Northants Kids Club

Northants Kids Club Staverton C Of E Primary School, Glebe Lane, Daventry, NN11 6JF

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 June 2017 Not applicable

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Not applicable

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The provider does not ensure that at least one person who has a current paediatric first-aid certificate is on the premises and available at all times.

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It has the following strengths

 Children enjoy attending the club. They are fully involved in the planning of activities and are confident to choose what they want to do.  The manager makes suitable arrangements to ensure that sufficient staff are available to supervise children’s activities.  Overall, children are safe as staff provide supervision during activities. They help children to think about how to manage risk through discussions.  Children are confident to speak to staff and ask for things they want. They enjoy the staff’s enthusiastic involvement in games, such as cricket.  Parents speak positively about their children’s experience at the club. They comment on how staff are friendly, approachable and how they are willing to offer flexible care arrangements to meet their specific needs.  Children benefit from the partnership between the club and the school. They work well together to share relevant information about children’s interests and topics, and to pass

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and the Childcare Register the provider must:

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Due Date

 ensure at least one person who has a current paediatric first-aid certificate is on the premises and available at all times when children are present. 16/06/2017

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities both 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 discussed an activity 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 requires improvement

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. On the day of inspection, none of the club staff who were present held a current paediatric first-aid certificate. However, the manager has put in place contingency plans to seek first-aid assistance from the headteacher of the school should the need arise. Through discussion, the manager was able to demonstrate a suitable understanding of how to manage any accidents to ensure children receive appropriate care. She has completed first-aid training in the past and has a number of staff booked to attend training in the near future. Staff understand how to implement policies and procedures, in order to keep children safe and promote their welfare, overall. The manager regularly reflects on practice and has made changes since registration to continue to improve. For example, children are now fully involved in the planning of activities and are asked on a daily basis what they would like to do.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children have varied activities they can choose from and they enjoy having the opportunity to play outdoors. They are interested in trying out new sports equipment, such as hoopla, bats and balls, cricket and skipping ropes. Staff support them effectively to find out how the games work, helping them to set up the cricket and hoopla games. Children enjoy the staff's enthusiastic involvement in their games and respond to their praise and interest. Staff check on children who are not involved in group games and these children are confident to say to staff that they are happy playing on their own. Staff are able to support children's interests and learning at school as the manager has regular meetings with the school staff where information about topics is shared.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The weakness in leadership and management mean that the arrangements to promote children's welfare, specifically relating to maintaining current paediatric first-aid certificates, require improvement. Children know the staff well and are eager to tell them about their day at school when they are collected from the classrooms. When they arrive at the club, children are offered a drink and fruit before deciding on what they want to do. Later in the session, children are provided with a meal that they thoroughly enjoy, sitting outside to eat. Children know the routines for washing their hands before eating and they help to set the table. The manager plans the menus alongside the school to ensure children are having a balance of food during the day. Children get on well together. Older children involve younger friends in their games and show them how to play. Children know the expectations for behaviour and they get on well together. Staff are confident to

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

remind children about being kind and thoughtful to each other.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY486362 Local authority Northamptonshire Inspection number 1003970 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 20 Number of children on roll 3 Name of registered person Northants Kids Club Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07796712408

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Northants Kids Club registered in 2015 and is managed by a limited company. The club employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an early years qualification at level 3. The club opens from Monday to Friday, during term time.

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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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