Radcliffe Hall Before And After School Club

Radcliffe Hall Before And After School Club Radcliffe Hall C Of E Methodist Primary School, Bury Street, Manchester, M26 2GB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 March 2017 Not applicable

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 The dedicated and inspirational leadership team has an excellent understanding of their roles and responsibilities. They are highly reflective practitioners and are always looking for additional ways to improve the provision. This impacts significantly on their ability to continue to raise standards and achieve outstanding practice.  Highly qualified staff use their skills and expertise exceptionally well. They provide rich and varied experiences that ignite children's curiosity and imagination. Children are free to make many independent choices from an array of stimulating resources. Activities are well planned to fully complement children's learning in school.  Children's behaviour is excellent. Staff are supportive role models who truly value and respect the contribution of every child. All children develop high levels of confidence and self-esteem. Children of all ages play harmoniously together.

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This provision is outstanding

 Children benefit significantly from the outstanding partnerships that staff have developed with the school. Staff are extremely efficient at sharing information between home, school and the club. This helps to ensure that children receive a supportive and consistent approach towards meeting their individual needs.  A robust key-person system supports younger children's emotional security. All children arrive excited and extremely happy. They demonstrate that they are secure and feel safe in the care of the considerate and responsive staff.  Parents are highly complimentary about the club. They particularly value how diligent the staff are at meeting their children's individual needs. A regular exchange of meaningful information helps to build on children's interests and capabilities. This contributes towards them developing many of the skills needed for future learning.

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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

 reflect and evaluate on the impact of how recently introduced methods to gather even more detailed feedback from children are contributing towards the excellent overall plans of the club.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector completed a tour of the club facilities indoors and outside.  The inspector observed play and activities for children and spoke to the provider, manager, staff, early years school teacher and children at appropriate times.  The inspector completed an evaluation of an activity with the manager.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation. She looked at policies and procedures, discussed self-evaluation and checked evidence of staff qualifications and suitability.  The inspector took account of the views of parents during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Meticulous policies and procedures are implemented exceptionally well. These include daily risk assessments and regular fire evacuation procedures. There is an extremely secure system for entry. This contributes towards children's safety and means they are able to play and explore in a secure environment. Children's welfare is given the highest priority. Staff fully understand child protection procedures. They are vigilant, alert and highly confident in the procedure to follow should they have concerns about a child. Leaders provide outstanding support for staff. They ensure that all staff are kept up to date with recent changes to legislation. Staff benefit from a comprehensive programme of professional development. This includes regular training and observations on their practice. This helps them continue to enhance their superb skills and maintain the first-rate care and experiences for all children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children display extremely high levels of enthusiasm. They have many opportunities to choose activities and lead their own play. For example, they independently manage their time on the computer. They understand that there is a set period of time for their turn as they use simple technology. Younger girls skilfully manipulate dough as they pretend to make cakes for their friends. Older girls particularly enjoy being hairdressers as they play with dolls' hair. This contributes towards their imagination and creativity. Children eagerly experiment and engage in new experiences. This helps to develop their excellent thinking skills. They make a marble run and concentrate as they cut out shapes for tubes to fit into. Staff help to promote mathematical awareness. For example, they ask children to consider which shapes to cut out of the tubes. Children assertively declare that, 'Half of a circle is a semi-circle'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Younger children are collected from their classrooms by their key person. This helps them to move smoothly from school into the club. The atmosphere is lively and friendly, and children and staff truly enjoy their time together. Children are consulted and their views are thoroughly valued. Leaders acknowledge the importance of gathering children's input and have recently introduced even more ways to gather their opinions. They are now considering how to evaluate these further. Children's physical well-being and understanding of health and hygiene are superbly promoted during social mealtimes. They delight in regular active play outdoors. Staff join in with older boys as they play football and encourage children to jump using skipping ropes. Younger boys run around the delightful outdoor area trying to catch their shadows. They develop perseverance skills. For example, they persist to hit a ball during a game of table tennis. Children learn about

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

rules and boundaries, which helps to keep them safe. They know to put on a coloured band to indicate that they wish to use the toilet. They immediately stop and respond as staff clap out a rhythm to indicate it is time to listen. This helps them to be aware of expectations and contributes to their exceptionally strong sense of belonging.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY491603 Local authority Bury Inspection number 1021835 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 - 10 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 30 Name of registered person Radcliffe Hall Before & After School Club Limited

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07708448369

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Radcliffe Hall Before And After School Club registered in 2015 in the Radcliffe area of Manchester. The club is open 7.30am to 9am and 3.30pm to 6pm during term time only. The club employs six members of staff. Of these, one holds a recognised early years qualification at level 4 and four hold level 3.

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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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