Earlyworld Kids Club

Earlyworld Kids Club Oxon Primary School, Racecourse Lane, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 5BJ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 July 2017 3 March 2014

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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

 Staff are caring and warm towards the children in their care. This helps all children to develop strong emotional attachments. Staff support children to develop their own club rules. This helps children to develop their good behaviour and build friendships with one another.  Staff promote positive relationships with parents. They ask parents about their child's interests at home before they start at the club. This, along with parents' attendance at settling-in sessions, helps children to settle quickly. Staff provide parents with verbal feedback about their child's time at the club each day.  Children take an active part in planning their own activities. This helps to raise their self-esteem and enhance their sense of belonging to the club.  The manager evaluates the quality of the provision effectively. The views of staff, children and parents are taken into account to help shape future improvements.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not make best use of questioning techniques during children's activities to expand their thinking and vocabulary even further.

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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

 increase the use of questioning techniques to encourage children to expand their thinking and vocabulary to an even higher level.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's indoor and outdoor activities.  The inspector spoke to staff and children during the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation of an activity with the manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the 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 and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The provider ensures that all staff undertake child protection training to keep their knowledge updated. Staff know who to talk to and what to do should they have any concerns about the welfare of a child. All areas are vigilantly checked by the staff to ensure that any possible hazards are identified and minimised so that children are kept safe and well. The manager ensures that all staff are provided with regular one-to-one meetings. This enables staff to talk about any sensitive issues, their training and any concerns they have about the children in their care.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide a broad range of opportunities for children to explore and investigate. Children use their imagination as they explore small-world toys and build with construction resources. They enjoy taking on character roles and play out situations, such as their life at school and home. Their interest in information and communication technology is fostered well as they engage in suitable computer games. Children learn to take turns and to follow the on-screen instructions. This helps children to build on their negotiation skills and to foster their skills in reading. Children's interest in books is also promoted very well as they sit in comfy areas to look through fiction and reference books which support their varying interests over time. Staff support children's interest in arts and crafts well. They provide a broad range of resources, tools and media for children to use throughout the day. Staff demonstrate new skills to children and support them to learn and practise

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

these. For example, children enjoy playing pool and are well motivated to improve on their technique.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff talk to the children about healthy options during meal and snack times. They help promote this further through interesting topics where children think about what is, and what is not, healthy for them to eat. Children help themselves to drinks of water throughout the day and know to wash their hands before eating and after visiting the toilet. The outdoor area provides a challenging range of physical play equipment and is used well by staff to help children be active and have fun. All children enjoy running around in the fresh air, chasing their friends and playing team games. They enjoy playing football games and staff are well deployed so that children play safely and fairly during their activities. Staff support children to learn about similarities and differences between themselves and others in the local and wider community. Children play with a range of toys and resources that reflects positive images of diversity, and they explore their own

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

and the festivals of others throughout the year. This helps children to develop their respect and tolerance for others.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 511153 Local authority Shropshire Inspection number 1101874 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 - 12 Total number of places 76 Number of children on roll 100 Name of registered person Earlyworld Limited

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Date of previous inspection 3 March 2014 Telephone number 01743 363310

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Earlyworld Kids Club registered in 1998 and is one of a number of provisions operated by a private company, Earlyworld Limited. The club employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, five hold appropriate play work and early years qualifications at level 3 and one holds level 2. The club opens Monday to Friday from 3pm to 6pm during term time. During school holidays it is open from 8am to 6pm, with the exception of bank holidays and one week at Christmas.

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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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