. Staff share their own observations with Reception teachers and provide feedback to parents through consultations, for example. Children build strong friendships. They play cooperatively, sharing ideas as they play imaginatively with dough. They take turns on the games console and chat together during snack time. Staff reinforce skills children need for successful learning in school, helping them to focus and be confident communicators. They enhance children's enjoyment with their overall effective interaction. For example, as children write letters and numbers, staff encourage them to represent these using dough. Staff foster children's confidence, self-esteem and 'have a go' approach through good

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are invited to settling-in visits before starting, which helps to promote their emotional well-being. This is further fostered where there is shared care and children move between settings. This is because of good information sharing with the school and other settings children attend, such as holiday clubs and childminders. Relationships between staff and children are positive. Staff warmly welcome children on arrival, encouraging them to speak about their day. Children develop a sense of responsibility. They readily hang up their belongings and adhere to the club's rules that they have helped to create. They respond to staff's request to sit down for snack on arrival. Children have good access to fresh air and exercise, confidently playing ball games, running around and skipping. This contributes to their physical well-being, as does children's ready access to water. This enables them to manage their own hydration, particularly important while

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

engaging in physical activity outdoors. Staff reinforce safety messages delivered to children in school, such as the safe use of the internet. They also invite the road safety team to the club to talk to children. Children have good opportunities to learn about and celebrate difference.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY288455 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 1064592 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 - 10 Total number of places 16 Number of children on roll 26 Name of registered person Caspers Committee

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Date of previous inspection 23 January 2013 Telephone number 01535 273 839

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CASPERS was registered in 2004. The club employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold appropriate qualifications, one is at level 2, two are at level 3 and one is at level 4. The club opens from Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 7.45am to 8.50am and 3.05pm to 5.20pm. The club solely accommodates the children of the host school.

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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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