Kingsley Kids Club

Kingsley Kids Club Kingsley Primary School, Thomson Crescent, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 3JT

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 March 2017 10 February 2015

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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

 Partnerships with parents and the school are good. For example, regular sharing of information provides continuity between the home, the school and the club.  Staff support children to develop healthy lifestyles. For example, children have a nutritious range of snacks, a cooked tea and opportunities for fresh air and exercise.  The club is well staffed with kind and caring practitioners, who provide children with a calm atmosphere. Children have strong bonds with staff, who promote their social and emotional development and their well-being effectively. Children enjoy their time at the club and are reluctant to leave when they are collected early.  Regular suitability checks are completed to ensure all staff are suitable to work with children. This helps to secure children's safety.  The manager is dedicated to keeping herself and her staff well-informed to ensure children receive consistent, positive experiences that meet their individual needs.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not make the best use of opportunities to extend children's critical thinking and problem solving skills.  The manager's supervision of staff performance does not focus sharply on enhancing the quality of staff's interactions with children.

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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

 consider further ways to enhance children's critical thinking and problem solving skills  build on assessments of staff practice to focus more sharply on raising the quality of their interactions with children to an even higher level.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching in the inside and outside play space and assessed the impact this has on children's play and enjoyment.  The inspector sampled a range of documents, including safeguarding policies, procedures, risk assessments, and Disclosure and Barring Service checks.  The inspector spoke with the manager, children, staff and parents at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and carers spoken to on the day of the inspection.  The inspector had a tour of the areas used by the club.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff complete regular training to ensure that they know the procedures to follow if they have any concerns about a child's welfare. Clear policies, procedures and risk assessments are implemented effectively by the manager and staff. Staff training is ongoing and all staff have a good understanding of their role in helping to ensure children remain safe. Children play and learn in a safe and secure environment. For example, children are reminded to walk when inside and to look carefully when running and playing games outside. The manager and staff evaluate the provision and have attended training to improve their practice. For example, following training on food hygiene, staff are better informed of how to handle food safely to keep children healthy. In addition, training on handling challenging behaviours has helped staff to support children's behaviour more effectively and improve staff responses.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children have opportunities to choose from a range of familiar, pre-selected activities on arrival. For example, staff provide role play, construction, creative materials and puzzles inside, with ball games, such as tennis and football, outside. These activities support children's growing abilities and interests well. Staff join in with children's games and support them to gain a variety of skills, such as good coordination and spatial awareness when they throw and kick a ball. Children develop good negotiating and tactical skills when they plan and implement the rules of a game. Children are confident to challenge themselves to improve their existing skills. For example, they enjoy counting how many continuous bounces they can make with a ball at each attempt.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff provide a welcoming, friendly and relaxed atmosphere where all children and their families feel welcome. Staff encourage children to be calm and respectful. They know the children well and help them to feel valued. For example, they greet children warmly when they arrive and talk to them about their day in school. Children are confident, polite and considerate. Older and younger children play together cooperatively and all children behave well. Children are very confident to speak with staff and visitors. They readily talk about their favourite activities. They talk about the club being, 'just like school and sometimes better', because they get to play football and to be with their best friends. Children enjoy sitting together to eat their nutritious meals and improve their social skills. They talk about fresh fruit and vegetables being healthy and good for you, and clear away their plates after eating. Children thoroughly enjoy their time at the club.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 124974 Local authority Croydon Inspection number 1085723 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 - 11 Total number of places 82 Number of children on roll 41 Name of registered person Kingsley Kids Club Committee

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Date of previous inspection 10 February 2015 Telephone number 07939 531 317

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Kingsley Kids Club registered in 2000 and is based in Kingsley Primary school in Croydon. The club is open from 2.30pm to 5.45pm during the term time and from 8am to 5.45pm in school holidays, except at Christmas. All staff hold a relevant early years 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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